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Launch connector from Windows Paste buffer

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Updated June 12, 2018
asked on June 6, 2018

Is there any way to have connector execute a search based on the value in the Windows paste buffer?  The idea would be to capture a piece of data with control-C,  then use a hot key sequence and have connector do a search for documents. 

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replied on June 8, 2018

Hi Tom,

This is not currently supported within Laserfiche Connector. Could you provide some more insight into the scenario? Is the idea that the search information may come from multiple different sources and this would avoid having to write a Connector profile for each? 

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replied on June 11, 2018

I have a situation where we are having to use OCR and attempt a pattern match to capture the search criteria.   The OCR off the screen is pretty bad and prone to error and zone capture isn't working because you really can't ensure the location of the source application panel positions.  Its would be quicker for the operator to just manually copy the item into the paste buffer then trigger a hot key to execute the search.  Kind of like the inverse of  "point and shoot" in indexing.    It would be a good add when the fully auto processes don't get it....real world issue.  Thanks for asking;  maybe in a future release.

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replied on June 11, 2018

Hi Tom, 

 

Thanks for the suggestion on how we can work better with OCR. 

If I understand your use case correctly, then I believe there is a workaround that might be useful to you in the meantime. As of Connector 10.3, we offer the ability to preview tokens (set in the profile editor) which will give you the chance to modify tokens before continuing with the profile. As a workaround, you could trigger the token previewer with a hot key, delete whatever information it extracted, and then paste the information into the token previewer. 

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replied on June 12, 2018

That is true and I tried that and it works, but its very slow and editing the token is more difficult and slower than just cut and paste the full value.   They are also having to edit every one, so production is very slow.   I wonder if there is a way to show the token with no value, then they could just paste in???

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replied on June 12, 2018

Hi Tom, 

You can go into the XML itself to delete the value. This should allow them to just paste in when previewing tokens. If you later need to edit other parts of the profile, you can still use the profile editor for editing (it will simply say "Use existing token content" for the content where the blank tokens are). 

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