DataNOW Affinity version 1.0 is designed to work with the Laserfiche® 7.2 document management system. The Laserfiche Client must be installed on your workstation.
Affinity supports the following Microsoft® Windows® operating systems: 2000/XP/2003/Vista.
Affinity Screen Capture (including Freestyle) works with graphical user interfaces (GUIs) that utilize input controls based on standard Windows control classes. Other controls that implement window classes, handles, and standard message handling are also supported. Examples of common control classes that work with Affinity include: Edit (text boxes); Rich Edit; ComboBox (drop downs); Button (push and radio); and Static (labels). Support for ListView-style controls is planned for future versions.
Most screens can be configured to automate searches and import/scanning using screen recognition techniques. However, screens whose controls change size and position (such as when the window resizes) may prevent the screen from being recognized. In cases where the screen cannot be consistently recognized for automation, the Freestyle dialog can still be used to make searching/scanning functions easier and faster.
Affinity includes a fully-documented ActiveX/COM application programming interface (API) that is accessible from practically any development environment, including .NET and scripting languages like JavaScript and VBScript. The Affinity API is a perfect fit for Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros in ESRI® ArcMap® and Microsoft® Office. Web applications running in Microsoft® Internet Explorer® can be image enabled safely and quickly using examples directly from the online Affinity API documentation: http://affinity.datanow.net/api.
Affinity features full command line support for document search and scan/import functions, allowing any program, script or batch file to be image-enabled with minimal code.