Microsoft KB Archive/205710

= FP2000: No Documents Found After Performing Search Query =

Article ID: 205710

Article Last Modified on 11/26/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q205710



For a Microsoft FrontPage 98 version of this article, see 194047.

For a Microsoft FrontPage 97 version of this article, see 192434.



SYMPTOMS
When you perform a search, no results are returned and you may receive one of the following messages:

No documents found. Please try again.

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The text source "default" does not exist in "D:\IP_Address\_vti_txt\default.wti". No documents found. Please try again.



CAUSE
This message may appear if any of the following are true:
 * The files that contain the index information for the search component are corrupted or missing (for example, they were deleted or moved).

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 * If you are publishing to a web that uses Microsoft Index Server, the catalog file does not exist.

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 * You are searching for a word that is on the WAIS stop list.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this behavior, use one of the following methods.

NOTE: You should try Method 1 first. If Method 1 does not resolve this behavior, use Method 2. If you are using Microsoft Index Server, use Method 3.

Method 1: Recalculate Links

 * 1) Start FrontPage and open your Web.
 * 2) On the Tools menu, click Recalculate Hyperlinks.
 * 3) Run your search in a Web browser.

NOTE: You may need to refresh or reload the page in the Web browser.

Method 2: Reset the Dependency Databases
To reset the dependency databases used by the FrontPage Search Component, follow these steps:  In Windows Explorer, open the folder that contains your Web content.

NOTE: If you are using a local web server, your content is located at the following locations.

 Open the folder that contains the deleted page. Open the \_vti_pvt folder and delete the following two files:

Deptodoc.btr

Doctodep.btr

 Open the \_vti_txt\default.wti folder. Delete the following files:

All.cat

All.dct

All.doc

All.fmt

All.fn

All.hl

All.idx

All.inv

All.src

 On the Tools menu, click Recalculate Hyperlinks.</ol>

Method 3: Create a Catalog File using Index Server
Set up Index Server with a catalog for the virtual server. For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

183731 How to Index and Create a Catalog for a New Web Site

Method 4: Change the Permissions of the \_vti_txt Folder
Change the permissions of the \_vti_txt folder to read/write/execute.

Method 5: Words That Are Ignored When You Perform a Search
For additional information about the words that are ignored when you attempt to search a Web using the Search Form, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

198091 FP2000: Words That Are Ignored by the Search Form

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MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about searches in FrontPage, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

205612 FP2000: Deleted Pages from Web Show up in Search Results List

Additional query words: WAIS front page

Keywords: kbprb KB205710

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