- Jun 14, 2004
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Ok, I am looking for a search engine to search through files on our vault. However, I need it to do something specific which I will explain below.
On our X drive we organize files by X:\<State ID>\<Case #>
All of our case numbers are a certain length, for example LA0403234 would represent a case in Louisiana that was started in march and was the 234th case in march. CA0312002 would represent a case in California that was started in december and was the 2nd case of december. And so forth.
So, if I wanted to look for something on the X: for the case GA0309233 then it would be located at X:\GA\GA0309233. If I wanted to find something for TX9901023 then I would look under X:\TX\TX9901023.
What I am looking for is basically a quick way to type in a case number, and windows would very quickly open up the directory for the case number. The ideal way would be a small window at the bottom right of the screen where I would type in my case number and hit enter and it would open up that folder quickly.
I figure a search engine would be good, but I want it to be quicker. I would like the search engine to take the first two characters of the string so it could do a quick search through the state instead of searching every folder on the X drive. This takes a while if it is a state that is later in the list, like NY or TX.
So, lets say for instance I type in the case AL0412335, then I would want the search enginer to automatically pick up the first to charaters in the string I typed so the engine would only search in the X:\AL folder and nowhere else. I would also like it to automatically open up the case number directory and display an error message if you enter an invalid case number (like FZ0304567 or NY03124 ). Thanks
On our X drive we organize files by X:\<State ID>\<Case #>
All of our case numbers are a certain length, for example LA0403234 would represent a case in Louisiana that was started in march and was the 234th case in march. CA0312002 would represent a case in California that was started in december and was the 2nd case of december. And so forth.
So, if I wanted to look for something on the X: for the case GA0309233 then it would be located at X:\GA\GA0309233. If I wanted to find something for TX9901023 then I would look under X:\TX\TX9901023.
What I am looking for is basically a quick way to type in a case number, and windows would very quickly open up the directory for the case number. The ideal way would be a small window at the bottom right of the screen where I would type in my case number and hit enter and it would open up that folder quickly.
I figure a search engine would be good, but I want it to be quicker. I would like the search engine to take the first two characters of the string so it could do a quick search through the state instead of searching every folder on the X drive. This takes a while if it is a state that is later in the list, like NY or TX.
So, lets say for instance I type in the case AL0412335, then I would want the search enginer to automatically pick up the first to charaters in the string I typed so the engine would only search in the X:\AL folder and nowhere else. I would also like it to automatically open up the case number directory and display an error message if you enter an invalid case number (like FZ0304567 or NY03124 ). Thanks
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