Importing existing TIFF, PDF, MS Office and other documents for conversion or processing.
Connect SimpleIndex to FTP Site
Monday, 03 August 2020
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete Distributed Capture reference. SimpleIndex can import or export files that need to be or have been processed from an FTP site, but it requires that the FTP site be configured as a Windows Drive Letter. Configuring an FTP site as a Windows Drive Letter isn’t included in Windows, so third
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FastImport to Disable Automatic Processing During Import
Thursday, 27 February 2020
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete Fast Import Interface reference. SimpleIndex has a variety of processing functions that automatically happen behind the scenes when importing documents to improve the quality and functionality of the images and processing capabilities of the software. On some occasions these extra processing functions cause delays and conflicts or aren’t
Stop/Turn Off Image Deletion when Blank is Recognized
Friday, 20 September 2019
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete Autonumber reference. In certain cases you will need to be able to read that a page is blank, but not actually want to delete this page. This is especially useful if you want to use a page that isn’t completely blank as a document separator, where the page is always
Disable StopFile
Monday, 29 July 2019
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete File Input Settings reference. If you have many different users running SimpleIndex on different computers saving to the same Output folder, the STOPFILE from one can cause another user to not be able to export to the folder while the original user is outputting to the folder. In this case
Continue with Post Process Command Line if Input Folder is Empty
Monday, 29 July 2019
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete command line interface reference. 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
How do I limit the number of files pulled from the input folder?
Wednesday, 28 February 2018
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete batch processing reference. The Max File/Batch setting on the Batch Options tab lets you limit the number of files to process in each batch. In the wizard it can be found under the Advanced File Input Settings section.
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I have a scanner/copier that creates PDF and TIFF files and saves them to my file server. Can I use SimpleIndex to create a searchable CD/DVD from these files?
Wednesday, 28 February 2018
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete Wizard Mode reference. This feature is included in SimpleIndex at no additional cost and is called the Media Wizard. The Media Wizard is located in the “Send” file menu and is called Media Wizard. It allows you to burn your images, indexes, a database and a free SimpleSearch
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How do you select what types of files to process?
Wednesday, 28 February 2018
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete Batch Processing Stages reference. You can tell SimpleIndex what types of files it should process and which file types to ignore. This is done by clicking “Job Options” On the “Batch” tab you will find a field labeled “Input file types or mask”. These are the file types
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Can the original image filename be used as part of the output filename?
Wednesday, 28 February 2018
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete File Output Settings reference. The input filename can be specified automatically by configuring a field of type “Filename”. The input file path may also be parsed by the SimpleIndex dictionary and template matching algorithms to extract data fields from the folder and file names.
- Published in Export, Import, Indexing & UI
Is there a way to save the images when a batch is canceled?
Wednesday, 28 February 2018
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete Batch Processing reference. At certain points a batch will need to be cancelled before it is complete. In this case you can save the images from the batch, but not the indexes that have been done so far in the batch. When cancelling the batch (File>End Job or
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