FP98: No Documents Found After Performing Search Query

ID: Q194047


The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows


SYMPTOMS

When you perform a search, no results are returned and you may receive the following message:

No documents found. Please try again.


CAUSE

This message may appear if any of the following are true:

  • The files that contain the index information for the search component are corrupted or missing (for example, they were deleted or moved).

    -or-


  • If you are publishing to a web that uses Microsoft Index Server, the catalog file does not exist.

    -or-


  • You are searching for a word that is on the WAIS stop list.



RESOLUTION

To resolve this behavior, use one of the following methods.

NOTE: You should try Method 1 first. If Method 1 does not resolve this behavior, use Method 2. If you are using Microsoft Index Server, use Method 3.

Method 1: Recalculate Links

  1. Start FrontPage Explorer and open your Web.


  2. On the Tools menu, click Recalculate Hyperlinks.


  3. Rerun your search in a Web browser.

    NOTE: You may need to refresh or reload the page in the Web browser.


Method 2: Reset the Dependency Databases

To reset the dependency databases used by the FrontPage Search Component, follow these steps:
  1. In Windows Explorer, open the folder that contains your Web content. To determine where your content is stored, use the following table as a guide.

    NOTE: The folders listed in the table are the default folders created when you install FrontPage. If you configured your Web server to use a different content root, select that folder instead of the one listed in the table.
    
          Web Server                              Folder
          ---------------------------------------------------------------
    
          FrontPage Personal Web Server           \FrontPage Webs\Content
          Microsoft Personal Web Server           \Webshare\Wwwroot
          Microsoft Internet Information Server   \InetPub\Wwwroot 


  2. Open the folder that contained the deleted page.


  3. Open the \_vti_pvt folder and delete the following two files:
    
          Deptodoc.btr
          Doctodep.btr 


  4. Open the \_vti_txt\default.wti folder. Delete the following files:
    
          All.cat
          All.dct
          All.doc
          All.fmt
          All.fn
          All.hl
          All.idx
          All.inv
          All.src 


  5. Switch to FrontPage Explorer.


  6. On the Tools menu, click Recalculate Hyperlinks.


Method 3: Create a Catalog File using Index Server

Set up Index Server with a catalog for the virtual server. For information about how to do this, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q183731 How to Index and Create a Catalog for a New Web Site


MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about search problems, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q194263 FP98: Deleted Pages from Web Show up in Search Results List

Q185543 FP98: No Documents Found Using FrontPage 98 & Index Server

Additional query words: WAIS

Keywords :
Version : WINDOWS:
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb


Last Reviewed: July 30, 1999
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