I recently released such a system integrated into my medical record management system. The question you need to ask is whether or not you want fancy features like 'ocr' or document recognition capabilities. When buying a package like xerox offers you will probably get those features built in (hence the price). But if you need to collect images and link them to other database records, that is relatively simple. The way I am doing it is to scan images into a folder whose location is known to the system when the user interfaces with it. The images are then displayed as thumbnails and there are different options to quickly catalogue them. Of course you can click on the image and then view the full size. After your options are selected you 'upload' them into the system. At this point the system copies the images from their original scan folder and places them in the main file system where they will permanently reside. The images are renamed with uuid's and other things and then its location is stored in the database.
Now this is all simple and good, but I still want more. Getting back to the ocr and recognition features... Once you have the images scanned in and living as files, you could feed them into other 3rd party applications that can then build , say , a text index of the scanned image or maybe auto categorize the image based on barcodes or other unique markings. An interesting ocr package I have come across is clara ocr. It is gpl'd and has a command line interface as well as a gui. I am looking into integrating that into the system. Ultimately I'll get around to taking this code and turning it into a generic system (decoupled from patient related stuff) and use it to keep track of all my monthly statements. Then I could really get some use of my shredder. Gl, alex -----Original Message----- From: Ciliotta, Mario [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 8:56 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: File management system in CF Hi, I was wondering if anyone has any links to any good file(document) management systems designed in CF. I am looking for something that has security levels built in by login/password and also allows for multiple uploads. Either something open source as a starting point would be great or a pay version is fine as long it has some customizing allowed. I have been search the exchange but I really have not found anything that use security. I'll keep looking. Thanks Mario This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain sensitive and private proprietary or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you are not the intended recipient, please immediately delete it and all copies of it from your system, destroy any hard copies of it and notify the sender. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. CREDIT SUISSE GROUP and each legal entity in the CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON or CREDIT SUISSE ASSET MANAGEMENT business units of CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON reserve the right to monitor all e-mail communications through its networks. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the message states otherwise and the sender is authorized to state them to be the views of any such entity. Unless otherwise stated, any pricing information given in this message is indicative only, is subject to change and does not constitute an offer to deal at any price quoted. Any reference to the terms of executed transactions should be treated as preliminary only and subject to our formal written confirmation. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
