Diamond Head introduces ImageBASIC for DOCS Open.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 16, 1997--AIIM-- ImageBASIC Toolkit and DOCS Imaging Source Code Enable PC DOCS Developers to Create Customized Document Imaging Solutions Diamond Head Software, Inc. announced today the availability of ImageBASIC for DOCS Open, an integrated suite of components that enable Visual Basic developers to customize DOCS Imaging. DOCS Imaging is the document imaging component in the DOCS Enterprise Suite from PC DOCS (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : PC DOCS), and extends the enterprise document management capabilities in DOCS Open to support digitized images. Diamond Head developed DOCS Imaging for PC DOCS, using the ImageBASIC development environment. ImageBASIC for DOCS Open includes an integrated suite of ActiveX Controls A software module based on Microsoft's Component Object Model (COM) architecture. It enables a program to add functionality by calling ready-made components that blend in and appear as normal parts of the program. and the source code to the DOCS Imaging application. "Although compound document management (CDM 1. CDM - Content Data Model 2. CDM - Code Division Multiplexing ) products and services will form the basis for most corporate information management needs, they require seamless and robust image enabling to fulfill this requirement," said David Yockelson, vice president at META Group. "Diamond Head's ImageBASIC offers this integration via DOCS Imaging, enabling users to avail themselves of best-of-breed imaging services within their CDM environment." ImageBASIC Suite of Components To customize DOCS Imaging, developers will use the ImageBASIC suite that consists of ActiveX Controls for TWAIN (Technology Without An Interesting Name) A programming interface that lets a graphics application, such as an image editing program or desktop publishing program, activate a scanner, frame grabber or other image-capturing device. scanning, TMSequoia Display and ScanFix Image Cleanup, Xerox TextBridge OCR OCR in full optical character recognition Scanning and comparison technique intended to identify printed text or numerical data. It avoids the need to retype already printed material for data entry. , and Diamond Head's annotation 1. (programming, compiler) annotation - Extra information associated with a particular point in a document or program. Annotations may be added either by a compiler or by the programmer. engine, plus the Visual Basic source code to DOCS Imaging. For customized, high-volume capture systems for DOCS Open, developers can purchase ImageBASIC components that support more than 150 ISIS scanners. Developers can also purchase components for bar code, mark sense or handprint hand·print n. An outline or indentation left by a hand. recognition, plus extensive image and forms processing. Owners of Hewlett-Packard's new Network ScanJet 5 network scanner can take advantage of the integrated support Diamond Head has added in the forthcoming version of DOCS Imaging, providing additional distributed capture options. Success Story at Large Accounting Firm The first large-scale implementation of a customized version of DOCS Imaging was for one of the world's largest accounting firms. In conjunction with ICM ICM Intercom ICM Integrated Crop Management ICM International Congress of Mathematicians ICM Information Classification and Management ICM Intelligent Contact Management (Cisco) ICM International Creative Management (Integrated Computer Management), the PC DOCS premier integrator that was the prime contractor for this nationwide imaging/document management project and headquartered in Roseland, New Jersey, Diamond Head modified the DOCS Imaging application so the users saw and had access to only the functions they needed; scanning and OCR were removed. Custom bitmaps representing the standard accounting tick marks utilized by the firm, were integrated into the application as annotations which helped the accountants in their audit processing. Diamond Head and ICM also developed a custom capture system, which used bar codes for high volume batch processing (1) Performing a particular operation automatically on a group of files all at once rather than manually opening, editing and saving one file at a time. For example, graphics software that converts a selection of images from one format to another would be a batch processing utility. and indexing into DOCS Open. "The ImageBASIC toolkit for DOCS Open made it relatively easy for us to develop a customized solution that will be used by several thousand users located in dozens of sites of this accounting firm," said Mike Lucciola, president of ICM. "Using Diamond Head's superior technology, we were able to meet the customer's unique requirements for annotation and capture system, in a very compressed time frame." Diamond Head Offers New Storage Option Integrated with DOCS Open ImageBASIC for DOCS Open also offers a powerful option for optical services. For the same installation, Diamond Head installed its new Tempest Optical Server which is tightly integrated with the security and indexing system of DOCS Open. Tempest is the only server on the market that can support the high-performance requirements and volume of concurrent users required for this installation. The Tempest Server is the ideal companion to DOCS Open systems. The Industry Standard Development Environment With the release of ImageBASIC for DOCS Open, Diamond Head has again proven its ability to quickly deliver integrated support for disparate hardware and software products from the industry's leading firms. The architecture of ImageBASIC 3.1 was designed to make such integration efforts very easy to accomplish. "Once we added ImageBASIC integration for DOCS Open, the HP Network ScanJet 5 scanner took Diamond Head only a couple of months to accomplish," said Bill Burke, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Diamond Head. "For hardware manufacturers and software developers that are seeking the best development option to integrate imaging, and related technologies, with their hardware or vertical software applications, ImageBASIC provides a very compelling environment. With its proven record of successful, cooperative development relationships, Diamond Head has a strong case to make that ImageBASIC has become the industry standard development environment." Pricing and Availability The ActiveX Control suite to modify DOCS Imaging and the source code to the applications costs $5,000 and is available from Diamond Head's international channel of distributors and resellers or directly from Diamond Head. The 16-bit components of ImageBASIC for DOCS Open are available immediately, and run under Windows 3.x Windows 3.x can refer to either an individual or all of the following versions of Microsoft Windows:
ImageBASIC for DOCS Open will begin shipping in April. Several products developed using the new product suite will be demonstrated at the AIIM (Association for Information and Image Management International, Silver Spring, MD, www.aiim.org) A membership organization founded in 1943 devoted to creating industry standards and disseminating information about the document management industry. booths of Diamond Head, PC DOCS and Plexus Plexus - A modular World-Wide Web server written in Perl by Tony Sanders <sanders@earth.com>. Comes with interfaces to allow many other information services to be served via the Web. Version 3.0m 1994-07-22. , and will be discussed at Hewlett-Packard's booth. Diamond Head has announced special partner programs for PC DOCS integrator partners to become trained and authorized to resell ImageBASIC for DOCS Open. About Diamond Head Diamond Head Software, Inc. is the industry's leading provider of programming tools (VBX's and ActiveX Controls) and customizable foundation applications for document imaging, document management, COLD, optical storage management and workflow applications. The Diamond Head solution, marketed as the ImageBASIC development environment, has been named Product of the Year by Imaging Magazine for the past four years, and has been licensed by more than 1,400 corporate and government developers, OEMs, system integrators and vertical software developers. The company is headquartered in Richardson, Texas Richardson is a suburb in Dallas County and Collin County, Texas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 91,803, while according to a 2006 estimate, the population had grown to 99,200. , and has offices in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , and has a European office in the Netherlands. CONTACT: Diamond Head Software Leslie K. Iczkovitz 972/479-9205 les@dhs.com |
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