Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Delete Files from a particular directory using VB 6.0

Problem when an external apps stores big documents into CE

PROBLEM : How to make external applications store the big monster documents into Content Engine.SOAP does not seem to be the best choice here. Sending files as reference in a SOAP message seems to be a good way but then there are problems with the either using FTP or MQ considering various things: a) Response time. b) Guarantee delivery of the message, etc.
SOLUTION : In order to deal with big files one of the sophisticated way is to use WebDev ( Web Distributing Authoring and Versioning) it is kind of protocol which is used while you map your network drives on Windows based operating systems.FileNet WebDev comes as an Add on and requires IIS to run. It has some limitations.

Tuesday, October 17, 2006

FileNet Panagon Capture - Error "Cannot compress image" - DocProcessing Error

Problem : While running DocProcessing component on a batch giving error "Cannot compress image(s)- Doc Processing error".
Solution : The problem may arise due to the inproperly scanned images(e.g. truncated image).So when you try to execute Doc Processing component on a batch containing truncated pages, Scanner driver throws error. It may sometime crash your application.So contact your Scanner Vendor for help.

Thursday, October 12, 2006

How to connect Capture Professional 4.1 to Content Engine 3.5.1 ?

Problem : How to connect Capture Professional 4.1 to Content Engine 3.5.1 ?
Is there any patch for this? I am not getting list of object store in Available Object stores tab when ever trying to add repository by FileNet capture manager.
Installation environment:
1. Capture professional 4.1 and CE 3.5.1 installed on different machines
and in same domain
2. Capture professional 4.1 on Windows 2000 Server SP 4
3. CE 3.5.1 installed on Windows 2003 server

Solution : For Capture4.1 first install capture patch 4.1.0-42. This patch can be loaded from FileNet website. Also follow the below mentioned steps for installation:
1. Capture Professional 4.1
2. Capture Professional patch 4.1.0-42
3. Content Engine 3.5.0 (Client libraries)
4. Content Engine patch 3.5.1
5. Database client libraries (if CE installed on SQL then no need)
6. Kofax Adrenaline (optional - for barcoding)
At the end of the CE libraries installation, it’ll prompt with the GCD wizard. Mention the name of the primary CE.

Unable to connect FileNet Capture Professional 4.1 to CE 3.5.1

Problem : How to connect Capture Professional 4.1 to Content Engine 3.5.1 ?
Is there any patch for this? I am not getting list of object store in Available Object stores tab when ever trying to add repository by FileNet capture manager.
Installation environment:
1. Capture professional 4.1 and CE 3.5.1 installed on different machines
and in same domain
2. Capture professional 4.1 on Windows 2000 Server SP 4
3. CE 3.5.1 installed on Windows 2003 server

Solution : For Capture4.1 first install capture patch 4.1.0-42. This patch can be loaded from FileNet website. Also follow the below mentioned steps for installation:
1. Capture Professional 4.1
2. Capture Professional patch 4.1.0-42
3. Content Engine 3.5.0 (Client libraries)
4. Content Engine patch 3.5.1
5. Database client libraries (if CE installed on SQL then no need)
6. Kofax Adrenaline (optional - for barcoding)
At the end of the CE libraries installation, it’ll prompt with the GCD wizard. Mention the name of the primary CE.

Image Clipping During Indexing - FileNet Capture 4.1

Problem : I was assigned a module to clip a part of an image (Page object)while indexing the document. But in my custom application I was using FileNet Capture Viewer control to display it and IDM viewer does not support clipping of image.
Solution : To clip a part of image (page object) being displayed in Capture viewer, all the pages related to a document were first exported (oPage.Export menthod). After this page was displayed in IDM viewer instead of FileNet Capture Viewer. IDM viewer supports the clipping of image. Just select a portion and then use IDMViewerCtrl1.CopyToClipboard. After this you can create BMP file using the clipboard data.

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Regarding IDM - Document Type 'Form'

PROBLEM : In my custom application (USING VB6), I used IDM Viewer control to allow user to see and print the retrieved document. But when I tried to print a 'FORM' type document using IDM viewer,after being retrieved from Image Services 4.0 I got a blank page.
SOLUTION :After retrieving the document from IS, I exported it as bitmap(.bmp) file on hard drive.Then I incorporated the code for printing the same.(All that was done behind the scenes).