Application Definition for Scan-Time Archiving with iNAME
for Image Scanner Implementation Only

Before you can perform scan-time image archiving, you must create and save a ScanTools application with all appropriate output field and grid, graybox, and bar code definitions, plus the additional application settings, image clipping definitions, and archiving configuration settings required for iNAME image archiving. The following items are used to manage iNAME image archiving:

Application Settings Dialog

In Application Settings dialog, for all documents in the application:

• Select Enable Image for the side of the sheet that contains grids, grayboxes, and bar codes for which you want images generated.
• Select Enable iNAME for Before User Exits or After User Exits if your application includes a user exit. Either selection is acceptable if your application does not include a user exit.
• Optionally, select Archive Image Scaling and/or OMR/Merge Horizontal Adjustment.
• Check the Release for Scanning check box when the application has been completely defined and is ready to be used for scanning.

Image Clips Dialog

In Image Clips dialog, for each sheet of each document:

• Select Whole Sheet in Clipping Mode.
• Select Bitone or 256 Grays (grayscale) in Clip Grayscale.
• Select a Clip Compression type.

This sets the image format parameters for all whole sheet clips generated by iNAME to the same values. If your archiving requirement calls for individual clips of grids, bar codes, or grayboxes, iNAME Configuration allows you to specify the use of Document Image Format Parameters (i.e. use the same image format parameters specified for whole sheet clips) or Grid Image Format Parameters when selecting an image to archive. If you are using Grid Image Format Parameters for your individual clips, change the Clipping Mode to Sparse on the Image Clips dialog and then, on the Clip Attributes dialog associated with each grid for which iNAME will generate an image clip, select the desired image format parameters.

The background form image files that are used by iNAME Merge are identified in the Background Top/Bottom Form Image group boxes. You can specify these files in the Add/Replace Background Form Images for Sheet # dialog.

CAUTION: Sparse clipping of software bar codes and, with iNAME, of grayboxes, is not compatible with use of absolute (.001 in or .01 mm) or Hybrid units of measurement. See Grid Measurement dialog - Unit of Measurement.

Clip Attributes

In the Clip Attributes dialog Archive group box, for each field you want an image clip file produced:

• To prevent excessive disk space and processing time from being used by scan-time archiving during scanning, do NOT select Archive this Clip. It is only used with post-scan archiving.
• It is not necessary to select Combine with Form when using the post-scan iNAME Merge function to merge a background form image with an image clip, if the background form image is specified in the Add/Replace Background Form Images for Sheet # dialog.
• Enter a unique File NameSuffix. The name you enter will then be available as an Image to Archive when you use iNAME configuration.

If you selected Sparse (individual clips) in the Clipping Mode section of the Image Clips dialog, you can also change Grayscale, Compression, and other related image format parameters in the separate Clip Attributes dialogs of each grid you image clip.

NOTE: When archiving linked grids, only the last grid in the link is included in the image clip unless you take corrective action. Correct this by expanding the clip region (drag the edge of the clip region while pressing the CTRL key) to include all grids that are linked before you click Append. If you forget to do this before clicking Append, you will need to redefine the linked grids being sure to expand the clip region before clicking Append.

iNAME Configuration - Images To Archive

In the iNAME Configuration - Images to ArchiveDefinition Screen, for all documents in the application:

• Select images to archive, at scan-time, from the list of available images in your application. This includes image clips for whole sheets and for individual grids.
• Define the order in which images are archived.
• Select, in the Enter Image To Archive Information dialog, whether to use the document image format parameters from the Image Clips dialog (Whole Sheet setting) or the grid image format parameters from the Clip Attributes dialog (individual clip settings).

iNAME Configuration - Paths and Indexes

In the iNAME Configuration - Paths and Indexes Screen, for all documents in the application:

• Define a Base Directory where your archived images are stored. This is required.
• Define Variable Directory paths where your archived images are stored. This can be a subdirectory of the Base Directory or you can append to the Base Directory name. This is required.
• Define a Base Filename for your image files. This is optional.
• Define Variable Filenames for your image files. This is required.
• Select the Index file format you want to use.
• Select the Image file type you want to create, either a Single Image or Multi-image file.
• Define how iNAME image archiving will work with user exits, if any.
• Select whether or not to run iNAME Merge automatically, after scanning. If you select it, background form images are merged as soon as scanning is complete. If you do not select it, you can merge background form images later, manually.
• If needed, define a Power User proxy to enable iNAME image archiving and iNAME Merge to perform tasks that your application user has insufficient privileges to perform.
• Create any number of archive indexes to enable your archiving system to most effectively access the image files.

Add/Replace Background Form Images for Sheet # Dialog

In the Add/Replace Background Form Images for Sheet # dialog, if you are using iNAME Merge, you must enter the names and paths to the background form images that will be used. Add/Replace Background Form Images for Sheet # dialog appears when you select either Add Image or Add All Images in either the New Document or Select Document dialog.

Related topics

Add/Replace Background Form Images for Sheet # dialog

Application Settings

Archiving Single Sheets without Form ID Marks or Timing Marks

Clip Attributes

Image Clips

iNAME Configuration - Images To Archive Definition Screen

iNAME Configuration - Paths and Indexes Screen

Migrating Applications From Earlier Versions of ScanTools Software

Scanning with iNAME Scan-Time Image Archiving

Using iNAME Merge