Instruction for preserving your parse_doc.pl file

1. download xlHtml from www.xlHtml.org and install it
   (in this example it has been installed to /usr/local, otherwise the path needs to be updated in the file in step 3)
   
2. make sure the following two lines are included in mime.types
   application/msexcel   xls
   application/vnd.ms-excel    xls
   
3. copy the the new parse_xls.pl  to /usr/doc/packages/htdig/contrib
   (or whereever your parse_doc.pl is currently installed)
   (in this file the path to xlHtml might need to be updated)
   
4. edit your htdig configuration file (usually /opt/www/htdig/conf/htdig.conf)
   and add the following to the external_parsers section
   application/msexcel /usr/doc/packages/htdig/contrib/parse_xls.pl \
   application/vnd.ms-excel /usr/doc/packages/htdig/contrib/parse_xls.pl
   (remember to check the path to parse_xls.pl from step 3)
   
5. start rundig and then search with htDig for a word included in the excel file
   

Standard Instructions