Icons are not displayed for Adobe PDF documents that are listed in the search results when you search your portal site in SharePoint Portal Server 2003
To resolve this issue, make sure that the Adobe PDF IFilter and the .pdf file type are configured correctly on the server. To install Adobe PDF IFilter 5.0 and configure SharePoint Portal Server 2003 to index .pdf files, follow these steps:
Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Services.
b.
Right-click IIS Admin Service, and then click Stop.
3.
Run the Adobe PDF IFilter 5.0 Setup program to install the filter on the server.
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Register the Adobe PDF IFilter. To do so:
a.
Click Start, and then click Run.
b.
In the Open box, type cmd, and then click OK.
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Switch to the folder that contains the Adobe PDF Filter 5.0 files. For example, switch to the following folder:
Drive:\Program Files\Adobe\PDF IFilter 5.0
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Type regsvr32.exe pdffilt.dll, and then press ENTER.
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If you receive a message that the operation was successful, click OK .
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Type exit, and then press ENTER to quit the command prompt.
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Copy the .gif file that you want to use for the icon to the following folder on the server:
Drive:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\60\Template\Images
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Edit the Docicon.xml file to include the .pdf extension. To do so:
a.
Start Notepad, and then open the Docicon.xml file. The Docicon.xml file is located in the following folder on the server:
Drive:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web server extensions\60\Template\Xml
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Add an entry for the .pdf extension. For example, add a line that is similar to the following to the Docicon.xml file, where NameofIconFile is the name of the .gif file:
<Mapping Key="pdf" Value="NameofIconFile.gif"/>
c.
On the File menu, click Save, and then quit Notepad.
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Restart the server.
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Add the .pdf file type to the content index. To do so:
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Connect to the portal site, and then click Site Settings.
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On the Site Settings page, under Search Settings and Indexed Content, click Configure search and indexing.
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On the Configure Search and Indexing page, under General Content Settings and Indexing Status, click Include file types.
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On the Specify File Types to Include page, click New File Type.
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On the Add File Type page, type pdf in the File extension box, and then click OK.
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Update the context indexes for portal content and for non-portal content. To do so:
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On the Site Settings page of the portal site, under Search Settings and Indexed Content, click Configure search and indexing.
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On the Configure search and indexing page, under Content Indexes, click Manage content indexes.
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On the Manage Content Indexes page, click the down arrow next to the name of the index that you want to update, and then click Start Full Update.