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Documentation
UnForm's primary documentation is in the included unform80.pdf file.
The Design Tool, Image Manager, and archive browser interface each include
extensive documentation, accessible via the their respective Help systems.
Please read the readme.txt file in the server install directory for
information about known and corrected issues.
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Installation Notes
Windows Installation Note
When installing on a
Windows 2003 server, you must be logged in as a
primary administrator and
use Control Panel Add/Remove Programs to
perform the installations.
When installing on a Windows 2008+ Server without Terminal
Services, right-click the setup executable and select Run As Administrator.
When installing on a Windows 2008+ Server with Terminal Services,
use Control Panel, Install Application on Terminal Server or Install
Application on Remote Desktop Services.
Some sites have experienced permission issues due to a 'Creator Owner' user
with limited rights inherited from the root drive. Since this is inherited,
its permissions can't be changed at the install folder level, but it can be
removed from that folder by an administrator to work around the issue.
Alternatively, grant Everyone full permission to the server's "temp" folder
and subfolders below that.
Linux Installation Note
Some Linux installations, notably some versions of RedHat, bundle Perl 5.8.0. This version
of Perl has a socket bug that makes it incompatible with the uf80c client, producing random hangs
when running jobs. To work around this, upgrade or downgrade Perl. A good source for updating
Perl is http://www.activestate.com. Search
the UnForm support database for "activestate" for information about linking their Perl
to /usr/bin/perl.
Compatibility With Prior Versions
UnForm 8 can co-exist on a system with prior versions, including UnForm 6 and 7.
However, UnForm 8 must be installed in a different directory than prior versions.
By default, UnForm 8.0 uses TCP/IP port 27280, the Windows Support Server uses
port 27281, and the internal http server uses port 27282. Previous releases used
different ports.
If you use Direct TCP/IP printing ports, there could be a conflict. Only one process
can listen on any given port, so only one server can listen on a given port. Configure different
ports for UnForm 8, and client configured printers would have to be updated to take the
new ports into account.
Any application interfaces that use a prior client or executable, such as uf71c, would have to be modified
to use the new UnForm 8 client, uf80c or uf80c.exe.
Clients and design tools from previous versions are not compatible with a Version 8 server, and
vice versa.
Avoid license problems when updating existing installations
Stop the server, then
do an in-place upgrade on top of your current install. This will
retain your current license information. If you install to a new location,
or un-install the existing installation, you will lose the license and
will require a reset of your serial number system ID. Note this instruction only
refers to updates within a given release level (i.e. 8.0.xx to 8.0.yy).
Server IP addresses
By default, the UnForm server allows clients to connect
from the standard private IP address spaces of 10.*.*.* and 192.*.*.*. If your network
uses a different address space, modify the allow= line in the uf80d.ini file
to accept connections from your address space and then restart the uf80d server.
Document Archiving Requirements: Please note the following:
- A web server is necessary to provide browser-based access to archive
libraries, and to perform some administrative functions.
An internal HTTP server is included with the UnForm server, which
by default listens on port 27282. Alternatively, a CGI script
is provided with the UnForm server, and that must be copied by a web
server administrator to an appropriate location in the web server's
directory structure. Users then point their web browser to the script
to enter the document archiving interface.
- Document archiving of UnForm jobs is performed by executing sub-jobs.
In essence, the job, or individual documents within the job, is run twice,
so anticipate that archived jobs will take approximately twice as long to process.
- Document archiving requires disk space. The amount of space varies
with the amount of document information (such as titles and keywords) and
user-defined category indexing used. While this overhead is document-specific,
each page of a document adds to the size of the stored text and PDF data.
In general, you can anticipate between 10K and 40K per UnForm-generated
page (more if large images are used), plus 20K to 40K of overhead per
UnForm-generated document. External documents, such as scanned JPG images,
can use considerably more document space, though they use the same amount of
overhead. This could vary considerably by site, so it is important to monitor
disk space availability and to export and purge libraries as appropriate.
- Non-LFS (Large File System) file systems limit files in the library storage system to 2GB.
A few older operating systems do not support Large File Systems, and are
limited to file sizes of 2GB. Files that store category indexes, and in
some cases document or image details, may be the first files to approach
this limit. It is important to monitor file sizes and disk usage in any
document archiving scenario, but especially so in non-LFS systems. The
operating system names in the download table indicate non-LFS systems.
- Not all systems support zlib compression (HP/UX in particular does not). Libraries created on systems with zlib
support are not compatible with UnForm servers on systems without zlib support. To verify if zlib is supported,
you can install a trial copy of unform and run the uf80c -v command. Look for a line that indicates 'zlib on'.
- If upgrading a 7.x system with archiving, please read the Migrating Archiving From
UnForm 7.x to UnForm 8.0 in the manual.
Server Installation Instructions
Unix:
As the root user:
- Choose/Create a directory to store the UnForm server software.
- Place the download file in the directory.
- Uncompress the file: uncompress filename
or gunzip filename (it must end in upper-case .Z - rename
if necessary)
- Unextract the file: tar xvf filename
- Read the readme.txt file for current information.
- Execute ./ufsetup.sh.
- Execute ./license.sh. Select option 3 if you have Internet
access from your machine. If not, visit the
http://unform.com/uf8lic.cgi link to obtain a 30-day
trial period activation key, and enter it using license.sh, option 7.
- Start the server by running uf80d start
- Test the installation by running uf80c -v.
Note: the Unix UnForm client requires Perl version 5 or higher.
- If you wish to change the default configuration, such as to set a
default rule file, edit the uf80d.ini file.
Windows 2000 and up:
- Execute the download file to install UnForm. If installing on a system
that supports Terminal Services, such as Windows Server 2003, run the download
file via Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, while logged in as an administrator.
- The Start-Programs menu will have a new folder, UnForm 8.0 Server
- Run the Server Manager.
- Click the Licensing button, then click the Automatic Demo Activation.
If you do not have Internet access, visit the
http://unform.com/uf8lic.cgi link to obtain a 30-day
trial period activation key, and enter in the form.
- Use the Configure button to set configuration parameters, such as a
default rule file.
- Run the Server Manager, and click the Start button to start the UnForm
server. If you wish to install the UnForm server as a Windows service,
you can do so from the Configuration window, in which case you would not start
or stop the UnForm server from the server manager. Instead, you would
use the Windows Control Panel services applet. Note, we do not recommend
running UnForm as a service until it has been activated and tested.
More information is in the unform80.pdf file.
Client Installation Instructions
UnForm client software is included in the server downloads, but can also
be installed on other machines on your network. There are two clients:
one for Unix, and one for Windows.
Unix:
As the root user:
- Ensure you have Perl version 5.005 or higher, testing with the perl -v.
If you do not have it, you can obtain Perl binaries from
cpan.org or
perl.com.
- Choose/Create a directory to store the UnForm client software.
- Place the download file in the directory.
- Uncompress the file: uncompress filename (it must end in upper-case .Z - rename if necessary)
- Unextract the file: tar xvf filename
- In the UnForm directory, execute ./ufcsetup.sh.
- Edit the uf80c.ini file to set the appropriate server information.
- Test the installation by running "uf80c -v"
- You can specify the server on the command line: uf80c -server server[:port] -v
The port is optional and only necessary if the server is listening on a non-default port (27280
for 8.0).
For example, uf80c -server 192.168.1.10:27140 -v.
Windows 2000 and up:
- Execute the download file to install the UnForm client.
- The Start-Programs menu will have a new folder, UnForm 8.0 Client
- Run the Configuration option and specify your server information, or plan
to specify a -server option when running uf80c.exe.
- Test the installation by running any of the samples.
Download Terms Notice
Downloading this software indicates acceptance of the following terms:
The author and publishers of this software make no warranty, express or
implied, regarding this product. This product is provided "AS IS".
In no event will the author or publishers be liable for any errors contained
in the product, or for any incidental or consequential damages in
connection with the use or performance of the product.
This product is proprietary to the author, who owns all copyright,
trademark, and patent rights in the product. You agree to not copy,
duplicate, or transfer this product to any other party. Some portions
may be encrypted, and you agree not to decrypt those portions. You may
use the 30-day trial version of this product for up to 30 days, after
which time you must purchase a license to continue using it.
To purchase a license, contact sales@synergetic-data.com.
Except for the 30-day trial version, you agree to operate this product on a
single machine for each license purchased.
UnForm 8.0 Downloads
Install this into a different directory than any other UnForm release, including 7.x.
If you have document archives, be sure to read the chapter in the unform80.pdf manual about migrating
your libraries from UnForm 7.x.
UnForm 8.0 Documentation Downloads
The UnForm manual is included in the UnForm downloads, above. However,
if you wish to just download the manual, you can click the link below.
UnForm 8.0 Manual, included in the
above product downloads, available here independently.
Current Release Notes, included in the
above product downloads, available here independently.
UnForm 8.0 Sample Scanning Jobs
These files contain examples of UnForm Image Manager scanning jobs, and sample scanned images that work with those jobs.
The uf80demoscan.zip file contains sample scanned images for
use with sample job definitions which are also contained in the file. Extract into the uf80/scanning/ folder with the default
new sub-folder name of the extraction utility. See the readme-ufarczon.txt file for instructions on how to stage the sample job definitions.
Legacy Downloads
The following links are provided for use by existing users who need to
update an old version of UnForm to the most recent release offered. Note that
UnForm 6 and previous versions are no longer supported by SDSI.
UnForm 7.1 Downloads
UnForm 7.1 Sample Scanning Jobs
These files contain examples of UnForm Image Manager scanning jobs, and sample scanned images that work with those jobs.
The uf71samplejobdefs.zip file contains the Image Manager sample job definitions.
Extract these files into the scanning/jobdefs folder on a new install; if an existing install, backup the existing jobdefs to avoid potential overwrites.
The uf71demoscans.zip file contains sample scanned images for use with the
sample job definitions. Extract into the uf71/scanning/ folder with the default new sub-folder name of the extraction utility.
UnForm 7.0 Downloads
eDelivery, eArchive Rule-Sets for UnForm 7.0/7.1
These files can be integrated with application rule-sets to help simplify the configuration and coding for
document delivery and archiving functionality.
For the current released version v71-1 of these files:
Download a zip file with
v71-1 eDeliver/eArchive rule-files and documentation.
First you many wish to review the
download and install instructions
for the above rule files.
For the new beta version v71-3 of these files:
Download a zip file with
v71-3 eDeliver/eArchive rule-files and documentation.
First you many wish to review the
download and install instructions
for the above rule files.
The new features of v71-3 are: new logging features, and use of the async option for subjobs to improve performance.
See the related
NewsPages article for more details.
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