GroupDocs.Search for .NET 17.05 Release Notes

This page contains release notes for GroupDocs.Search for .NET 17.5

Major Features

There are 8 features and enhancements in this regular monthly release. The most notable are:

SEARCHNET-1004 Implement optimization of simple search and fuzzy search
SEARCHNET-1005 Implement optimization of index data on hard disc
SEARCHNET-1007 Remove LoadSynonyms(string fileName) obsolete method
SEARCHNET-1008 Remove SearchParameters.UseFuzzySearch obsolete parameter
SEARCHNET-1009 Implement support of OneNote documents
SEARCHNET-1010 Implement support of Electronic Publications (epub)
SEARCHNET-1011 Implement support of new Presentations formats (pptm and ppsm)
SEARCHNET-1012 Implement support of OpenDocument presentation format (odp)

All Changes

Key	Summary	Category
SEARCHNET-1004	Implement optimization of simple search and fuzzy search	Enhancement
SEARCHNET-1005	Implement optimization of index data on hard disc	Enhancement
SEARCHNET-1007	Remove LoadSynonyms(string fileName) obsolete method	Enhancement
SEARCHNET-1008	Remove SearchParameters.UseFuzzySearch obsolete parameter	Enhancement
SEARCHNET-1009	Implement support of OneNote documents	New Feature
SEARCHNET-1010	Implement support of Electronic Publications (epub)	New Feature
SEARCHNET-1011	Implement support of new Presentations formats (pptm and ppsm)	New Feature
SEARCHNET-1012	Implement support of OpenDocument presentation format (odp)	New Feature

Public API and Backward Incompatible Changes

This section lists public API changes that were introduced in GroupDocs.Search for .NET 17.5. It includes not only new and obsoleted public methods, but also a description of any changes in the behavior behind the scenes in GroupDocs.Search which may affect existing code. Any behavior introduced that could be seen as a regression and modifies existing behavior is especially important and is documented here.

Implement optimization of simple search and fuzzy search

Implemented optimization of simple search and fuzzy search. Simple search performance improved by 3 times. Fuzzy search performance improved by 2 times.

Public API Changes
None.

Implement optimization of index data on hard disc

Implemented optimization of index data stored on the hard disc. Index size decreased by 3 times.

Public API Changes
None.

Remove LoadSynonyms(string fileName) obsolete method

Removed obsolete method Index.LoadSynonyms(string fileName).

Public API Changes
Methods LoadSynonyms(string fileName) has been removed from GroupDocs.Search.Index class.

This example shows how to load synonyms from file:

string indexFolder = @"c:\MyIndex";
string synonymsFileName = @"c:\MySynonyms.txt";

Index index = new Index(indexFolder);
// Import synonyms from file. Existing synonyms are staying.
index.Dictionaries.SynonymDictionary.Import(synonymsFileName);

Remove SearchParameters.UseFuzzySearch obsolete parameter

Removed obsolete property SearchParameters.UseFuzzySearch.

Public API Changes
Property bool UseFuzzySearch has been removed from GroupDocs.Search.SearchParameters class.

This example shows how to use fuzzy search:

string indexFolder = "MyIndex";
string documentsFolder = "c:\MyDocuments";
string query = "some search query";

Index index = new Index(indexFolder);
index.AddToIndex(documentsFolder);

SearchParameters parameters = new SearchParameters();
parameters.FuzzySearch.Enabled = true; // Turning on Fuzzy search feature

SearchResults moreSimilarResults = index.Search(query, parameters);

Implement support of OneNote documents

Implemented support for Microsoft OneNote documents (*.one).

Public API Changes
None.

Implement support of Electronic Publications (epub)

Implemented support of Microsoft Electronic Publications (*.epub).

Public API Changes
None.

Implement support of new Presentations formats (pptm and ppsm)

Implemented support for new Microsoft PowerPoint documents (*.pptm and *.ppsm).

Public API Changes
None.

Implement support of OpenDocument presentation format (odp)

Implemented support for OpenDocument presentation documents (*.odp).

Public API Changes
None.