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LaserFiche : Integrator’s ToolkitTM
Document
Management - Integrator’s ToolkitTM
Increase
Efficiency with Integrated Document Management Solutions
Create solutions to specific business problems
Exchange data with third-party applications
Rapidly develop custom solutions
Streamline operations and eliminate
redundancies
Create
Seamless Integrations
Accessing historical maps from within a Geographical Information
System (GIS). Linking paper correspondence to electronic
records in a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system.
Building a single access point that unites paper case
files and information in a police records management system
(RMS).
The Laserfiche Integrator’s Toolkit is a collection
of commands and documentation that allows you to create
integrated document management solutions for your business
needs. It provides the necessary tools to integrate Laserfiche
with third-party applications, customize system functionality
and automate Laserfiche-related tasks.
Developers familiar with COM calls will be able to take
full advantage of the Integrator’s Toolkit. Any Windows-based
development language, such as C++, Access Basic or Visual
Basic can be used to create applications. Visual Basic
knowledge is helpful for modifying the source code and
for incorporating customized commands. With the comprehensive
documentation included in the Toolkit––detailed
instructions and sample source code––information
technology personnel have maximum flexibility to meet
the specific business needs of a wide variety of organizations.
Integrator’s
Toolkit Highlights
- Extensive
API command collection
- Image
Enable commands simplify Laserfiche repository access
through third-party applications
- HotKey
ActiveX commands
- OCR
Bridge for integrating third-party OCR engines
- Import
List commands
- Error
code documentation
- Documentation
for template data
- Facilitates
custom audit reports
Integrator’s
Toolkit Contents
- The
Laserfiche API command collection, a set of fully
client-independent commands that essentially communicate
with the server engine. Among included commands are
those to issue searches, edit index cards, import
and export documents, modify volumes and export documents
in PDF.
- The
Laserfiche Image Enable command collection, designed
to promote fast, straightforward manipulation of the
Laserfiche client through third-party applications.
Among included commands are those to launch the Laserfiche
client, display search results in the client and bring
up the Scan dialogue box.
- HotKey
ActiveX controls to execute Laserfiche commands with
a single keystroke.
- Complete
documentation on Laserfiche List Import files that
allow scripted importing of data and images into Laserfiche.
- Resources
to create triggers, stored procedures and queries.
© 2004 Compulink Management Center, Inc. All rights
reserved. Laserfiche is a registered trademark of Compulink
Management Center, Inc. All other trademarks are properties
of their respective companies. Due to continuing
product development, product specifications and capabilities
are subject to change without notice. Item no. 7219
- Create
solutions to specific business problems
- Exchange
data with third-party applications
- Rapidly
develop custom solutions
- Streamline
operations and eliminate redundancies
Integrator’s
ToolkitTM
Increase
Efficiency with Integrated Document Management Solutions
Integrator’s Toolkit Command Collections
API Commands
Access the Laserfiche server to perform actions such as:
- Create
databases.
- Retrieve
database information.
- Modify
contents and/or structure of database tables.
- Attach,
detach, delete and shrink database.
- Export
in PDF.
- OCR.
- Export
annotations and sticky notes.
Image
Enable Commands
Access
the Laserfiche client through third-party applications
to perform actions such as:
- Search
the Laserfiche database.
- Scan
documents into the Laserfiche database.
- Open
a document stored in the Laserfiche database.
- Retrieve
database name.
List
Import Files
- Automate
importing documents into Laserfiche.
- Autopopulate
index card template fields.
- Automate
document naming.
The
Next Step
Develop
Customized Applications with Laserfiche® API Commands
Laserfiche API commands are COM methods that communicate
with the Laserfiche server. Based on these methods, the
Laserfiche server will request and carry out commands
from the Laserfiche database, such as
retrieving data or modifying the contents and structure
of the database tables. Laserfiche API commands do not
depend on the Laserfiche client. These commands communicate
directly with the Laserfiche database. This direct communication
is accomplished through the Laserfiche server. For example,
Laserfiche API commands allow the integrator to create
databases, retrieve database information, and connect
to and disconnect from a
Laserfiche database. Other Laserfiche API commands include,
but are not limited to, creating documents and batches,
modifying their contents, and finding basic information
about the document or batch in question.
Streamline
Image Enabling of Applications
The Integrator’s Toolkit also allows for the image
enabling of applications such as those for accounting
packages and law enforcement RMS software. Image enabling
makes possible the search for documents in
Laserfiche, wherein these documents are related to a document
being viewed in another screen. Typically a field search
is performed in Laserfiche using data from the document
shown in a third-party program.
Laserfiche also applies existing index information to
documents in external databases, automatically synchronizing
them with Laserfiche.
For example, an integrator can use an application’s
object model to add a button to the toolbar. The integrator
puts script into the button’s handler, creating an
instance of the Laserfiche Image Enabling component for
calling on the search methods within Laserfiche. Laserfiche
then pops up the related documents or a list of related
documents.
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