Ascent Advanced Forms 3.7

Service Pack 1 for the Extraction Module - SR01

Part Number 10001384-000
Revision A

April 21, 2005

These notes apply to Ascent Advanced Forms 3.7 and include the following sections:

Introduction

New Features

Resolved Problems

Installing the Service Pack

Kofax Technical Support

Trademark/Copyright Statements

Introduction

This Service Pack applies to the Ascent Advanced Forms V3.7 Extraction module.

New Features

Service Pack 1 for the Extraction module provides the following new features.

Extensions for the Invoice Option

The following features were added:

The Invoice Items field that reads invoice line items and header data can now be used for invoices from Australia, Finland, and Norway. In addition, it allows you to use the fields InvoiceDate, InvoiceNumber, and InvoiceVendor for invoices from Hungary (prototype).
The Invoice option has been optimized for invoices from Denmark and Singapore.

Address Field

This field has been optimized for additional lines and database matching of umlauts.

Address US Field

This field has been optimized for flat addresses (single-line and two-line) with adequate space between the different items.

Extended Licensing

The fields fields for reading heading data and the fields InvoiceItems/USInvoiceItems are now licensed separately.

Invoice Option

The fields have been optimized.

Resolved Problems

Service Pack 1 for the Extraction module resolves the following problems.

It is now possible to link the global Table field more than once and the "Show Result as HTML" command in the context menu will work.
The RemoveLinesAndInverseText image processing function will now detect areas with inverse text.
The Regular Expression field does not require additional brackets for special expressions with alternatives.
The Advanced Forms (Custom module) will now show the installed service pack. (SPR 11636)
The asterisk (*) character is no longer interpreted as the dollar sign ($) character in the InvoiceTotals field.
The Table field no longer includes results that only intersected the table search area.
When the Table field with the HorizontalPositionActive function is set to enabled for a column that used a value field for the KeyValue field, the HorizontalPosition property is now applied correctly.
The changed value of the Confidence property of the Font sub-node for the OcrParams node is now applied correctly. A character with lower confidence value is now rejected. (SPR 13639)
The extension of the Orientation image processing function is now compatible. You can now open and save the Orientation image processing function in version 3.7, and then open this function in version 3.6.
Using an ampersand (&) character in the file name will now display correctly in the XML result file.
The caret (^) character is no longer accepted at illegal positions and will no longer cause Extraction to fail.
When you use the Patch Code field, you will now longer receive a bar code error message on a page with a horizontal black bar.
When the Table field with the HorizontalPositionActive function is set to enabled for a column that used a value field for the KeyValue field, the HorizontalPosition property is now applied correctly.
The HeaderWordList now shows the HeaderWordList on the ItemState and ItemType columns for USInvoiceItemsCustom field.
The demonstration software for the Invoice Items result no longer includes erroneous lines for the total amounts. For this fix service pack 2 for Advanced Forms Validation must also be installed.
The values in the ItemDiscount column from the InvoiceItems field are now formatted the same way as amount values. Amount values are formatted with four decimal places and a trailing percent sign (for example, 3.0000%).
You can now use the FuzzyDb field without the program failing.
The demonstration software will now display the results when the project path contains an ampersand (&) character.
The Estonia language setting could not recognize characters due to a wrong classifier and character set. This bug has been fixed.
When elements of DOKuStar fields are used with the notation "field/element" in a configuration with two extraction stages, you will no longer receive an error message about slashes in the attribute file. (SPR 14871)
The result format of the FuzzyDb for alternatives differed from the other DokuStar fields. The result format has been changed to the standard format. A registry switch is available that allows to create the old format for compatibility reasons. There is no additional information about this registry switch.
The RemoveLinesAndInverseText image processing function no longer inverts an image when the page has a black border.

Installing the Service Pack

Service Packs for Ascent Advanced Forms Extraction module are available from the Kofax Web site at www.kofax.com. Go to the Support | Downloads Library area and locate the Ascent Advanced Forms Extraction 3.7 link.

Note that there are two Service Packs: Service Pack 1 for the Extraction module and Service Pack 2 for the Validation module. If you use both modules and want to install the Service Packs, you must download the Service Packs and run their separate installations.

In addition, Ascent Advanced Forms Extraction 3.7 must be installed before you install the Service Packs. If you attempt to install the Service Packs without the required version of Ascent Advanced Forms, the Service Pack installation will not complete successfully.

To install the Service Packs, the logged-in user must have full administrative privileges to the local computer.

Kofax Technical Support

For additional technical information about Kofax products, visit the Kofax Web site at www.kofax.com and select an appropriate option from the Support menu. The Kofax Support pages provide product-specific information, such as current revision levels, the latest drivers and software patches, online documentation and user manuals, updates to product release notes (if any), technical tips, and an extensible searchable knowledgebase.

The Kofax Web site also contains information that describes support options for Kofax products. Please review the site for details about the available support options.

If you are a certified representative from an authorized company and need to contact Kofax Technical Support, please have the following information available:

Ascent Advanced Forms software and Service Pack versions
Ascent Capture software and Service Pack versions
Operating system and Service Pack versions
Network and client configuration
Copies of your error log files
Special custom configuration or integration information

Trademark/Copyright Statements

The information contained in this document is the property of Kofax Image Products, Inc. Neither receipt nor possession hereof confers or transfers any right to reproduce or disclose any part of the contents hereof, without the prior written consent of Kofax Image Products, Inc. No patent liability is assumed, however, with respect to the use of the information contained herein.

Trademarks

Kofax, the Kofax logo, Ascent, and Ascent Capture are registered trademarks of Kofax Image Products, Inc.

Ascent Advanced Forms uses DOKuStar Extraction. Copyright Océ Document Technologies GmbH 1996-2005. DOKuStar is a registered trademark of Océ Document Technologies GmbH.

All other product names and logos are trade and service marks of their respective companies.

Disclaimer

The instructions and descriptions contained in this document were accurate at the time they were written. However, succeeding products and documents are subject to change without notice. Therefore, Kofax Image Products, Inc. assumes no liability for damages incurred directly or indirectly from errors, omissions, or discrepancies between the product and this document.

An attempt has been made to state all allowable values where applicable throughout this document. Any values or parameters used beyond those stated might have unpredictable results.