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Contents Contents Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................1 Additional Documentation ..................................................................................................................1 System Requirements ...................................................................................................................................1 Ascent Capture Requirements .........
Contents File Names and Extensions of Released Documents ......................................................................10 Kofax PDF Options ..............................................................................................................................10 OCR Full Text Options .......................................................................................................................11 Installing the Release Script ............................................................
Ascent® 7.0 Release Script for Oracle Content Services 10g Release Notes Introduction This document contains the release notes for the Ascent 7.0 Release Script for Oracle Content Services 10g. The Ascent 7.0 Release Script for Oracle Content Services 10g allows Ascent Capture to release documents, images, eDocuments, OCR, PDF, and data into Oracle Content Services. Please read these release notes carefully as they contain information not included in the Ascent Capture Help or printed documentation.
Ascent® 7.0 Release Script for Oracle Content Services 10g Release Notes Oracle Content Services Requirements The Ascent 7.0 Release Script for Oracle Content Services 10g requires Oracle Collaboration Suite Content Services 10g, version 10.1.2 or later. Note This release script was tested using Oracle Content Services 10.1.2.2.1 running under Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.
Ascent® 7.0 Release Script for Oracle Content Services 10g Release Notes Source Code The source code for both the Ascent 7.0 Release Script for Oracle Content Services 10g and the connector is provided on the Ascent 7.0 Release Script for Oracle Content Services 10g installation CD. This section provides instructions for modification of the source code and deployment of the new assemblies. The Release Script The project file that builds the main assembly OCSRel10_v7.
Ascent® 7.0 Release Script for Oracle Content Services 10g Release Notes Features This section contains information about features provided with the Ascent 7.0 Release Script for Oracle Content Services 10g. The Ascent 7.0 Release Script for Oracle Content Services 10g provides an easy-to-use setup dialog box available from the Ascent Capture Administration module.
Ascent® 7.0 Release Script for Oracle Content Services 10g Release Notes Invalid Folder Name Characters The Folder Name cannot end with a period and cannot contain the following characters: Asterisk (*) Backslash (\) Colon (:) Greater than sign (>) Less than sign (<) Pipe (|) Question mark (?) Quotation marks (“) Slash mark (/) Release Script Information Interchange Supported The Ascent 7.
Ascent® 7.0 Release Script for Oracle Content Services 10g Release Notes Refer to your Ascent Capture Help for more information about the SecurityBoost feature. (Ascent Capture Help keyword: SecurityBoost > about) Duplicate Documents The Ascent 7.
Ascent® 7.0 Release Script for Oracle Content Services 10g Release Notes Refer to your Ascent Capture Help for more information about the Multiple Release feature. (Ascent Capture Help keyword: Multiple release) Ascent Folder Fields Supported The Ascent 7.0 Release Script for Oracle Content Services 10g supports Ascent folder fields, including displaying them as a separate group on the links menu and responding to add and delete events.
Ascent® 7.0 Release Script for Oracle Content Services 10g Release Notes Kofax PDF Support With the Ascent 7.0 Release Script for Oracle Content Services 10g, you can release Kofax PDF documents. Kofax PDF is bundled with Ascent Capture and does not require additional software implementation. Kofax PDF documents can be saved in the following output types: PDF Image Only PDF Image + Text Refer to Kofax PDF Options on page 10 for more information about Kofax PDF documents.
Ascent® 7.0 Release Script for Oracle Content Services 10g Release Notes already exists in Oracle Content Services, in which case the existing folder’s attributes are used). During release setup, you can select an existing Oracle Content Services library or folder by name within the Oracle Content Services containment hierarchy as the Release Root Location.
Ascent® 7.0 Release Script for Oracle Content Services 10g Release Notes is used (see the topic eDocument Original File Name Retention Supported on page 5 for more information). Note All Category, Record Category, and Workflow attributes are identical for all Oracle Content Services documents spawned by the same document in Ascent Capture. File Names and Extensions of Released Documents Based on the selection of the type of file to be released (TIFF or PDF), a file extension of .TIF or .
Ascent® 7.0 Release Script for Oracle Content Services 10g Release Notes 3 Click Apply to save your settings without closing the dialog box. Click OK to save your settings and close the dialog box. X To select Kofax PDF as the release image type 1 From the release script setup, select the Image Settings tab. 2 In the Release Image As field, select Kofax PDF. 3 Click Apply to save your settings without closing the dialog box. Click OK to save your settings and close the dialog box.
Ascent® 7.0 Release Script for Oracle Content Services 10g Release Notes Tip If the Ascent Capture Administration module is running during release script installation, automatic registration cannot occur. The topic Registration in Ascent Capture Release Script Manager contains information about using the Ascent Capture Release Script Manager to register release scripts. Before you install the Ascent 7.
Ascent® 7.0 Release Script for Oracle Content Services 10g Release Notes Installation Instructions Follow the instructions below to install the Ascent 7.0 Release Script for Oracle Content Services 10g. X To install the release script 1 Close the Ascent Capture Administration module if it is running (the release script will not be automatically registered if the Administration module is running). 2 Insert your Ascent 7.0 Release Script for Oracle Content Services 10g installation CD into your CD drive.
Ascent® 7.0 Release Script for Oracle Content Services 10g Release Notes Figure 2. Windows Open Dialog Box 3 Navigate to the \Cap\OCSRel10_v7 folder and select the OCSRel10_v7.inf file and click Open. The Add Release Scripts dialog box will display (Figure 3). Figure 3. Add Release Scripts Dialog Box 4 14 Select the release script title and click Install. After installation and registration is done, you will receive the message “Registration complete.
Ascent® 7.0 Release Script for Oracle Content Services 10g Release Notes Application Maintenance This section describes how to repair or remove the Ascent 7.0 Release Script for Oracle Content Services 10g. Figure 4. Application Maintenance Dialog Box Repairing the Release Script The Repair option replaces missing, renamed, or deleted files. X To repair the release script 1 Insert your Ascent 7.0 Release Script for Oracle Content Services 10g installation CD into your CD drive.
Ascent® 7.0 Release Script for Oracle Content Services 10g Release Notes 3 Setup will detect an existing installation and the Application Maintenance dialog box will display, as shown in Figure 4. 4 From the Application Maintenance dialog box, select Remove and then click Next. 5 Follow the instructions on the screen to remove the release script. 6 When the uninstallation is complete, a message will display that indicates the release script was successfully uninstalled.
Ascent® 7.0 Release Script for Oracle Content Services 10g Release Notes Figure 5. Release Scripts Dialog Box 4 The Release Scripts dialog box lists all available release scripts. Available release scripts are those that are registered with Ascent Capture. From the Release Scripts dialog box, select Ascent 7.0 Release Script for Oracle Content Services 10g and click Add. The Oracle Content Services Login Information dialog box will display (Figure 6).
Ascent® 7.0 Release Script for Oracle Content Services 10g Release Notes Figure 7. Release Setup Dialog Box 6 18 Refer to the next section, Setting Up the Release Script, for information about the set up options. Kofax, Inc.
Ascent® 7.0 Release Script for Oracle Content Services 10g Release Notes Setting Up the Release Script The following sections describe the setup options available with the Ascent 7.0 Release Script for Oracle Content Services 10g. Tip Specific Help for each of the tabs in the Ascent 7.0 Release Script for Oracle Content Services 10g – Release Setup dialog box can be viewed by clicking Help.
Ascent® 7.0 Release Script for Oracle Content Services 10g Release Notes Document Settings Tab This tab allows you to link Ascent Values to the various Oracle Content Services category attributes that are assigned to the release root location. Figure 9. Document Settings Tab 20 Kofax, Inc.
Ascent® 7.0 Release Script for Oracle Content Services 10g Release Notes Workflow Settings Tab This tab allows you to link Ascent Values to the various workflow parameters that are assigned to the Workflow for Upload Document associated with the release root location. Figure 10. Workflow Settings Tab Kofax, Inc.
Ascent® 7.0 Release Script for Oracle Content Services 10g Release Notes Record Settings Tab This tab allows you to link Ascent Values to the record attributes of the Record Category or Record Folder that is set at the release root location. Figure 11. Record Settings Tab 22 Kofax, Inc.
Ascent® 7.0 Release Script for Oracle Content Services 10g Release Notes Image Settings Tab This tab allows you to select the desired image format for releasing your images, and specify whether to release OCR full text files with your document. Figure 12. Image Settings Tab Kofax, Inc.
Ascent® 7.0 Release Script for Oracle Content Services 10g Release Notes General Tab This tab allows you to specify a Release working directory as the temporary storage location to be used at release time, to specify whether to skip the first page of each document, and to indicate how to handle login validation at release.
Ascent® 7.0 Release Script for Oracle Content Services 10g Release Notes Publishing a Batch Class After you select all your batch class settings—and every time you make changes—you must publish your batch class before you can use it. The publishing process checks the integrity of the settings in your batch class, and makes the batch class available for use. If problems are found with any of the settings, error and warning messages will display along with the recommended actions for fixing the problems.
Ascent® 7.0 Release Script for Oracle Content Services 10g Release Notes Ascent Capture | Release. All batches queued for release will be released after initiation of the Release module. Note Refer to your Ascent Capture Help for more information about configuring the Release module (Ascent Capture Help keyword: Release module > about). You can display Ascent Capture Help from the Help menu available from any Ascent Capture module.
Ascent® 7.0 Release Script for Oracle Content Services 10g Release Notes Release Root Location Unavailable If a release root location is deleted or the permissions to a particular Oracle Content Services root release location have been suddenly revoked for the user who set up the release script and a batch using the script is released, the release will fail with the following error message. The document will be rejected and routed to the Ascent Capture Quality Control module.
Ascent® 7.0 Release Script for Oracle Content Services 10g Release Notes Workflow Parameter Values May be Passed to an Unassigned Workflow If the name of a subfolder defined in release setup is the same name as an existing Oracle Content Services folder, some workflow parameter values may be passed to the subfolder at release even when it has a different assigned workflow than the release root location. This is because release setup uses the parameters of the release root location.
Ascent® 7.0 Release Script for Oracle Content Services 10g Release Notes Workaround: When adding a subfolder definition, make sure that the allowed categories of the release root location match those of any existing subfolders that may be selected by the definition. Linked Attributes of Data Types “Long” May Fail Release Linking an Oracle Content Services attribute that has a data type of “long” to an Ascent Value that has a double field type longer than 15 digits may cause release to fail.
Ascent® 7.0 Release Script for Oracle Content Services 10g Release Notes Unhelpful Message at Login for SSL Certificate Problems When you log into release setup to an SSL-enabled Oracle Content Services site and there is a problem with the certificate (the host name is incorrect, the certificate is expired, or the certificate is not trusted), the error message you receive does not describe the situation. The actual message that displays is shown below in Figure 15. (SPR 00025152 and SPR 25154) Figure 15.
