How Can I get the file path of a PDF that contains a keyword?

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I need to add a search option to my project that will allow the user to search for a keyword in all the Word, Excel, and PDF files that are saved on a folder and it's subfolders.

I am able to get the filepath for all the txt and doc files using powershell. But when it comes to search within PDF and Xls, xlsx and csv files my tool fails.

I am currently using Visual Studio 2010 with the C# lenguage.

Things to consider.
We don't know the file names, we don't know the folder names.
We only need the file path as a result in a string.

Please provide help!

Thanks...

Posted 12-Jul-12 11:26am

maonikko

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[no name] 12-Jul-12 17:41pm

"my tool fails".. is not a good description of any kind of a problem. If you want to get help you should provide as much information as neccessary so that someone that is not familiar with your project could be able to help you.

maonikko 13-Jul-12 9:55am

My Tool Fails = The Powershell select-string cmdlet will not display results for Pdf Files, xlsx or csv files when I run it with C# or manually using powershell.exe

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barneyman · Answer 1 · 2012-07-12T14:01:00

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you've either got to develop an application that understands all the formats you want to search through - Lotus Magellan, anyone? - or use someone else's technology

MS Search seems to know quite a few formats and has an SDK[^]

Posted 12-Jul-12 14:01pm

barneyman