SimpleIndex Command Line Processing:

Allows you to perform complex scanning and indexing jobs from an icon with just one click using SimpleIndex. Run all your OCR processing in a background just with one double click from your desktop.
Integration with custom applications, scheduled tasks and other automation using the command line interface.

Command Line Sample

When using the Simple Software products it can be beneficial to run the software from a command line script. With this you can run other Simple Software Job configurations or Windows Batch Files (.bat) or Task Manager or other command line methods automatically.

You can find sample formats of the command lines for Simple Software products below.

​SimpleIndex:
“C:\Program Files (x86)\SimpleIndex\SimpleIndex.exe” /c:”Path to job file”

SimpleSend:
“C:\Program Files (x86)\SimpleIndex\SimpleSend.exe” “Path to job file” /hide /run

SimpleQB:
“C:\Program Files (x86)\SimpleIndex\qb\SimpleQB.exe” “Path to job file” /hide /run

/hide and /run in the SimpleSend and SimpleQB examples above hide any windows from being displayed and automatically runs the process respectively.

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Command Line to Auto-close SimpleIndex

This is used to closed SimpleIndex after the job has been completed automatically. This can be useful if you only run one batch in SimpleIndex at a time and don’t need it after that batch is complete. Instructions to Auto-close SimpleIndex when Batch is complete: Open the SimpleIndex Job Configuration that you would like to set to auto close when the batch is is complete.Open the Job Settings Wizard from the File menu.Go to the Advanced Settings step and expand Pre-Process & Post-Process options.In the Post-Process field put the following: taskkill -f -im simpleindex.exe Save the Job Configuration. Alternate Intructions: Open the Job Options from the File menuIn the Batch tab put the following in the “Post-Proc” field: taskkill -f -im simpleindex.exeClick OK and then Save from the File menu
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Stop Autorun When Double Clicking Configuration

SimpleIndex jobs can be launched from an icon, just like opening a Word document saved on your desktop. However when you do this the default behavior is to automatically run the job file once it opens in SimpleIndex. If you just want to open the job without running it, follow these instructions: 1.  Create a shortcut to the configuration by right clicking on the configuration file and selecting “Create shortcut”2.  Right click on the Shortcut that was just created and saved and select “Properties”3.  In the “Target” field put the following:“C:\Program Files (x86)\SimpleIndex\SimpleIndex.exe” /c:”<Full Path to Configuration file>” /m Example: “C:\Program Files (x86)\SimpleIndex\SimpleIndex.exe” /c:”C:\Images\test.sic” /m Shortcut properties for manually running a job.
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Continue with Post Process Command Line if Input Folder is Empty

When running multiple jobs in a row or chain with the Post Process Command Line it is possible that an earlier Job in the process won’t have any files. This will stop the Job before reaching the Post Process step and cause later jobs not to run. This can be corrected by adding an option directly to the XML text of the Job Configuration. This will tell it to keep going to the Post Process step even if there are no files to process in the Job. Instructions: Right click on the Job Configuration file (.sic file format) and select Open With..Select Notepad or some other text file opening software.Search for this in the text of the file: <POSTPROCEMPTY>false</POSTPROCEMPTY>Change the word “false” to the word “true” in that section.false = Stop immediately if there are no files to process.true = Run the Post Process Command Line even if there are no files to processSave the file and close it.
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Can I split a PDF based on bookmark values?

SimpleIndex can create PDF files with bookmarks based on the index data captured in your batch. Going the other way–splitting an existing PDF file based on the bookmark value–is not a built-in feature of SimpleIndex. However there are inexpensive command line utilities that you can integrate with SimpleIndex in order to accomplish this. For example, the CoolUtils PDFSplitter and A-PDF Split both offer this function starting around $35. The command line to split the PDF can be integrated into the Pre-Process setting in SimpleIndex, found under the Advanced Settings section of the Configuration Wizard. An example pre-process using PDFSplitter to split based on the second level bookmark values would be: PDFSplitter.exe “c:\Images\BookmarkFile.pdf” “%CONFIGFILEFOLDER%\Input” -em bookmarks -b 2
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SimpleIndex v7.4

SimpleIndex v7.4 Simple Software is pleased to announce the latest iteration of our easy-to-use scanning and indexing flagship product. This latest revision adds a host of new features both user-facing and behind-the-scenes. Introducing SimpleIndex 7.4 Current users will notice background enhancments such as improved handling with variations in TIFF, PDF, and JPEG files. Likewise the ability to process on-the-fly during scanning has been ramped up and if you work in virtual environments, there’s enhanced support for VMWare. The improvements don’t stop under the hood. Users will notice a new Global Settings Wizard that ensures everything is in place before you get to work. You can perform OCR operations on the clipboard or from screen shots, not just scanned pages and if you need to touch up an OCR capture, there is now a long text editor that lets you type or copy/paste at length. Like using barcodes? Barcode accuracy has been improved and you can even extract specific char

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Instant Integration With Any Application

SimpleIndex® provides a great alternative to “reinventing the wheel” using a document imaging SDK to implement scanning in your custom application. SimpleIndex uses a command line interface to enable developers to execute customized scanning workflows from another application. This lets you take advantage of SimpleIndex‘s TWAIN/ISIS scanning, zone OCR, barcode recognition and database export features without having to re-code them all yourself. Whether you are an IT consultant creating an application for internal company use or a software developer looking to add scanning features to your application, SimpleIndex provides the easiest solution available. To use SimpleIndex as a scanning front-end for your application, simply: Create a SimpleIndex job file configured to scan, index and save files the way you want (Optional) configure the database export to create/update document records in your DB Use a “Shell” command to execute the job file from your progr
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Automated Processing & 1-Click Interface

 Your browser does not support the video tag.SimpleIndex® 1-click scanning and indexing is enabled with its command line interface. SimpleIndex job files can be saved and opened just like a Word document. When you open a job file, SimpleIndex begins processing a new batch automatically. Scanning, processing (OCR, barcodes, database autofill, etc) and export happen in sequence with no further input from the user. For unattended processing, the command line interface lets you use Windows services and scheduled tasks to automate OCR, barcode recognition and database export tasks. The Command Line Interface also allows SimpleIndex to be integrated with custom software applications with minimal to no programming required. Field values, processing folders and other settings can be passed as command line parameters Any SimpleIndex option can be set using XML job files Database export links processed files to your app automatically Control application behavior (display window, exit after proc
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Streamlined Interface

The Fastest, Most Accurate Scanning Solution As with any repetitive task, a few seconds saved scanning and filing a single document quickly adds up to dozens or hundreds of hours over the course of a long project or daily routine. The most import part of planning your imaging project is to find the most efficient way to capture documents and file them correctly. Creating an efficient scanning and indexing process will save you countless hours of labor over the life of your project. SimpleIndex is faster and easier because it is designed to perform all of the steps necessary to scan, process, verify and export images in one continuous workflow rather than requiring the user to click extra buttons each time to initiate the next step. When taken to the extreme, SimpleIndex is capable of performing all of these tasks automatically just by clicking an icon on your desktop or a link in a browser. SimpleIndex does this by saving all of the settings for a scanning workflow to a file that can b
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