What do you do for scanning from withing Filepro

[Bruce Easton]

Correction to start of response: "There *are* different..."

Also, for some solutions that employ one temporary file(s) for results, 
you might need to know up front if this 'scanning' function needs to 
accommodate multiple users potentially scanning simultaneously.

On 3/23/17 7:40 PM, Bruce Easton via Filepro-list wrote:
> There different solutions depending on the specific requirements and 
> constraints.  Some solutions might only involve filepro files.
> Some things to consider:
>
> How do you expect the interface to behave?  When 'scanning', would you 
> want to search for parts of words?  (Words starting with vs any 
> portion of words.)   Do you need to search across multiple files in 
> one search session?   Does the source data that you are searching 
> change frequently?  How should the resulting matches for 'scans' 
> look?  Should results be some kind of active link that functionally 
> open its corresponding document?
>
> Regarding storage and naming, in a web-based scenario for example, a 
> user could designate a document name and upload a document to the 
> desired directory simultaneously naming the physical document and its 
> entry name [and say create date, etc.] in a database of documents.  
> How will the documents be received?  In house of from another party?
>
>
> On 3/23/17 5:13 PM, Boaz Bezborodko via Filepro-list wrote:
>> I'm  looking to scan in files linked to specific Filepro records. 
>> This is the first time I'm doing any kind of work like this.
>>
>> What methods do you folks use to accomplish this?
>> What software/hardware combinations make it easier?
>>
>> I was thinking of creating separate documents, saved to specific 
>> directories, and storing the file names and locations in the record.  
>> But I don't know what software to use that could trigger the scan and 
>> specify the file name, directory, etc.
>>
>> I'm working with Filepro 5.6.10R9 running on Windows7 machines.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Boaz
>>
>
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