Practice Documentation

Documentation for the halFILE Documentation is provided as a service to clients of hal Systems Corporation.

Document Capture

Capturing documents is the method by which images are placed into the system. halFILE provides several methods for capturing documents including (1) scanning pages using a digital scanner, (2) importing compatible image files from disk, (3) capturing printed output from another application, and (4) sending Office Documents to halFILE.

Scanning

Scanning is performed using the menu selection FILE-SCAN or selecting the scan icon. Scanned pages are placed into the basket that selected at the top right side of the halFILE Manager. After a batch of pages is scanned, they can be "stapled" into documents.

The first time you select this menu you will be asked:

select scanner interface for this station 1=Kofax, 2=Twain, 3=Twain/Pro

You should select the interface that is set up and working for the station. Kofax (see Kofax Scanning) should be selected when you are using a Kofax Adrenaline scanner interface card (Adrenaline or KF-Series) or the Kofax Adrenaline Image Processing Software Engine (AIPE). TWAIN scanning (see TWAIN Scanning) should be selected if the TWAIN interface to the scanner is in use. Select Twain/Pro when using Imaging Professional 2.7 or later. Select Twain if you are using a TWAIN scanner with Imaging Standard or Imaging 2.6 or earlier.

Kofax Scanning

see Kofax Scanning

TWAIN Scanning

see TWAIN Scanning

Document Search

Once documents have been indexed, the user can use the halFILE Search icon to search the database and list matching documents.

Searching for documents that have been indexed

1. Select File-Search from the main menu or click on the search icon from the Manager tool bar. 2. The following windows are established as follows: a. The Search Criteria Window is the area into which search criteria is entered. b. The Search Hit List Window is a grid containing a row for each record found by the search and a column for each field in the record. c. The View Window shows the images for the selected document. e. The Document Information Window shows the indexed information of the document being viewed. This window also allows updating of the database fields for the document being viewed. 3. Enter the search criteria into the Criteria Window by clicking on a field and entering the data to search for. Check the appropriate search type button in the upper right corner of the window which provides options for exact match, beginning of field, end of field, free form search, greater than, less than and range. As many fields as necessary can be entered for a search. 4. Press the Begin Search button. 5. The search is then processed and a box appears showing the number of hits found. Answer Yes to load the hits into the Hit List grid. Answer No to stop the search and re-enter criteria. 6. The Search Hit List grid is loaded and displayed. Double click on a row to load the View Window with the first and second image pages for the document, respectively. The Document Information Window is also loaded with the data for the selected record. The View Window and the Document Information Window are placed, side by side, on the screen.

The Search Criteria Window

When the search feature is loaded, a screen similar to the following is displayed:

The search criteria screen is activated for entering the criteria for the search. The other search windows appear as minimized icons in the lower left portion of the screen.