Registering file types

The BlueCielo IFilter that is installed by Meridian Enterprise does not register any file types for content indexing by default. It is up to you to decide which file types you want to use the IFilter with so that it does not conflict with other IFilters that you may have installed yourself. Individual file types can be registered with the Windows command line program named regsvr32.exe.

To register a file type:

  1. On the Meridian Enterprise computer (primary cluster node), open a Command Prompt window and run the following commands:

    cd “C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AV”

    cd "C:\Program Files\BC-Meridian\Program"
    regsvr32.exe av_iFilter.dll
    regsvr32.exe av_adapterps.dll
    cd "C:\Program Files (x86)\BC-Meridian\Program"
    regsvr32.exe av_adapterps.dll
    av_adapter.exe /regserver
    cd "C:\Program Files\BC-Meridian\Program"

  2. Run the following command once for each file type that you want to register:

    regsvr32.exe /n /i:<FileExtension> av_iFilter.dll

    For example, to register the AutoCAD DWG file type, run:

    regsvr32.exe /n /i:dwg av_iFilter.dll

You can combine registration commands into a batch file to easily run them all and to provide a record of which file extensions have been registered. The following example registers the .dwg, .dxf,.dgn, and .pdf file types:

regsvr32.exe av_iFilter.dll
regsvr32.exe /n /i:dwg  av_iFilter.dll
regsvr32.exe /n /i:dxf  av_iFilter.dll
regsvr32.exe /n /i:dgn  av_iFilter.dll
regsvr32.exe /n /i:pdf  av_iFilter.dll

To unregister file extensions or the IFilter completely, run similar commands as shown in the following example:

regsvr32.exe /u /n /i:dgn  av_iFilter.dll
regsvr32.exe /u /n /i:dxf  av_iFilter.dll
regsvr32.exe /u /n /i:dwg  av_iFilter.dll
regsvr32.exe /u /n /i:pdf  av_iFilter.dll
regsvr32.exe /u av_iFilter.dll

Note    The content indexes must be rebuilt before text that is filtered by the IFilter can be searched.