FP2000: No Documents Found After Performing Search Query

ID: Q205710


The information in this article applies to:


SYMPTOMS

When you perform a search, no results are returned and you may receive the following message:

No documents found. Please try again.


CAUSE

This message may appear if any of the following are true:


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:
  1. 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:
    Web Server Folder
    FrontPage Personal Web Server \FrontPage Webs\Content
    Microsoft Personal Web Server \Webshare\Wwwroot
    Microsoft Personal Web Server 4.0 and Microsoft Internet Information Server \InetPub\Wwwroot


  2. Open the folder that contained the deleted page.


  3. Open the \_vti_pvt folder and delete the following two files:

    Deptodoc.btr
    Doctodep.btr


  4. 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


  5. On the Tools menu, click Recalculate Hyperlinks.


Method 3: Create a Catalog File using Index Server

Set up Index Server with a catalog for the virtual server. For information about how to do this, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q183731How to Index and Create a Catalog for a New Web Site


MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about searches in FrontPage, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q205612FP2000: Deleted Pages from Web Show up in Search Results List

Additional query words: WAIS


Keywords          : 
Version           : WINDOWS:
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb 

Last Reviewed: July 1, 1999