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PDF Cataloger - Any Suggestions

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Cuffy:
You might want to take a look at IzArc for a compressor app.
Open it up, select all file formats, point it to your downloads folder and you're off and running!
I've used it for years and would rather fight than switch. 8)

http://www.izarc.org/

BillB:
Most of the above work on single desktops, or else offer a service to sync with an online server (eg Mendeley).  it would be great to find something which allows a small workgroup (eh a home office) to share a PDF catalogue solution over a network.  Benubird looks great, but even the pro version "for home and business" is not multi-user.

If anyone has any ideas, I'd love to hear them.

thanks

Bill

rjbull:
Could you just use FILE_ID.DIZ descriptions, which are understood by various file managers, e.g. Total Commander?  And/or, use a standard file cataloguing app such as Disk Explorer Professional, now freeware?  Or could you just use File Hound 3.2 (or the earlier Hound 1.0), both free, for searching for text in PDFs?

DC threads:

* File Hound 3.08 released
* Hound: a grep-alike that searches inside PDFs

BillB:
rjbull - thanks for the suggestions and the lateral thinking.  Not sure I understand what to do with FILE_ID.DIZ, but it would seem to involve typing descriptions, which would be difficiult for large numbers of PDFs.  I was already thinking of digging out my old copy of "Where Is It" which is a CD/Disk catalogue application, like Disk Explorer Pro, but a bit more sophisticated, I think.  As for File Hound, that is really useful, especially when associated with Folders in Explorer (right-click folder and select "Hound").  THE PDF text-based preview is very helpful.  However, real-time search of PDF folders on my NAS is a bit slow, (which is why a tag/database system like Benubird would be nice).  Better than searching via Explorer though.

Thanks again - I am sure there is something out there - just hard to find...

kfitting:
If you are a programmer there are programs (such as the excellant ExifTool by Phil Harvey) that will read/write metadata to PDF files.  Therefore you could write a frontend.  I realize this is much more time-consuming and may not be practical, but it's an option.

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