Searchable text App

[BossHoggin]

I have a 1.1.4 unlocked 8GB iPhone.
I have several documents that are over 1,000 words long and need a way to search for a specific word in a document. I was wondering if there was a program out there that would let me search for certain words in my word documents (it could even search a PDF or really any kind of text file). Like if you press apple-F on a Mac, you can search for a certain word. Is there anything like this for the iPhone?

Thanks

 

[BossHoggin]

Nothing?????

 

[brando88]

At this point, unfortunately, the only iPhone application that allows Document searching is Safari.

However, there is a way that you can use this to your advantage. First off, install either WildEyes.app or Docs.app (and the respective needed apps).

Secondly you need to add the "find" bookmarklet to your Safari bookmarks, get it from here:

[ http://www.lifeclever.com/17-powerful-bookmarklets-for-your-iphone/ ]

Thirdly, transfer the documents you want to read onto your phone using whatever method you like best, and get searching!

 

[BossHoggin]

At this point, unfortunately, the only iPhone application that allows Document searching is Safari.

However, there is a way that you can use this to your advantage. First off, install either WildEyes.app or Docs.app (and the respective needed apps).

Secondly you need to add the "find" bookmarklet to your Safari bookmarks, get it from here:

[ http://www.lifeclever.com/17-powerful-bookmarklets-for-your-iphone/ ]

Thirdly, transfer the documents you want to read onto your phone using whatever method you like best, and get searching!

First of all, thank for helping!!
But I have a problem. I am using Transmit to ssh (or ftp whatever) my word documents over. Where should I put them? I tried just putting one word document in /var/mobile/Media and when I clicked on it in WildEyes, it brought up Safari but it said "404 - Not Found" on the page. What should I do?
Thanks again

 

[brando88]

First of all, thank for helping!!
But I have a problem. I am using Transmit to ssh (or ftp whatever) my word documents over. Where should I put them? I tried just putting one word document in /var/mobile/Media and when I clicked on it in WildEyes, it brought up Safari but it said "404 - Not Found" on the page. What should I do?
Thanks again

The default folder for WildEyes.app is:

/var/mobile/Media/Sites

Place you're files in there and it should work fine... (also for WildEyes.app make sure you have Lighttpd installed )

 

[BossHoggin]

The default folder for WildEyes.app is:

/var/mobile/Media/Sites

Place you're files in there and it should work fine... (also for WildEyes.app make sure you have Lighttpd installed )

I put it in /var/mobile/Sites (I think you put Media in there on accident) and it still did not work. I have BossPrefs Lighttpd installed.

 

[BossHoggin]

Ok I got it. I installed the Docs app and used it instead of WildEyes and it worked perfectly. I don't know why but it did!