How to Add any file type to your index (e.g. App.config)

Koders Pro now contains the Extensible Analyzer feature so that files of any type (extension) may be indexed even if they not directly supported by Pro. For example, ASP.NET developers may need App.config to be indexed but because .config is not included as one of the standard xml file extensions (e.g. .xml, .resx, .wsdl, etc), Pro requires special configuration as shown below.

1. Open C:\Program Files\Koders\Pro\Configuration\KodeShare.config

2. Scroll down to until you see the ExtensibleAnalyzer element as shown below and add “config” if it is not already there. This will cause all files ending in .config to be indexed regardless of their content. NOTE: you may see .aspx/.ascx files listed but if you have the latest version of Pro, these can be safely removed as ASP.NET files are now indexed by default.

<extensibleanalyzer>
  <extensions>config</extensions>
</extensibleanalyzer>

3. Add additional extensions as necessary, separated by commas

4. Save the config file

5. Restart the Kodebot service using the Kodebot GUI’s Indexing Service control menu in the lower left corner of the Kodebot GUI.

6. Close and restart the KodeBot GUI

7. Re-index the corresponding projects

8. Your new files will now be included in your searchable index in the “Other” Language category or will appear in search results if “All Languages” is selected.

What about a converter to understand binary files like the MS file types? Possible?