Programmer's Guide for Index Server, Version 3.0

[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.]

Microsoft® Index Server is designed to perform content and property searches over file systems.

This guide provides information on how you can exploit Index Server features programmatically:

• Applications can use the Index Server API to add features that exploit an indexed file system. Using the API, an application can issue queries over file systems and present the results to the user. For a description of this API, see Programming Index Server.
• The IFilter interface methods are used to extract text from objects for placement in the Microsoft Index Server content index. By supplying implementations of IFilter, you can extend the amount of material that is accessible using Index Server. For more information on customizing Index Server with implementations of IFilter, see Customizing Index Server.

You can also use Index Server administrative tools to configure the server and end-user tools to search interactively. Additional information on Index Server can be found in the Microsoft Index Server documentation included in the Microsoft® Internet Information Server documentation.