ASP + Index Server

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This is partly an ASP question and partly not an ASP question.

I'm trying to implement an ASP page that will use Index Server to provide search capability for a document repository folder. I've gotten this working on my server fine, but I'm now trying to implement it on a laptop (running Windows 2000 Pro) so that a salesman can show it to a prospective client. I was wondering if anyone knew if accessing Index Server through a web page would work on Win2kPro and the PWS it has?

Also, my working version is currently using the old style idq and htx pages and I've been having a hard time finding a good resource to show me how to do this in ASP. Any specific recommendations? I'm a PHP guy just getting started with ASP, BTW.

Thanks.

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Well I figured out my Win 2000 problem. When using sample files, and you uncomment something it's a good idea to take off all the comments, not just the comment symbol at the first of the line .

Still working on getting an ASP page to work right. Been trying to get this one working:

http://www.xefteri.com/articles/apr192002/default.aspx

But not having any luck. Getting an error page that says "There is no catalog." Not sure where to define the path to the catalogs. Still looking though.

[MarcusJT]

You have to create a catalog in the Indexing Service part of Computer Management (see Control Panel --> Administrative Tools)

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Yeah I know that. To get it working on my laptop I had to set my IDQ file to manually know the location of the index. You can usually rely on the registry to provide this info to the script.

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Hmm... figured out my problem. This script is expecting a Catalog name, and I was giving it a Virtual Directory name (which the IDQ/HTX files deal with). It worked as soon as I gave it a valid Catalog name. I think it's matching them from the registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ContentIndex\Catalogs\CatalogName

[Zenith]

That xefteri.com -link contains all you need. Setting up IndexServer is very easy, and I've never fixed any registry keys. Practically copy-pasted the code, set up the catalog and that's it.

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Right, I'm just saying I misunderstood what I was supposed to put in the catalog definition. I was putting in an IIS Virtual Directory instead of the name of my Catalog. Got it working now just have to tweak the @&#$ out of it .