General configuration and how-to articles for SimpleIndex.
Service Configuration Paths
Monday, 29 July 2019
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete Job File reference. The paths to the configuration files that are stored in the list in the Service Control and Options panel is located in the registry here: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SimpleIndexService\Jobs
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Forward Blank Index Fields
Monday, 29 July 2019
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete Index Fields reference. To turn on the carry Forward when you blank out an index field do the following: 1. Right click on the configuration file and open with Notepad or another text editor. 2. Search for this XML value: FORWARD_BLANK 3. Set the value to true
Do Not Combine Pages to 1 Bookmark
Monday, 29 July 2019
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete PDF Bookmarking reference. If you want to keep pages in bookmarks separate instead of combining them into a single bookmark when the same bookmark value is found in several interspersed images in the batch do the following: 1. Open the Job Configuration file in Notepad.2. Search for this value: <BOOKMARK_PDF1>3. Enter
Viewer Reset for SimpleIndex
Monday, 29 July 2019
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete SimpleView Application reference. If you have any issues with the SimpleView viewer within SimpleIndex not displaying properly or the grid size being off you can reset it by doing the following. 1. Go to the Registry by searching for regedit 2. Locate this folder path: hkey_current_user\software\vb and vba applications\simpleindexORhkey_current_user\software\vb and vba program
Access Database Connection String
Monday, 29 July 2019
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete Access reference. If you would like to create a database string for an Access database that includes a password use this format: Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=path\database.mdb;Jet OLEDB:Database Password=db_password;
MISSING file move with multiple files
Monday, 29 July 2019
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete File Output Settings reference. If you want to move the MISSING files from the Output folder to another folder and create multiple MISSING files then use this script for the .bat file: ren “C:\Users\dgraves.META\Desktop\Folder1\Missing.pdf” Missing-%date:~10,4%%date:~7,2%%date:~4,2%_%time:~0,2%%time:~3,2%.PDF Move “C:\Users\dgraves.META\Desktop\Folder1\Missing*.pdf” “C:\Users\dgraves.META\Desktop\Folder2” This will rename the file to MISSING-DATE_TIME and then move it to another
Crash During Image Display with Embedded SimpleView
Monday, 29 July 2019
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete SimpleView reference. If SimpleIndex crashes when it tries to display the image file in the embedded SimpleView viewer right after the processing has finished then it might be that one of the SimpleView windows or settings is set to an incompatible position or option without giving you the chance to
SimpleIndex License Server URL
Monday, 29 July 2019
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete Licensing & Activation reference. Many corporate networks block traffic to all websites by default unless they have been specifically granted access. This is especially true in server environments. If you are having licensing issues with SimpleIndex not having access/permission through the internet to activate the software online then this access needs
Can I split a PDF based on bookmark values?
Friday, 12 July 2019
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the PDF Bookmarking reference. 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
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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Is SimpleIndex for Windows only? I’m a Mac user.
Wednesday, 28 February 2018
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete Installation reference. Unfortunately SimpleIndex is for Windows only. This is true of most high speed document scanning applications, due to the fact that most document scanners only have Windows drivers. However, SimpleIndex can output to databases and file shares on a Mac server. The fact that it does
- Published in Licensing & Installation
How do I delete an image and it’s database entry?
Wednesday, 28 February 2018
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete Global Settings Wizard reference. If your Job Settings Wizard configuration’s of Database mode setting is set to “Update Existing Records”, the database record and the image will be deleted when you delete an image from a batch. The Table Name must be an updateable query or table
- Published in Database & Retrieval
Can SimpleIndex integrate with Microsoft SharePoint?
Wednesday, 28 February 2018
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete SharePoint reference. Any document processed with SimpleIndex can be uploaded directly to your SharePoint document library, and any custom columns or metadata tags can be set automatically using the SimpleIndex index field values. Find out more at our SharePoint Document Scanning page. Integrated custom metadata is only supported
- Published in SharePoint Integration
Is it possible to search for and retrieve documents with Windows desktop search?
Wednesday, 28 February 2018
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete Searchable PDF reference. Windows Search works great with SimpleIndex because all index data can be saved to the folder and file names as well as the file properties, and OCR text can be saved to hidden layers in PDF files. Windows Search will read all of these elements
- Published in Database & Retrieval, Export, Office PDF Text Processing
What scanners does SimpleIndex work with?
Wednesday, 28 February 2018
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete Scanning reference. SimpleIndex will work with both TWAIN and ISIS scanner drivers. TWAIN is more common and works with virtually all scanner models. ISIS is designed for high speed document scanners. Most sheetfed scanners support ISIS. ISIS is much faster and has more features than TWAIN, and is
- Published in TWAIN & ISIS Scanning
Will your SimpleQB allow me to scan in old invoices or bank statements directly into QuickBooks?
Wednesday, 28 February 2018
purchase order
- Published in Database & Retrieval, SimpleQB
How do I use the Media Wizard to create searchable DVDs or thumb drives?
Wednesday, 28 February 2018
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete Send Menu reference. To enable the Media Wizard, you must first create a job configuration that exports index information to an Access database. Once you have scanned all the documents for the CD or DVD and attached them to the database, create a second job that uses “Retrieve
- Published in Database & Retrieval, Export
