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List of Property Names

These properties are always available for queries. Additional properties may also be available depending on the configuration of the Web server.

Friendly Name Datatype Property
A_HRef DBTYPE_WSTR | DBTYPE_BYREF Text of HTML HREF. This property name was created for Microsoft® Site Server and corresponds with the Index Server property name HtmlHRef. Can be queried but not retrieved.
Access VT_FILETIME Last time file was accessed.
All (not applicable) Searches every property for a string. Can be queried but not retrieved.
AllocSize DBTYPE_I8 Size of disk allocation for file.
Attrib DBTYPE_UI4 File attributes. Documented in Win32 SDK.
ClassId DBTYPE_GUID Class ID of object, for example, WordPerfect, Word, and so on.
Characterization DBTYPE_WSTR | DBTYPE_BYREF Characterization, or abstract, of document. Computed by Index Server.
Contents (not applicable) Main contents of file. Can be queried but not retrieved.
Create VT_FILETIME Time file was created.
Directory DBTYPE_WSTR | DBTYPE_BYREF Physical path to the file, not including the file name.
DocAppName DBTYPE_WSTR | DBTYPE_BYREF Name of application that created the file.
DocAuthor DBTYPE_WSTR | DBTYPE_BYREF Author of document.
DocByteCount DBTYPE_14 Number of bytes in a document.
DocCategory DBTYPE_STR | DBTYPE_BYREF Type of document such as a memo, schedule, or whitepaper.
DocCharCount DBTYPE_I4 Number of characters in document.
DocComments DBTYPE_WSTR | DBTYPE_BYREF Comments about document.
DocCompany DBTYPE_STR | DBTYPE_BYREF Name of the company for which the document was written.
DocCreatedTm VT_FILETIME Time document was created.
DocEditTime VT_FILETIME Total time spent editing document.
DocHiddenCount DBTYPE_14 Number of hidden slides in a Microsoft® PowerPoint document.
DocKeywords DBTYPE_WSTR | DBTYPE_BYREF Document keywords.
DocLastAuthor DBTYPE_WSTR | DBTYPE_BYREF Most recent user who edited document.
DocLastPrinted VT_FILETIME Time document was last printed.
DocLastSavedTm VT_FILETIME Time document was last saved.
DocLineCount DBTYPE_14 Number of lines contained in a document.
DocManager DBTYPE_STR | DBTYPE_BYREF Name of the manager of the document’s author.
DocNoteCount DBTYPE_14 Number of pages with notes in a PowerPoint document.
DocPageCount DBTYPE_I4 Number of pages in document.
DocParaCount DBTYPE_14 Number of paragraphs in a document.
DocPartTitles DBTYPE_STR | DBTYPE_VECTOR Names of document parts. For example, in Excel part titles are the names of spread sheets, in PowerPoint slide titles, and in Word for Windows the names of the documents in the master document.
DocPresentationTarget DBTYPE_STR|DBTYPE_BYREF Target format (35mm, printer, video, and so on) for a presentation in PowerPoint.
DocRevNumber DBTYPE_WSTR | DBTYPE_BYREF Current version number of document.
DocSlideCount DBTYPE_14 Number of slides in a PowerPoint document.
DocSubject DBTYPE_WSTR | DBTYPE_BYREF Subject of document.
DocTemplate DBTYPE_WSTR | DBTYPE_BYREF Name of template for document.
DocTitle DBTYPE_WSTR | DBTYPE_BYREF Title of document.
DocWordCount DBTYPE_I4 Number of words in document.
FileIndex DBTYPE_I8 Unique ID of file.
FileName DBTYPE_WSTR | DBTYPE_BYREF Name of file.
HitCount DBTYPE_I4 Number of hits (words matching query) in file.
HtmlHRef DBTYPE_WSTR | DBTYPE_BYREF Text of HTML HREF. Can be queried but not retrieved.
HtmlHeading1 DBTYPE_WSTR | DBTYPE_BYREF Text of HTML document in style H1. Can be queried but not retrieved.
HtmlHeading2 DBTYPE_WSTR | DBTYPE_BYREF Text of HTML document in style H2. Can be queried but not retrieved.
HtmlHeading3 DBTYPE_WSTR | DBTYPE_BYREF Text of HTML document in style H3. Can be queried but not retrieved.
HtmlHeading4 DBTYPE_WSTR | DBTYPE_BYREF Text of HTML document in style H4. Can be queried but not retrieved.
HtmlHeading5 DBTYPE_WSTR | DBTYPE_BYREF Text of HTML document in style H5. Can be queried but not retrieved.
HtmlHeading6 DBTYPE_WSTR | DBTYPE_BYREF Text of HTML document in style H6. Can be queried but not retrieved.
Img_Alt DBTYPE_WSTR | DBTYPE_BYREF Alternate text for <IMG> tags. Can be queried but not retrieved.
Path DBTYPE_WSTR | DBTYPE_BYREF Full physical path to file, including file name.
Rank DBTYPE_I4 Rank of row. Ranges from 0 to 1000. Larger numbers indicate better matches.
RankVector DBTYPE_I4 | DBTYPE_VECTOR Ranks of individual components of a vector query.
ShortFileName DBTYPE_WSTR | DBTYPE_BYREF Short (8.3) file name.
Size DBTYPE_I8 Size of file, in bytes.
USN DBTYPE_I8 Update Sequence Number. NTFS drives only.
VPath DBTYPE_WSTR | DBTYPE_BYREF Full virtual path to file, including file name. If more than one possible path, then the best match for the specific query is chosen.
WorkId DBTYPE_I4 Internal ID for file. Used within Index Server.
Write VT_FILETIME Last time file was written.

Defining New Property Names

To define properties that are not in the previous list, you must list them in a [Names] section in the .idq file. To use these properties in a restriction, sort specification, or as a retrieved column, you have define them in the .idq file, using the following format:

[Names]
#Properties that are not in the standard list
Propertyname ( Datatype ) = GUID ["Name" | propid]

In the syntax, "Name" is the property name ("Sales" in the following example), and propid is the property ID in hexadecimal. Note that you need to surround the friendly name with quotation marks, but the property ID does not take quotation marks.

For example, suppose you want to define an HTML meta tag as a property name that somebody can search for. The property you want to define is Sales.

To define the Sales property

  1. In the .idq file, under the [Names] section, add the following line.

    MetaDescription(DBTYPE_WSTR) = d1b5d3f0-c0b3-11cf-9a92-00a0c908dbf1 "Sales"

    The GUID number comes from the MetaTagClsid parameter in the registry, at the following location:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
\SYSTEM
 \CurrentControlSet
  \Control
   \HtmlFilter
    \MetaTagClsid
  2. Then, in the HTML files where you want the tag to appear, define the meta description.

    For example, say you want to search for all files that give sales projections for the future:

    In File1.htm:

    <META NAME="Sales" CONTENT="Projections for 1998">

    In File2.htm:

    <META NAME="Sales" CONTENT="Projections for 1999">

    In File3.htm:

    <META NAME="Sales" CONTENT="Sales in 1997">

Note   Be sure to add your META NAME tags between the <head> and </head> HTML tags at the beginning of the file.

You can now search for all files that show sales projections. Send the following query:

@metadescription projections

This query returns all the files with the word projections in the CONTENT field of the meta tag. In this example, File1.htm and File2.htm are returned.

But suppose you want to search for sales by year, for example a list of sales in 1997. Send the following query:

@metadescription 1997

File3.htm is returned.

Source: Microsoft Corporation, 1997

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