iNAME Configuration - Paths and Indexes Screen
for Image Scanner Implementation Only

Specify a directory location where the archive images for your application will be stored. The path name appears in the Archive Base Dir. Path area. You can either enter the path to this base directory manually or you can browse to it (click ). If you manually enter the path, be sure to include a backslash (\) after the drive letter. For example: C:\Archives.

View the currently defined directory location, within the Archive Base Directory, where the archive images for your application will be stored. You cannot enter the path format to this variable directory directly; you must create it by clicking Edit, then selecting a source of variable information from the application and from data generated by the application during scanning. See (missing or bad snippet)ng dialog box for details.

The Archive Variable Directory can be a subdirectory under the Archive Base Directory or the variable directory path can simply be added to the Archive Base Directory Path:

• Subdirectory Path: To set the Archive Variable Directory as a subdirectory under the Archive Base Directory (above), you must include a backslash (\) as the first literal string in the variable name. See (missing or bad snippet)ng dialog box and Enter Literal String To Be Used In Item dialog box for details.
• Add to Base Directory Path: If you do not enter a backslash literal character, whatever you enter here will be added to the Archive Base Directory Path name. For example: "BaseDirectorySubdirectory" (a new folder).

Set the starting characters of the filenames assigned to the images in the archive directory. This text will be added at the beginning of each image filename.

View the currently defined unique variable name assigned to an individual image file. This name changes for each image based on the format string you define. You cannot enter the filename format directly; you must create it by clicking Edit, then selecting a source of variable information from the application and from data generated by the application during scanning. See (missing or bad snippet)ng dialog box for details. Some tips:

• You must include some or all of the Document’s ScanTools Serial Number as a component of the Archive Variable Filename. This ensures that each file has a unique name. For example: "00001".
• The name of the image from the application is automatically a component of the Archive Variable Filename. For grids, this is the name you entered in File Name Suffix in the Clip Attributes dialog box Archive group box. For sheets, this name is based on sheet number in your application and whether "Top" or "Bottom." For example: "100 Item GPAS - MM223022 Sheet 1 Top". In either case, this component of the image name can be changed in the Enter Image To Archive dialog box when you add an image to archive or edit a selected image to archive. See Enter Image to Archive Information for details.
• The Archive Variable Filename can be used by itself or it can be appended to the optional Archive Base Filename. For example: "00001ImageName" (without a base filename) or "BaseFileName00001ImageName" (with a base filename).

Specify whether to run the iNAME Merge function automatically at the end of each scanning session that uses the application currently selected. iNAME Merge will start automatically when the scanning operator clicks Stop Scanning in the ScanTools Main Window - Session Control tab or in the ScanTools Main Window - Scanning Errors tab.

iNAME Merge provides the option of saving just the merged images or of saving both the merged images and a backup of the unmerged images. See iNAME Merge Options dialog box for details.

If you do not select this option and want to use the iNAME Merge function later, you can run it manually after scanning.

NOTE:The iNAME Merge process requires write privileges to the root of the mapped network drive or the root of the UNC path. It can perform its tasks even if the application user does not have the required write privileges. To set it to do so, you must define a Power User who does have the required write privileges.

Specify how to save the images:

• Single Image Files - Every image clip is a separate file.
• Multi-Image Files - All image clips from one document of the ScanTools application are stored in one image file.

NOTE: You cannot select multi-image files if you specified JPG compression for any of the images selected. See Document and Sheet Properties Dialog - Clips Tab or Clip Attributes Dialog

Enter the entire user exit name, including the .dll extension. User exits are usually stored in the ScanTools main directory (C:\ Scanner\ScanTools Plus\Applications is the default directory). If they are not stored in this directory, you must enter the full path and name for the user exit file. One user exit name can be entered in each area.

User exits entered here are always run after iNAME image archiving has been performed. You can also enter a User Exit File Name in the Application Settings dialog box. iNAME image archiving can be run Before or After that user exit, based on your selection in the Enable iNAME group box.

Configure iNAME image archiving (see Understanding Archiving, above) and iNAME Merge to perform tasks that basic application users (e.g., scanning operators) have insufficient privilege to perform. For example, the computer/login credentials for any user storing images on a mapped or UNC drive must have write privileges to the root of the specified directory. Your network administrator may not want to allow those privileges to those users. This function enables you to enter the credentials of a proxy "Power User" so that iNAME has write privileges even if the actual scanning operators do not.

NOTE: The Power User feature is not supported when ScanTools Plus is installed on a computer running Microsoft Vista.

Specify index values from the application and from data generated by the application during scanning to be included in archive indexes. When defined, these index values are appear before the index information ScanTools automatically generates for each index file. For example:

• Your index
• Document name
• File Suffix of the associated clip (grid)
• Serial number of the associated document
• Full path name of the associated image file

You can create any number of indexes for your application to enable your archiving system to most effectively access the image files.