Scanning with iNAME Scan-Time Image Archiving

During scanning, iNAME image archiving is performed automatically using the parameters stored in the .ini file you created through the iNAME configuration process.

Editing and iNAME

If you are using iNAME image archiving and edit correction is required, use post-scan edit correction. If you want to view the image clip of a failing field during post-scan editing, you must select the same edit profile during scanning that you will use for post-scan edit correction. Image clips of edit failures are created during scanning, using the edit profile selected at scan time. A different edit profile can be selected for post-scan editing; however, there may not be image clips displayed in the post-scan editor, depending on how the edit profiles differ. A field could have passed editing during scanning but failed using a different edit profile in post-scan editing, therefore the image clip was not captured during scanning.

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.

Archive Directories and Files

During scanning, all image clips are stored in a temporary folder. This folder is automatically deleted when scanning is completed. From the temporary folder, the image clips are moved into the directory created according to what was defined in the iNAME configuration. Do not open either the temporary folder or final destination folders (using Windows Explorer) until scanning is complete.

If a path or filename was defined to use the contents of a field (Field Data), and during scanning a multiple character was encountered in that field, the corresponding name generated by iNAME image archiving will contain an alphabetic character in the same position as the multiple that was found in the field. A multiple usually generates an asterisk (*), however, asterisks cannot be used in filenames. For example:

The filename is defined to use the contents of the Name field.

The name scanned is Smi*h, with a multiple in the 4th position.

iNAME produces a file of SmiXh, where X could be any alphabetic character.

If a path or filename was defined for a specific number of characters and the path or filename generated from the field selected was not as long, the name generated will have underscores (__) added to the end to fill in the length defined. In the same manner, if the field defined to generate a path or filename had no data (was blank), underscores are generated for all characters in the field. During post-scan editing you can change the underscores to meaningful characters.

Field Data Corrected During Editing

If field data is corrected during editing, file/directory names and/or indexes that use this field data will also be updated.

Running iNAME Merge Manually

If you have not elected to Run iNAME Merge After Scanning on the iNAME Configuration - Paths and Indexes Screen, you can run it manually after scanning is completed and the image clip files are in the appropriate directory. iNAME Merge enables you to perform any combination of the following:

• Merge a background form image into the image clip files that were generated during scanning.
• Rotate an image clip for better viewing.
• Scale images to match your application.

For details, see Using iNAME Merge.