Graham This is a rather complex script that uses xtscript and filelist to create a javascript array of the search results which is then sorted and paged
it uses "post" so no querystring
There are all sorts of tricks used to output the js correctly so careless editing may break the script
The actual file lists are not in the xtscript so should not get timeouts
The search query must be 2 or more chars and is filtered against malicious input
This version is set up to search 4 folders
still subject to change
SUGGESTIONS WELCOME
demo http://ggnnww.yn.lt/filelist_folder/newsearch

<!--parser:xtscript--> var $per_page=5 get search # Search string health check var $star= call strpos $haystack=#$search;$needle=* var $query= call strpos $haystack=#$search;$needle=? var $dquot= call strpos $haystack=#$search;$needle=" var $squot= call strpos $haystack=#$search;$needle=' if not $search or $star or $query or $dquot or $squot del $search var $disable_js=// goto @end1 endif # Search string length check var $len=call strlen $val=$search if $len < 2 del $search print search string too short min 2 chars<br /> goto @end1 endif # Do the search get anywhere if $anywhere var $checked=checked="checked" var $any=* endif var $dummy=['dummy'] # Filelist template that creates javascript array var $template=['.file_name_parsed.','.file_url.','.file_size.','.file_datetime.','.file_mime.'], # Filelist templates var $list1= xt:filelist folder="/FOLDER1" template="$template" filter="$any$search*.*" per_page="0" var $list2= xt:filelist folder="/FOLDER2" template="$template" filter="$any$search*.*" per_page="0" var $list3= xt:filelist folder="/FOLDER3" template="$template" filter="$any$search*.*" per_page="0" var $list4= xt:filelist folder="/FOLDER4" template="$template" filter="$any$search*.*" per_page="0" @end1 # The search form print {{<div style="border:1px solid;padding:2px;margin:2px;display:inline-block"> <form action="<xt:url/>" method="post"> <input type="search" name="search" value="$search" /> <input type="submit" value="go" /><br /> Anywhere in filename <input type="checkbox" name="anywhere" value="1" $checked /> </form> </div><br />}} # The actual filelist functions are created below <!--/parser:xtscript--> <script type="text/javascript"> {_$$disable_js|}var list=[<{_$$list1|} ><{_$$list2|} ><{_$$list3|} ><{_$$list4|} >{_$$dummy|}]; <!--parser:xtscript--> # The output script get_or_default results_page;0 if $search print {{list.length=list.length-1; var length=list.length; if (length){ var total_pages=Math.floor(}} print {{list.length/$per_page); var results_page=$results_page; var search='$search'; var per_page=$per_page}} print_raw {{; var offset=(results_page*per_page); var page_end=(offset + per_page); if (page_end > length)page_end=length; list.sort(); document.write('<div style="border:1px solid;padding:2px;margin:2px;text-align:left">'); if (length > 1)document.write((offset+1)+' to '+page_end+' of '); document.write( length+' Result'); if (length > 1) document.write('s'); document.write(' For &quot;<b>'+search+'</b>&quot;<br />'); for(i=offset;i < page_end;i++){ document.write('<div style="border:1px solid;padding:2px;margin:2px;text-align:left;">'); document.write('<a href="'+list[i][1]+'?__xt_download=1">'+list[i][0]+'</a><br />'); document.write('Url <input value="'+list[i][1]+'" /><br />'); document.write('<small> Size <span>'+list[i][2]+'</span>'); document.write(' Date <span>'+list[i][3]+'</span>'); document.write(' Type <span>'+list[i][4]+'</span></small></div>');} }} # Pagination print_raw {{ if (length > per_page){ document.write('<div>'); if (offset){ document.write('<form style="display:inline" action="<xt:url />" method="post"><input type="hidden" name="results_page" value="'+(results_page-1)+'" />}} print <input type="hidden" name="search" value="$search" /><input type="hidden" name="anywhere" value="$anywhere" /> print_raw {{<input type="submit" value="&larr;" /></form>');} else {document.write('<input type="button" value="&bull;" />');} if (page_end < length){ document.write('<form style="display:inline" action="<xt:url />" method="post"><input type="hidden" name="results_page" value="'+(results_page+1)+'" />}} print <input type="hidden" name="search" value="$search" /><input type="hidden" name="anywhere" value="$anywhere" /> print_raw {{<input type="submit" value="&rarr;" /></form>');} else {document.write('<input type="button" value="&bull;" />');} document.write('</div>');} document.write('</div>'); ;}} endif if $search print } else {document.write('<div style="border:1px solid;padding:2px;margin:2px;display:inline-block;text-align:left;"> print No results for $search</div>');} endif <!--/parser:xtscript--> </script>