Working with different systems such as dedicated development, testing and productive environments can be a nightmare from a Kofax Developer’s point of view. There is no convenient way to copy the entire configuration from one[…]
Kofax Technical Support News
Did you know that Kofax publishes technical updates about their products on a regular basis via RSS? So, if you want to stay up to date about new product releases, service and fix packs, you[…]
Monitoring the Import Connector
When you want to import electronic documents into KTA or KC, the Kofax Import Connector (KIC) is your best option. Sometimes however, KIC will stop importing documents, leaving many customers clueless about what’s happening (or[…]
The Real Classification Problem
Quite often, I find both partners and customers overwhelmed with the task of document classification in KTM. And surprisingly often the classification challenge is not a technical or mathematical, but a conceptual one. In this[…]
Stop Focusing on Accuracy!
I’m often approached by customers – mainly project managers or process owners – asking me for assistance on assessing the current state of their capture processes (or former projects). Most interestingly, one thing that I[…]
The IntializeComboBox problem
Just recently, Kofax published an article about the IntializeComboBox method not working as intended (or: not working at all). While the workaround presented is the correct (and only) way to populate a combobox in script,[…]
The Missing Array Functions
The year is 2015 and we still have to use WinWrap Basic when it comes to Transformations (KTM’s Project Builder or KTA’s Transformation Designer). As it is unlikely that this will change very soon, why[…]
The Magic behind Fuzzy Database Search
Have you ever used the Database Lookup in one of Kofax’ products? Were you always wondering how this ingenious little helper retrieves records in the blink of an eye, even with tens or hundred of[…]
KTA: Populating Drop-Downs on Forms
Drop-Down controls allow your users to select a single item from a list. As there are different methods of populating said lists, this article tries to shed some light on which method is more suitable[…]
Understanding KIC’s script sequence
When the standard options in KIC can’t offer what you need, you’ll resort to scripts. As of KIC 2.4, there are three different scripts you can utilize: a batch renaming script, an advanced batch/document script,[…]
KTA: The Search for Resources
When I started working with KTA just the other day, I built many sample processes, along with those included in Kofax’ computer-based training. Well, that included the creation of many users and groups (called Resources[…]
Email testing in KTA
Kofax Total Agility offers Email integration out of the box: you can send messages out of an Email Activity, and you can also import mail documents and their respective contents. When setting up a system[…]
Kofax Capture Scripting with any version of Visual Studio
Officially, Kofax supports the Visual Basic Express Versions for validation and recognition scripts, and only certain versions of it. So, if you are still running Capture 9, Visual Studio 2012 might not work for you.[…]
KTM Validation: The Missing Search Function
Searching for text is an essential feature you will find in almost any application: your favourite web browser, your word processor, and your text editor. Even your CMS allows you to search for documents or[…]
Calling Web Services in KTM
Web Services can achieve a variety of things for you. For example, you might want to convert a certain value to another. In the context of KTM, you may need to verify a certain number[…]
Kofax Technical Support News
Some of you might be aware of the Kofax Technical Support News: whenever they release a service or fix pack, they post about it. Unfortunately, it’s ugly and quite useless without an RSS reader, so[…]
Custom Shortcut Keys in Thin Client Validation (JS Hacking)
Thin Client Validation is a great thing: without any installation, you can validate your documents out of the web browser. All of the UI elements are supported, and most of the script events are as[…]
Kofax Modules Cheat Sheet
When customers are confronted with a full-blown Kofax installation, they are often confused which module to start with. Where could I publish batches? Where can the messages imported by KIC be observed? Where to delete[…]
Bossing around your attachments with KIC
Can KIC import attachments before the mail body? After it? Can I change their order? Can I create one document per attachment? Can I ditch attachments before importing them? Is it possible to add some?[…]
Database Lookup, the Fast Way
When doing database lookups in KTM validation, this is what you’ll usually see: Most of the times, there is a separate button that will pop up the search dialogue, where you – later on –[…]