General configuration and how-to articles for SimpleIndex.
Languages Supported in SimpleSoftware OCR Engines
Monday, 02 December 2019
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete Languages reference. SimpleSoftware OCR engines are using two different systems for language support. In the end languages supported by your OCR is based on your version of SimpleIndex installed, any addons (SimpleIndex Server, SimpleCoversheet, and so on) do not add any additional language support. All SimpleSoftware products have Tesseract 3.02
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How to Fix SharePoint Login Issues
Thursday, 21 November 2019
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete SharePoint reference. If login issues occur when connecting to SharePoint or it continually prompts for a login please try this solution. Instructions:
Oracle database is slow to respond
Wednesday, 13 November 2019
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete Autofill reference. When connecting to an Oracle database, you may experience very slow responses when loading the list of Tables or Field in the configuration wizard, or when performing Autofill and Export using the Oracle connection. This can be caused by a variety of issues:
How to emulate Server behavior in the client
Monday, 04 November 2019
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete Unattended Processing reference. Due to licensing restrictions, there are some functions in SimpleIndex that behave slightly differently when running in server mode than when running interactively. Mostly the only difference is in speed but sometimes it can be difficult to tell why output is different when running unattended. The biggest
How do I download and utilize TaxStacker after purchasing?
Friday, 11 October 2019
The TaxStacker system is based on a custom set-up in the SimpleIndex software and consists of the “Tax Stacker.sic” Job Configuration file and the “TaxStacker.mdb” database. To use the TaxStacker system after purchasing follow the instructions below. Follow the SimpleIndex download, installation and activation instructions. Download the “TaxStacker.zip” file from the link provided with your
Error in Scanning Batch 743
Thursday, 26 September 2019
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete Batch Processing Stages reference. If you get an error that says “Error in Scanning Batch. 743 – Unable to create or activate a new instance of ‘Simple.FileEditor.Client.ImageViewer’.” after running previous batches successfully then the SimpleIndex Windows Layout is corrupt. To resolve locate this folder in Windows Exporer/My Computer: C:\Users\<Windows User
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
Start up issues with SimpleIndex
Wednesday, 18 September 2019
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete Licensing & Activation reference. If you have any sort of errors or issues or software crashes or glitches when opening SimpleIndex during the Windows splash screen it is due to a permissions issue with connecting to our licensing files. You can resolve this issue in most cases by one of
InstaDocs for SAGE Integration
Wednesday, 11 September 2019
If you have the InstaDocs add-on for SAGE that allows you to search for and retrieve documents in the SAGE system, then it is possible to have SimpleIndex directly output to the InstaDocs folder system. If this is done when SimpleIndex outputs the images they will show up as searchable files immediately from InstaDocs. To
How to activate SimpleQB?
Wednesday, 04 September 2019
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete SimpleQB Installation reference. Activation Instructions SimpleQB Option A – New SimpleQB Installation: If you are installing SimpleQB on the Windows computer for the first time first download SimpleIndex from one of the following SimpleIndex Download Installation links below. SimpleQB Download Link for use with SimpleIndex v9SimpleQB Download Link for use
How to activate SimpleExport?
Wednesday, 04 September 2019
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete SimpleExport reference. Activation Instructions SimpleExport Option A – New SimpleIndex Installation: If you are installing SimpleExport on the Windows computer for the first time first download SimpleIndex from the SimpleIndex Demo Installation Link. Once the SimpleIndex software has been downloaded install the software from the downloaded installation file.
How to activate SimpleView?
Wednesday, 04 September 2019
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete SimpleView Application reference. Activation Instructions SimpleView Option A – New SimpleIndex Installation: If you are installing SimpleView on the Windows computer for the first time first download SimpleIndex from the SimpleIndex Demo Installation Link.Once the SimpleIndex software has been downloaded install the software from the downloaded installation file. During the
How to activate any Add-on or Upgrade to SimpleIndex?
Friday, 30 August 2019
Add-ons such as ISIS scanning, Server Processing and ClearImage barcode recognition are features of your SimpleIndex license key. How you start using one depends on how it was bought. The License Check page shows what any key includes. Added to a license you already own If you entered your existing license key at checkout, the
What is Document Imaging?
Wednesday, 31 July 2019
Document Imaging was the more commonly used term in the early days of document scanning and OCR and refers to any system used to replicate documents used in business. It evolved from the microfilm days where it was referred to as Document Image Management. Document Imaging allows for the scanning of paper documents, as well
TIF File Not Opening After Save with SimpleIndex
Monday, 29 July 2019
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete TIFF reference. If when scanning with SimpleIndex and outputting TIF files you are producing files that are not viewable and produce this error in Windows Photo Viewer then the “Color & Grayscale Pages” setting in the Compression Settings needs to be changed. You can find the instructions for changing this
Command Line Sample
Monday, 29 July 2019
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete Command Line Interface reference. 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
Enable Post-Process when Input Folder is Empty
Monday, 29 July 2019
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete Advanced Settings reference. When you have multiple Job Configurations running in tandem with the Post-Process command line running one after there other there can be occasions where a Job Configuration earlier in the chain doesn’t have any images in the Input folder. When this happens a prompt occurs that must
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
Create Unique Batch Name
Monday, 29 July 2019
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete Batch Processing Stages reference. SimpleIndex creates a Batch ID each time you run a SimpleIndex Job Configuration, which creates a new batch. The Batch ID is the Date and Time that the batch was started. EX. 2020-01-23@145419 In this example 2020 is the Year, 01 is the Month, 23 is
