RemoteScanImporter plugin: Overview

RemoteScanImporter is an optional component used to manage the scanning of invoices at a local site and send the invoices to a central site where they are processed.

Note The plugin is not installed by default, so it must either be consciously selected when Kofax ReadSoft Invoices is installed, or it can be enabled after the Invoices installation by adding plugin sections for each of the modules in Eilocal.ini in the following way:

Using Notepad or another text editor, open Eilocal.ini and add a plugin section for each module (Manager, Scan, Interpret, Verify, and Transfer) in the following way:

Example:

 ;***********************
;*      Manager        *

;***********************
[Plugins::eimngr]
Plugin1=Common
Plugin2=Manager
Plugin3=DBMaintenance
Plugin4=ERPImport
Plugin5=AutoValue
Plugin6=InvoiceSelection
Plugin7=ReadSoft.InvoiceRules
Plugin8=ReadSoft.ScanInfo
Plugin9=ReadSoft.RemoteScanImporter  

[eimngr::ReadSoft.RemoteScanImporter]
Name=ReadSoft.RemoteScanImporter
Type=COM
SupportIDispatch=TRUE
Classname=ReadSoft.RemoteScanImporter.Connect

;******************
;*   Scan    *
;******************
[Plugins::eiscan]
Plugin1=Common
Plugin2=ReadSoft.InvoiceRules
Plugin3=ReadSoft.ScanInfo
Plugin3=ReadSoft.RemoteScanImporter  

[eiscan::ReadSoft.RemoteScanImporter]
Name=ReadSoft.RemoteScanImporter
Type=COM
SupportIDispatch=TRUE
Classname=ReadSoft.RemoteScanImporter.Connect

;******************
;*   Interpret    *
;******************
[Plugins::eiitrp]
Plugin1=Common
Plugin2=ReadSoft.InvoiceRules
Plugin3=ReadSoft.ScanInfo
Plugin3=ReadSoft.RemoteScanImporter 
 
[eiitrp::ReadSoft.RemoteScanImporter]
Name=ReadSoft.RemoteScanImporter
Type=COM
SupportIDispatch=TRUE
Classname=ReadSoft.RemoteScanImporter.Connect

;******************
;*   Transfer    *
;******************
[Plugins::eitran]
Plugin1=Common
Plugin2=ReadSoft.InvoiceRules
Plugin3=ReadSoft.ScanInfo

RemoteScanImporter is an optional component used to manage scanning of invoices on a local site and send the invoices to a central site where they are processed.

ReadSoft license manager (FlexLM) must be installed and running on both the local and central sites.

The process:

  1. At the local site, the first step is to scan the invoices. The RemoteScanInfo component adds additional information to the invoices.
  2. The next step is to run the Transfer module. It uses the RemoteScanSender component to transfer the invoice image plus additional information kept in an XML file, by FTP, to the central site. Optionally, SFTP or a regular network share can be used as the transport method instead of FTP.
  3. In the last step of the process, the Interpret module imports the invoices using the RemoteScanImporter component to read both the invoice image and the XML file.