Kofax Release Script for Alfresco, based on WebScripts?

[kbonnet]

Dear all,

I read about a new release script being developed by Micro Strategies: http://drquyong.com/myblog/?p=43

Does anyone have seen something of this release script? Does anyone know under what license it is or will be available?

One of our clients is currently using the .NET/WebService release script by Aarden Ringcroft, but this version has a lot of probless and limitations, not to say that is has never left the development phase. Next to this the webservice interface of Alfresco, backed by AXIS, has its limitations too. In my opinion, using the webscript framework is the way to go.

I would love to see more of this new release script and use/test it.

Kindest regards,

Koen Bonnet

[ppenley]

as an alternative, you may consider using the connector for I.R.I.S. imaging software.

Hello Denis,

I dont think this is an option. The IRIS connector should then be installable in Kofax. Organizations in need of the Alfresco Release Script have already done a rather heavy investment in Kofax. For most of them it will not be an option to change to IRIS. Or am i mistaking and it is some kind of generic release script?

The MicroStrategies release script is handed over to Alfresco. Alfresco will distribute it as an Enterprise Addon. It is currently going through Alfrescos Q&A cycle.

Koen

Do we have time frame to complete this Q&A process?

[kbonnet]

Do we have time frame to complete this Q&A process?

I'm not Alfresco partner myself, but via a partner i heard they are trying to make it available in August for some kind of beta testing by this partner.

By the way, if you're releasing to a local Alfresco server you could use the workaround to have Kofax release via the customizable text release, have it release into Alfresco via the CIFS interface and handle the XML files and PDF via via a content rule with javascript. That;s how i implemented a workaround, while we wait for the new release script.

Koen

[hvyas]

Do we have time frame to complete this Q&A process?

I'm not Alfresco partner myself, but via a partner i heard they are trying to make it available in August for some kind of beta testing by this partner.

By the way, if you're releasing to a local Alfresco server you could use the workaround to have Kofax release via the customizable text release, have it release into Alfresco via the CIFS interface and handle the XML files and PDF via via a content rule with javascript. That;s how i implemented a workaround, while we wait for the new release script.

Koen

Are you talking about default kofax-text release or kofax-xml release ? Also can you be able to provide javascript that you use with content rule?

[kbonnet]

We did it with text release to generate an XML file. But use XML release if you can, i would say.

This was the basis for my content rule. Later i added some more for moving the files, et cetera.

var importFolder = document.parent;
var logFile = importFolder.childByNamePath("log.txt");
var oXML = new XML(document.content);

var importDocument = importFolder.childByNamePath(oXML.@filename);

for each (a in oXML.attr)
{
   importDocument.properties[a.@name] = a.toString();
}

importDocument.save();
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[johan1974]

Finally i can install the new Kofax release script from micro strategies using web script. Only to find out that after installing this script in kofax the actual configuration does not work. I login to the repository and after that i have to login a again to the alfresco server. All i see is the company home folder. And when i press ok after this i get a script error.

Anybody else allready having experience with this new release script?

Greetings,

Johan

[pedrog]

Hello, Johan.
Can you let me know where you located the Kofax-Alfresco release script you mention? I received from Kofax a script back in Dec 2008 that we have not tested, but I would like to know if we have the "correct" or "best" one. Ours comes with a PDF indicating it is version 1 from Aarden Ringcroft and an alfresco.dll from 2006. There seems to be quite a lot of interest in this script and it is high time it was fully functional. We will help out as much as we can. Thanks.

[estebanzec]

It's really interesting how you used to do the release.

Could be completed with the way they used to move the files, and more.

thanks!

[kbonnet]

Can you let me know where you located the Kofax-Alfresco release script you mention?

Hi Pedro,

It has become an Enterprise Add-on of Alfresco. Alfresco is currently giving it out for beta testing to their Enterprise Partners.

Koen

[kbonnet]

It's really interesting how you used to do the release.

Could be completed with the way they used to move the files, and more.

thanks!

My pleasure. But keep in mind that this only works over CIFS. CIFS has not always been stable for large amounts of documents, although in this situation all is going well. For the long term, the MicroStrategies script is the way to go.

Koen

[kbonnet]

Hey Johan,

Only to find out that after installing this script in kofax the actual configuration does not work

Do you still have this problem? I was able to get it working at a client. It had some problems in the ReleaseSetup part, but i could work around that.

Whats the problem at your client?

Koen