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I'm searching a SharePoint server through web services. When the web services return Word/Excel/PowerPoint documents, they contain links to the actual files, e.g. http://server/site/mydoc.doc. When the web services return PDF documents, they contain links to pages that link to the PDF document, e.g. http://server/site/DispForm.aspx?ID=1 which would contain a link to http://server/site/mydoc.pdf. I've tried _vti_bin/search.asmx with actions Query and QueryEx with no luck. What is the best way to get a link to the actual document so my app can download it?

Unfortunately, I'm using a large, shared SharePoint installation, and it's very unlikely that the server configuration can be changed.

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You need the PDF IFilter installed on the server in order for the crawl to recognize PDF files and index them correctly. Here are some instructions from Adobe (PDF warning!) as well.