ERRMSG: FotoWeb log reports 'Warning: Thesaurus not loaded. Search word highlighting may not work properly."

The information in this article applies to:

• FotoWeb 7.0

SYMPTOMS

FotoWeb displays a warning message in the logs and in the Operations Center saying:
'Warning: Thesaurus not loaded. Search word highlighting may not work properly.'

CAUSE / EXPLANATION

This warning is in no way critical, but it can easily be resolved.
When you perform a search in FotoWeb, the words you search for are highlighted in the metadata in your search hits. However, Index Manager, which powers the FotoWeb searches, can also be configured to search for synonyms, so that when you search for "fast food", for example, Index Manager will also return files containing "hamburger" and other words that are configured as synonyms to the main search word or phrase.
By default, FotoWeb will not highlight these synonyms. In order to get it to do so, you will have to make a copy of the synonym configuration file that you use in Index Manager and place it in the site settings folder in FotoWeb. See below for details.

RESOLUTION

• Make a copy of the THESAUR.xml file in Index Manager's programdata folder. If synonym searching is not in use in Index Manager, it will be called Sample_THESAUR.xml.
  (In Windows 2008 it's stored in in C:\ProgramData\FotoWare\Index Manager\Index Control)
  
• Store the THESAUR.xml file in the FotoWeb site's configuration folder and restart FotoWeb.
  (In Windows 2008 the path to the folder is typically C:\ProgramData\FotoWare\FotoWeb\Site Settings\[SITENAME]\Configuration)
  
• After restarting FotoWeb you should no longer receive the warning about the missing thesaurus file.