Step 1. Get your project ready (load or create it).

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Step 2. If not there already, add the Search Controls to your ToolBox

(If you have older versions listed, please remove them).

In the .NET Components Tab choose the 'SearchBox & SearchResult' Controls (if you don't see them, click browse and find the DLLs).

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Step 3. Drag the SearchResult Control onto your Form.

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Step 4.

VS2005/2008 - Select 'Manage Index' from the smart tag.

You can access the Index Manager at any time by either clicking the arrow at the top right of the control or right click on the SearchResult control.

A message box will ask if you would the IndexDirectory to be created for you. Select Yes to create the directory in the default location '~/IndexDirectory'

VS2003 - Set the IndexDirectory property of the SearchResult control to the path of a folder where the index files will be stored. Right click the SearchResult control and select 'Index Manager'.

If the IndexDirectory folder doesn't exist a message box will ask if you would like it to be created for you.

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Step 5. Select 'Import Documents/Records', enter the start URL & click 'Import' to begin indexing.

This process finds page URLs through page LINKS (not by scanning directories) and builds the index.

Example Start URLs.

VS2003
http://localhost/Keyoti_Search_ASP.NET_CSharp/
http://localhost/Keyoti_Search_ASP.NET_VB/
VS2005/2008 - you will need to start the basic demo project first, otherwise the URL will not work
http://localhost:49094/Keyoti_Search_ASP.NET_CSharp/WoWDemoWebSite/
http://localhost:49094/Keyoti_Search_ASP.NET_VB/WoWDemoWebSite/

If an error reports the page cannot be read, please check the URL or consult the user guide for help.

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Step 6. Once the import is complete close the Indexable Sources window, select 'Optimize Index' and click 'Start Optimize'.

Once optimization is complete, close the Index Management windows.

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Step 8. Run the web application (hit F5) and try a search!

Here a search was done for 'themselves'.