HalFILE 4.0 Documentation
Contents
- 1 User Manual
- 1.1 Chapter 1 - Welcome to halFILE
- 1.2 Chapter 2 - Overview
- 1.3 Chapter 3 - System Setup
- 1.4 Chapter 4 - Capturing Documents
- 1.5 Chapter 5 - Indexing Documents
- 1.6 Chapter 6 - Archiving Document Images
- 1.7 Chapter 7 - Search for Documents
- 1.8 Chapter 8 - Tools
- 1.9 Chapter 9 - Other halFILE Features
- 1.10 Chapter 10 - Security
- 1.11 Appendix I - Compatible Scanners and Engines
- 1.12 Appendix II - Enabling Other Application
- 1.13 Appendix III - Building a Sample Application
- 1.14 Appendix IV - Importing Other Document Types into halFILE
- 1.15 Appendix V - Text File Support
- 1.16 Appendix VI - Add-On Applications
- 1.17 Appendix VII - Hot Keys and Short Cuts
User Manual
halFILE
Document Manager
Version 4.0
April 22, 2009
Copyright © 2004-2009 by hal Systems Corporation halFILE is a trademark of hal Systems Corporation.
All information contained or disclosed by this document is considered confidential and proprietary by hal Systems Corporation, except for rights expressly granted by contract in writing to other parties concerning the data or information disclosed herein. All design, manufacture, use, reproduction, and sales rights are reserved by hal Systems Corporation. Under the copyright laws, neither the documentation nor the software may be copied, photocopied, reproduced, translated, or reduced to any electronic medium or machine readable format except in the manner described in the documentation. Copyright © 2004-2009 by hal Systems Corporation. All rights reserved.
Chapter 1 - Welcome to halFILE
Chapter 1 - Welcome to halFILE
Welcome! This chapter introduces you to halFILE™, the leader in document management and imaging, and provides you with an overview of this manual.
Chapter 2 - Overview
HalFILE 3.0 is a major product release. This chapter tells you about new features and enhancements and describes the upgrade process from prior releases.
Chapter 3 - System Setup
The steps used to install halFILE and set up hardware and software components is covered in this chapter. It also lists the system requirements, and tells how to set up special halFILE features. This chapter covers the halFILE Administrator in detail.
Chapter 4 - Capturing Documents
Chapter 4 - Capturing Documents
This chapter describes how to scan, import, and capture the printed output to introduce new documents to halFILE.
Chapter 5 - Indexing Documents
Chapter 5 - Indexing Documents
An explanation of how key word indices are entered, how barcodes can be used, how database lookups can streamline the index process and how "real-time" OCR works can be found in this chapter.
Chapter 6 - Archiving Document Images
Chapter 6 - Archiving Document Images
This chapter describes how images are moved to permanent storage such as optical disk cartridges or magnetic disk. It also discusses back up strategies for image files and the process of making CD-ROM copies of images.
Chapter 7 - Search for Documents
Chapter 7 - Search for Documents
This chapter provides an explanation of searching for documents and viewing and printing the database information and related images.
Chapter 8 - Tools
A number of special tools and features of halFILE are available to you. This chapter covers these tools and discusses when they are best implemented.
Chapter 9 - Other halFILE Features
Chapter 9 - Other halFILE Features
This chapter describes some of the additional features you will find in halFILE.
Chapter 10 - Security
halFILE provides powerful security features covered in this chapter on security.
Appendix I - Compatible Scanners and Engines
Appendix I - Compatible Scanners and Engines
This appendix defines scanners, scanner cards, and other tools to use with halFILE.
Appendix II - Enabling Other Application
Appendix II - Enabling Other Application
This chapter explains the halFILE API, an add-on product that can be used to image-enable your own Windows applications.
Appendix III - Building a Sample Application
Appendix III - Building a Sample Application
In this chapter, you will find the steps used to build and use a sample application.
Appendix IV - Importing Other Document Types into halFILE
Appendix IV - Importing Other Document Types into halFILE
This describes how halFILE can be used to manage Associated Documents such as Acrobat PDF files, Word documents, and Excel Spreadsheets.
Appendix V - Text File Support
Appendix V - Text File Support
This section describes our add-on Text File Support product, halCOLD/ERM (Enterprise Report Management).
Appendix VI - Add-On Applications
Appendix VI - Add-On Applications
This appendix provides a brief description of other utilities and applications available from hal Systems Corporation.
Appendix VII - Hot Keys and Short Cuts
Appendix VII - Hot Keys and Short Cuts
This appendix includes a table of hot keys and short cuts that will help you streamline the operation of halFILE.
