[fpc-pascal] How create a full text search with TChmWriter?

[Andrew Haines]

On 02/20/12 18:00, Mattias Gaertner wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm using TChmWriter to pack some html files into a chm file.
> The index works. I don't have a TOC.
> Now I want a full text search.
> 
> I set Writer.FullTextSearch to true, it takes a long time to
> process and the resulting chm is 30% bigger than the total of all
> files. So I guess it has created some index.
> 
> But in lhelp I don't see a search, only the index.
> 
> chmmaker can show a search for the example.chm, but can not find
> anything.
> 
> Has someone an example how to create a chm file with full text search?
> 
> 

As far as I know setting FullTextSearch, before you call execute, should
create the search index. Also the files should match "*.ht" to be
included in the search index.

use chmls and see if the file $FIftiMain exists in it. That is the file
that contains the search index.

In fpc/packages/chm/src there is chmfilewriter.pas which chmcmd uses to
create chm's.

Andrew