Web Research -->> WOW!

Posted by Derek Cornish
Jul 6, 2007 at 12:27 AM

> Have you tried using WR with the network add-in???

No, not yet. Initially when it came out I simply assumed that I had to be on a network, had to have Microsoft SQL Server 2000 or 2005 installed, had to have a server O/S, etc (I hadn’t read the User Guide - http://www.macropool.com/en/download/webresearch/extensions/wr_network_userguide.pdf.)

After reading it I wasn’t much the wiser, but at least the technical requirements looked feasible for me. But I’ve still dillydallied over trying it out for a number of reasons (none of which are necessarily valid or deal-breaking):
- because the cost if I decided to use it would be around $39 for a single user, I think);
- because it seems such a roundabout way to get full indexing of MS and pdf programs (as you commented, this should be in the basic program - and AFAIK it isn’t for any web-capture software);
- because I’m not sure of the resource implications in terms of HDD space for the extra software, file storage, indexing, etc; and
- because I’m not clear how well it handles pdf files.

What do you think about the above? How is it working out for you?

Of course, the answer to all these “reasons” would be to take my own advice and d/l the add-on, but I’m a bit short of space these days - too much CRIMPING :-). I think my reluctance to do so is probably also related to how I use WR - i.e. as a hyperlinked repository for files I’ve taken notes on within Zoot and which Zoot cannot import at this time. This makes Zoot my main point of access when searching for information about what’s in WR’s files. For indexed searching of WR, I usually export any relevant project files into the windows filing system and index them, along with Zoot’s db exported to a huge htm file, and all other relevant files I have knocking around in various folders, using dtSearch (a free indexed search program like X1 would probably do as well). Not an elegant solution, I know, but it’s one way of dealing with the problem of notes and files in proprietory databases.

More than you or anyone else wanted to know probably :-).

Derek