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Setting Up FlexiCapture 10 Distributed Installation
Quick setup of FlexiCapture for demonstration installations
This paragraph briefly describes a fast minimal set-up of FlexiCapture which can be used for demonstration installations. If you
need a more detailed understanding of the FlexiCapture settings, or you need to perform the installation other than the default or
more performance-oriented, or if you encounter any difficulties following the instructions of this paragraph, please go to the sec-
tion: Detailed setup of FlexiCapture
.
Before you begin, make sure that all FlexiCapture servers are installed on your computer, the set of installed features must con-
form to the default set in the Custom Setup dialog box of the program installer. FlexiCapture stations can be installed either on
your computer or on any other computer that is accessible over the LAN. A MS SQL database server must also be available (you
can install the MS SQL 2005 Express database server by running the Autorun.exe file from the FlexiCapture installation folder).
1. Open the Administration and Monitoring Console (from the menu Start –> ABBYY FlexiCapture 10 Serves -> Admini-
stration and Monitoring Console or type the following link into the browser: http://<server name>/FlexiCapture10) and
go to the page Service –> Application server. On this page, create a new database. For tis, click the Create New Da-
tabase button and in the form that opens specify the following settings:
a. Database server name, for example <computer name>\sqlexpress
b. Database name, for example FCDemoDataBase
Click Ok.
Once the database is created, you are the administrator of this database.
2. Upload a project to the server. For this:
a. Run the Project Setup station (from the menu Start -> ABBYY FlexiCapture 10 Stations -> Project Setup Sta-
tion)
b. Open a local project (from the menu File -> Open Project). You can choose a project from the samples located
in the folder %public%\ABBYY\FlexiCapture (%allusersprofile%\ABBYY\FlexiCapture for Windows
XP/2003)
c. Upload the project to the Application Server using the command File -> Upload Project to Server. The address
of the Application Server must be specified in the following format: http://<server name> (if the Project Setup
station and the Application Server are located on the same computer, the server address is as follows:
http://localhost)
3. Configure the Processing Server. For this:
a. Open the Processing Server Monitor (from the menu Start -> ABBYY FlexiCapture 10 Serves -> Processing
Server). Make sure that the Processing Server is started.
b. Add Processing Stations. For this, choose the Stations item from the ABBYY FlexiCapture 10 Servers ->
<Server Name> tree, then select the Add Stations command from the Actions menu. In the dialog box that
opens, click Custom and enter the name of the computer where the Processing Stations are installed (for ex-
ample, localhost), or click Browse and choose desired computers.
c. If importing images from Hot Folders is performed in the project, processing Hot Folders must be enabled in
the Processing Server. For this, from the ABBYY FlexiCapture 10 Servers -> <Server Name> tree, choose the
Hot Folders item; the project name will appear to the right. Choose the project from the list and from the Ac-
tions menu select Enable.
Congratulations, ABBYY FlexiCapture 10 Distributed is ready for demonstration.
Detailed setup of FlexiCapture
How to choose the user authentication type
All components and users of ABBYY FlexiCapture 10 distributed installation interact with the Application Server while working
and must be authenticated on the computer where it is installed. FlexiCapture supports two types of user authentication:
1. Standard IIS authentication. Users are authenticated with their Windows accounts using Windows or Basic authentica-
tion in IIS. Then users’ identification in FlexiCapture is performed according to their logins.