Is the timeout for Extensions.ConvertToTextCommand configurable in FileLocator Pro?

Question

I’m using FileLocator Pro with a custom PDF reader based on Extensions.ConvertToTextCommand.

For large PDF files, the external conversion can legitimately take more than two minutes. FileLocator Pro then reports:

Custom command failed with exit code: 105 (Timeout)

The command is configured like this:

"C:\FileLocatorPDFComments\pdf_comments.cmd" "$(InputFile)" "$(OutputFile)"

The converter itself continues processing and often finishes successfully after FileLocator has already timed out.

Is the timeout for Extensions.ConvertToTextCommand configurable?

If yes, what is the configuration, registry, XML, or -config: parameter name?

Ideally I would like to increase it to 300 or 600 seconds for large PDF files.

I’m using FileLocator Pro 2022 / flpsearch version 9.3.3562.1.

Thank you.

Answer 1

The time out is not configurable for ConvertToText yet but it will be made available in the next minor release using the same parameter as the PDF conversion, ie for 10 mins:

filelocatorpro.exe -config:FileConversion:TimeOut=0n600000