1 message in com.googlegroups.google-desktop-developerHow to notify GDS about files that I ...
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Vovie28 Jul 2005 05:33 
Subject:How to notify GDS about files that I do not know how to parse?
From:Vovie (v.@backweb.com)
Date:07/28/2005 05:33:05 AM
List:com.googlegroups.google-desktop-developer

Our software manages a store of files of various standard types (html, doc, xls, pdf, etc.) that GDS will not find unless we implement a GDS plugin to tell it about them. As far as I understand from the decoumentation, when a send GDS a file event, I am expected to give it the file content as a BSTR and a uri to the file (is that the same as a URL, by the way?). I have no problem with a URL (our software implements an IE pluggable protocol handler), but I really do not want to have to open and parse the files (e.g. doc or pdf) in order to give GDS the searchable content. How can I just notify GDS that a file at a certain URL is available without giving it the content, and have it scan the file using standard plug-ins provided by other manufacturers?