Search parameter file format |
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Search parameter file format |
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The search parameter file format is a text file containing the search parameters in the following manner
<Text parameter>=’value’
or
<Numeric parameter>=value
If the search parameter file is created by Examine32/Examine64 Text Search then it will contain all the necessary information to repeat the search but if you wish to create your own files then any missing search parameters will take the value last used by the program. For example the file
Examine32
Version=100
SearchType=1
will produce the last logical search carried out by the program.
All search parameter files must start with
Examine32
Version=100
The program itself then lists the parameters in the following order, but if you are producing your own files the order is not significant.
Search=’Search string’
DirSpec=’Search folder’
FileSpec=’File specification’
ZIPSpec=’Zip file specification’
SubDir=1 or 0 (1 = Search subfolders)
MatchCase=1 or 0 (1 = Match case)
Expression=1 or 0 (1 = use regular expressions)
WholeWords=1 or 0 (1 = Whole words)
ZIPSearch=1 or 0 (1 = Search ZIP files)
ListAll=1 or 0 (1 = List every file searched)
BinaryUnicode=1 or 0 (1 = Text is unicode for searching binary files)
Formats=numerical value |
bit 0 set for Microsoft Write |
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bit 1 set for Rich Text Format (RTF) |
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bit 2 set for HTML (web pages) |
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bit 3 set for Word/Excel/PowerPoint |
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bit 4 set for Wordperfect |
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bit 5 set for PDF (Acrobat) |
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bit 6 set for XML |
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bit 7 set for OpenOffice/StarOffice |
LookIn=numerical value |
bit 0 set for Headers/Footers |
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bit 1 set for Footnotes/Endnotes |
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bit 2 set for Comments/Hidden text |
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bit 3 set for Deleted text |
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bit 8 set for Hidden files |
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bit 9 set for System files |
ShowMatches=1 or 0 (1 = Show every match found)
FileDateType=numerical value |
0 = Modified Date |
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1 = Created Date |
FileDateAction=numerical value |
0 = Ignore |
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1 = Before |
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2 = After |
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3 = Last |
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4 = From |
FileDateBeforeDay=numerical value
FileDateBeforeMonth=numerical value
FileDateBeforeYear= numerical value
FileDateAfterDay=numerical value
FileDateAfterMonth=numerical value
FileDateAfterYear= numerical value
FileDatePeriod=numerical value
FileDatePeriodType=numerical value |
0=Days |
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1=Weeks |
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2=Months |
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3=Years |
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4=Hours |
FileDateFromDay=numerical value
FileDateFromMonth=numerical value
FileDateFromYear= numerical value
FileDateToDay=numerical value
FileDateToMonth=numerical value
FileDateToYear= numerical value
FileDateFromFile=1 or 0 (1 = Get date from file not disk)
SortType=numerical value |
0=Unsorted |
5=Path name |
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6=File name |
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7=File type |
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10=Last Modified |
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15=Number of matches |
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20=File size |
SortAscending=1 or 0 (1 = Sort is ascending)
For logical searches the following parameters will be saved
Strings=number of strings used in the search. The maximum value for this is four.
Search=’first logical string’
Logical1=’second logical string’
Logical2=’third logical string’
Logical3=’fourth logical string’
Boolean1=first logical value |
0 = OR |
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1 = AND |
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2 = NOT |
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3 = XOR |
Boolean2=second logical value
Boolean3=third logical value
Proximity1=first proximity value
Proximity2=second proximity value
Proximity3=third proximity value
ProxType1=first proximity type value |
0 = whole file |
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1 = lines |
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2 = characters |
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3 = words |
ProxType2=second proximity type value
ProxType3=third proximity type value
InOrder=1 or 0 (1 = Text fields in order)
For searches were passwords have been supplied the following parameters will be saved
PasswordDigest='digest of password'
The password digests are currently only used to indicate that passwords were used and how many. Your passwords cannot be retrieved from these digests.
For searches where the files and folders have been selected using Windows Explorer, either using the context menu or by dragging and dropping, the following parameters will be saved
Folder=’a folder to be searched’