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update a full-text index.
To create a batch XML file, do as the following:
1. Open Notepad.
2. Type the file paths of FoxitPDFEditor.exe and the index file, and the flags (including
/build, /rebuild, and /purge) to update the index. For example, to rebuild an index:
“C:\Program Files (x86)\Foxit Software\ Foxit PDF Editor\FoxitPDFEditor.exe”
C: \Users\Administrator\Desktop\Index-1\Product Manuals.xml /rebuild
3. Save the text as a .bxml file.
Note: You need to select the Allow Index batch files (.bxml) to be run option in File >
Index to successfully schedule index updates.
 Move indexed PDFs and their indexes
You may need to move some or all of the indexed PDF documents to another location.
In an index, if the index file and the indexed PDF documents are stored in the same
drive, relative paths exist between the index file and the folders that contain the
indexed PDFs. If these relative paths remain unchanged, the index still works after
moving the indexed PDF documents.
A relative path is a way to specify the location of a directory relative to another
directory. For example, suppose one of the indexed documents (butterflies.pdf) are in
“C:\Sample\A”, and the index file is in “C:\Sample\B”. Then the relative path to
“butterflies.pdf” is “..\A\butterflies.pdf”. The relative path is more flexible, because if
you move the entire “C:\Sample” directory to another location such as “E:\Sample” or
“C:\Smith\Sample”, the relative paths to the indexed documents would remain valid,
which makes the index still work.
Note: If the index file and the indexed PDF documents are stored in different drives, after
you move the indexed PDF documents, the index will not work and you need to create a
new index.
Whether the index file and the indexed PDFs are stored in the same drive or not, if the
index does not work after you move the index file or the indexed PDFs, you need to
create a new index. However, you can still use the original index file. First, move the
indexed documents to the target location. Then put the index file in the new index
folder, edit options and the directories in Include these directories and Exclude
these directories as needed, and create a new index.