Integration: Third-Party Integration for Viewing
Overview
Viewing Side Options:
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You can do nothing, and rely on vMedia as a stand-alone
viewing product to be completely responsible for the search and
retrieval of scanned documents.
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You can establish a DDE conversation with the
UI-less vMedia control module (IMDDE.EXE) and request a search and
view, a view only, or a print only operation to be performed.
vMedia, upon receiving your request, will gain the window focus,
raise the appropriate dialogs to prompt the user to select a
document (or documents), retrieve and view the selected documents
and return back to the idle mode.
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You can create the viewing list file, establish a
conversation with the Viewing Module directly
(FVIEW32.EXE), and request retrieval and display (and/or print,
email) directly from your application.
Case Study:
Collection-Master chose option (1) for scanning and
option (3) for viewing. This decision was partially arbitrary,
partially to meet user requirements, and partially because they are
limited in their inter-process communications abilities. Most other
third-party developers in other markets have elected to go with
option (2) for scanning
and option (2) for viewing as well.
Related Topics
Introduction vMedia
Third-Party Integration
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