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Front Office Scanning

Platform
OnBase
Product
Front Office Scanning
Release
Foundation 23.1
License
Premier
Standard
Essential

You can configure the Front Office Scanning client to automatically launch and select the Data Set generated by an Application Enabler screen scrape event.

Note:

This feature requires that the Front Office Scanning client, Application Enabler, and the line-of-business application that Data Set values are being captured from are all installed and on the Front Office Scanning workstation. However, it only requires that the line-of-business application and Application Enabler are running because the Front Office Scanning client is automatically launched by the screen scrape event.

Note:

In order to allow the Front Office Scanning client to be automatically launched, user credentials must be automatically supplied. This means specifying a default user name and password in the configuration file or enabling Active Directory or LDAP authentication.

Tip:

This feature is helpful when a single workstation is being used as both the data entry workstation and the Front Office Scanning workstation.

To configure your Front Office Scanning client to operate in Automated Console mode:

  1. In the FOSEnabler.ini file, set the ActivateConsole setting to true.
  2. From the Front Office Scanning workstation, create a shortcut to the Front Office Scanning executable (FrontOfficeScanning.exe) on the desktop if one has not already been created.
    By default, FrontOfficeScanning.exe is located in C:\Program Files\Hyland\Front Office Scanning for 32-bit systems and C:\Program Files (x86)\Hyland\Front Office Scanning for 64-bit systems.
  3. Specify a default Front Office Scanning configuration file for the Front Office Scanning shortcut created in Step 2.
    For information on how to specify a default configuration file for the Front Office Scanning client, see Specifying a Default Configuration File for the Front Office Scanning Workstation.
  4. Launch the Front Office Scanning client via the shortcut you created and configured. The appropriate registry settings are automatically created once the Front Office Scanning client is successfully opened.

    The Front Office Scanning client is now running in Automated Console mode.

    Note:

    If your Front Office Scanning workstation is running Windows with the User Access Controls (UAC) enabled, the user who launches the Front Office Scanning client to create the appropriate registry settings must have Windows administrative rights. For more information, contact your system administrator.

    Optionally:

    If your Front Office Scanning solution is configured to contain only one input button (i.e., the multiplebuttons setting in the ScanOptions element of the Front Office Scanning configuration file is set to false), you can configure a document to be automatically be scanned by setting the following settings in the ScanOptions element of the Front Office Scanning configuration file:

    • Set the promptForFirstDevice setting to false.

    • Using the scanner setting, specify a default scanner for the Front Office Scanning client.

    Note:

    For more information on these settings, see The ScanOptions Element.