#91 Searching MindMaps - v2

[Egor Abramovich]

In July 2005 I submitted an utility for FreeMind that searches through a set of mindmaps located in some directory.
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1230831&group_id=7118&atid=307118

One user found it useful and sent me a report about some problems. Problems were fixed, application was extended a bit to allow searches in multiple directories.

The updated version of this MindMapSearch utility is attached below.

Hoping it can be useful to someone else.

Best regards,
Egor.

[Daniel Polansky]

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Hi Egor, looks like a nice utility, written in Java. Can you please state the license of the utility? Dan

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[Egor Abramovich]

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Hi Dan,
This utility is licensed under GPL.
"license" file from FreeMind distribution is added to the archive below.

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File Added: mms_v2.zip

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License statement was also added to each java file

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Reloaded zip archive again, this time with 2.1 version. Fixed bug for *.mms nodes in root (were not filtered properly)
File Added: mms_v2.1.zip

[Egor Abramovich]

Utility that searches through a set of mindmaps

[Egor Abramovich]

Utility that searches through a set of mindmaps

[Egor Abramovich]

Version 2.2 fixes minor problem with empty / not existing starting path.

[Vic_J]

Thanks for providing this tool. I think I have it 'installed' ok - the instructions arn't too clear on that point. On linux, I just unpacked all of the zip contents and ran the command "java -cp bin swing.SwingSearchSystem" from the mms directory. I got the Search Criteria box (which I left blank) and the browse window, which lets me select where my .mm files are.
However, it never finds anything. The command window shows

$ java -cp bin swing.SwingSearchSystem
Search criteria: all nodes
Starting path: \home\vic\Documents\Mindmaps
0 mindmaps found

Elapsed time: 0.600 sec

I think the problem is '/' in the path is being changed to '\', so it never finds any mindmap files.

could the problem be in the SwinSearchSystem.java file in this area??

            startingPath = startingPath.replace('/', '\\');
            if (!startsWithDriveLetter(startingPath)
                    && !startingPath.startsWith("\\"))
                startingPath = '\\' + startingPath;
            if (startingPath.endsWith("\\"))
                startingPath = startingPath.substring(0,
                    startingPath.length() - 1);
            properties.setProperty("startingPath", startingPath);
            saveProperties();

Thanks again. I wish the devs would incorporate this expanded search into the upcoming mindmap release.