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File search engine - detailed review of File Search Assistant

Find at this page some screenshots explaining how FSA works and what options it has.

File Search Assistant - main screen

File Search Assistant main screen.

File Search Assistant main screen. Right now, you can download this search engine or purchase a full version.

Search engine in details

This is FSA main menu.

This is FSA main menu. The most useful option is in Search Results menu. Find there Generate Report command this option generates easy readable search report. Find below how does FSA search report look like or read everything about search reports in FSA.

Search parameters

Specify common search parameters

Specify common search parameters: location to search in, keywords to search and file mask. If you need to repeat the same search parameters, then consider using custom search parameters.

Common search options

Common search options

File Search Assistant - common search options. Specify if the search should be case sensitive, in FSA should search files and search text in ZIP files, if you want to search within found search results, if the new search results should be appended to current results. Min relevance level is used when you are searching regular expressions. Dynamic index update allows to update files within index dynamically, when you are working with indexed files. Read more about work with index files.

Search by date

If you need to find file by date, then use "Date" settings tag.

If you need to find file by date, then use "Date" settings tag. Check "Search by date" checkbox and specify necessary date parameters, such as creation or modification date. More over, with FSA you can specify exact time to search this is useful, when you performed some operation automatically (for instance text replacing) and now need to get these very files.

Search by size

Finding files by size is also easy.

Finding files by size is also easy. Check "search by size" checkbox. And then specify search parameters for size. With FSA you can specify the exact file size, it's useful when the same file was just renamed and you need to find both copies of files.

Search location

You can search files in various locations at the same time.

You can search files in various locations at the same time. You can search local hard disk or search network folder. Use "Add folder" button to add one more search path. Check "Scan folders recursive" to tell FSA to search for files and text in subfolders.

Text filters

FSA can search text within popular file formats, such as Word, Excel, HTML and Adobe Acrobat PDF files.

FSA can search text within popular file formats, such as Word, Excel, HTML and Adobe Acrobat PDF files. For this purpose converters where implemented into FSA. If you need to search for converted text the check converter's checkbox. If you need to search in document as-is, for instance to do search in html document, disable converter. Finally, if you searching is password protected files, then you can tell FSA your passwords, so that program will automatically apply your password to open file for search.

Password manager

This is how FSA "Password manager" looks like.

This is how FSA "Password manager" looks like. You can specify as many password as you wish, and FSA will try all of them when file is protected with password. Finally, you will be able to search text even in protected files. FSA keeps passwords in secure place, so it will not be possible to recover them from FSA. Read more about searching text in password protected files.

File search quoting options

FSA has a great function, it can preview your search results

FSA has a great function, it can preview your search results, so when you are searching for certain text in certain context you will not need to open each file, you will see file text in preview. The quoting options determines the number of characters and lines to quote.

Search results

File search results include the name and location of located file.

File search results include the name and location of located file. The right column is the most useful as it tells how many hits you have for every file. If you are searching using regular expressions, then pay attention to Relevance column.

Preview found text

FSA preview pane search the quotation from file and highlight the found text.

FSA preview pane search the quotation from file and highlight the found text. Using the buttons you can navigate between fragments.

Search report sample

This is how FSA report looks like.

This is how FSA report looks like. This is an html file, you can share it with others, print or use for further research. Read more about file search report in FSA.

Create index, search file in index - find some screenshots below

The "Search index..." and "Search disk" options

The "Search index..." and "Search disk" options in File menu allows to switch FSA between searching file and text in index files or searching directly within hard disk. Read more about searching for file in index.

When creating index you can select to option - index may contain full paths or relative paths to files

When creating index you can select to option - index may contain full paths or relative paths to files. Read more about file indexing.

It's easy to add fresh files to the index, just check dynamic re-indexing option.

It's easy to add fresh files to the index, just check dynamic re-indexing option. Learn more about updating index file.

If you will run update command manually, then FSA will ask for some more option about how should it update your index

If you will run update command manually, then FSA will ask for some more option about how should it update your index. Learn more about updating index and searching for text in index.

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