Uploading PDFs to Livelink 2

[AbuF]

Hi all,

There is a need to upload PDF files to Livelink togehter with one index field from the scanning PC to a new folder that will be created for us in Livelink. The scanning software does not have a connector to upload directly to Livelink. We will be writing the code in VB to extract the images with the index information to upload to Livelink.

Do we have to learn and use LAPI? Does the scanning PC have to be a Livelink Client? Is it possible to connect directly to the Livelink RDBMS and store the images directly to the required folders? Anybody interested in providing his/her billable services? Please advise.

Apprecitae your help.

 

[appnair]

Many scanning companies(Kofax,Captiva) etc have already created release scripts for Livelink(LES) and they use LAPI.
Livelink will not understand direct db updates nor is it recommended.The way I see it will be your sacnning client will have a small foot print LAPI of Livelink web services client that does the job.By VB do you mean the classic VB or VB>net a lot of samples are available at the lapi discussion forum

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[AbuF]

Thank you appnair for the quick response.

The scanning software is an EDMS that does not talk to any other software ( unlike Kofax, Captiva). The code we will be writing is in VS2005. I understand from your reply that we need to use LAPI. Is there a way you can help us with this one? or give us some hints?. We will be writing this code for our client who has Livelink and we will not have access to Livelink during developement.

Thank you for your help.

 

[ggriffit]

Depending on how you create your files and where they end up, you could use one of the following approaches :

PUSH
Use LAPI to publish the file immediately from the scanner to Livelink

PULL
Create a Livelink Agent to scan a specified directory/ies and pull the data on a scheduled basis.

The best approach depends on the technical resource and the complexity and access required and how you will map a given PDF file to its location in Livelink for publication.

Greg Griffiths
Livelink Certified Developer & ECM Global Star Champion 2005 & 2006

http://www.greggriffiths.org/livelink/

 

[appnair]

In taking Greg's suggestion it will be better to do it with lapi as kofax and captive are lapi clients.This also means that there is no module to be installed on the LES as in the PULL method.To create a lapi connection from your livelink administartion you need

a)Userid preferably with SA privs and password
b)Method of authentication whether SSO or Livelink
c)The livelink cgi address usually looks like http(s)/servername/livelink/<llisapi.dll|livelink.exe|livelink>
d)Folder where this lapi user can burn files and the technical structure like any cat/atts need to be attched.
e)If cat/atts are to be attached its nodeid and the attribute structure(this is to avoid a lot of coding)
f)Version of livelink server used and whether this company will give you the alapi client libraries.

The program itself is very simple if it does not need bells and whistles.Howver if you want a VB GUI with userid/password configuration etc to be done a lot of time will be spent on doing that structure.Getting a document into livelink with lapi can be done in a program less than half a day.


Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?
James Thurber, New Yorker cartoon caption, June 5, 1937
Certified OT Developer,Livelink ECM Champion 2008

http://www.tek-tips.com/faqs.cfm?fid=2884

http://www.linkedin.com/in/appunair

 

[AbuF]

Thank you very much for the help. This information will be very helpfull to us. I will see what we can get from the client side.

Hats off to the two experts in Livelink; Greg and Appnair.