Application and Profile Limits

The following is a list of limits for various elements of a ScanTools application or profile. Some actual values achieved may be limited by the amount of memory available to ScanTools software.

For one application

 

 

Documents per application

255

 

Output Record Formats per application

255

 

Translate tables and/or Literal strings per application

8,192

 

For one document

 

 

Sheets per document

99

 

For one Sheet

 

 

Timing marks per side of sheet

125

 

Form ID marks per sheet

48

 

Skew marks per sheet

6

Single-sided sheet, 6 skew marks on one side. Dual-sided sheet: 6 marks total for both sides.

Grids per sheet

999

 

Bar codes read per sheet

 

 

Hardware Bar Code I:

4

(not on OpScan iNSIGHT, 5000i, iNSIGHT 20, iNSIGHT 30, OpScan 2/3/4, or EZData)

Hardware Bar Code II:

6

(not on iNSIGHT 20, iNSIGHT 30 or EZData)

Software Bar Code:

No limit

(OpScan iNSIGHT with Image, 5000i, iNSIGHT 20, or iNSIGHT 30 only)

For one output record format

 

 

Fields per output record

999

 

User-defined characters per output record

9,957

(+ 40 character NCS Header + 2 CR/LF = 9,999 total characters)

User-defined characters per output record (if image header fields are defined)

9,869

(+ 40 character NCS Header + 88 character image header + 2 CR/LF = 9,999 total characters)

For one output field

 

 

Characters per alphanumeric field

1,000

 

Characters per numeric field

1,000

 

Characters per 1- or 2-digit item field

1,000

 

Characters per date field

4, 6, or 8

 

Characters per evaluate field

100

 

For one Summation field

 

 

Maximum value supported per Summation field

2,147,483,647

(results are undefined if the sum exceeds 2,147,483,647)

Characters per Min: or Max: area

10

 

For one OMR grid

 

 

Responses per binary grid

32

(or 31 + parity)

Segments in linked grid

64

 

For one graybox

 

 

Maximum output length (in characters)

999

 

For one translate table

 

 

Entries per translate table

10,000

+ omit + multiple

Characters per entry

99

 

Characters per translate table name

40

 

For one literal string

 

 

Characters per literal string

99

 

For one edit profile

 

 

Translate tables per output field

12

 

For one score profile

 

 

Subtests per document

99

 

Items per subtest

999

 

For the master clip file (.tif)

 

 

Maximum image size

4 gigabyte

 

 

 

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See the ScanTools Suite System Requirements for further details on hardware and software requirements.

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