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capture incomming document from scanner or mail

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Hi

I wonder if it is possible to create an incoming document directly from scanner instead of from a file.

 

Also I would like to know if its possible to take a document directly from email attachment without having to download/upload via file.

I only interested in the simpleste incoming document setup without ocr, workflow and other advanced features.

Best regards

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    keoma Profile Picture
    keoma on at
    RE: capture incomming document from scanner or mail

    To get attachments out of a mail you can use ews, the exchange web services. Call that in a custom cu using .net. to capture documents directly from nav you can buy on of the available nav addons for document capture.

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    Alexander Ermakov Profile Picture
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    RE: capture incomming document from scanner or mail

    Both options - using mail attachment or scanner plus OCR service - are available in NAV 2016. Start with this info re Incoming Documents:

    msdn.microsoft.com/.../dn892104(v=nav.90).aspx

    You would need a OCR service to be integrated with NAV (you would need a 3rd party functionality for recognition). Refer to MSDN how-to info re setup of OCR service:

    msdn.microsoft.com/.../dn951536(v=nav.90).aspx

    msdn.microsoft.com/.../dn951568(v=nav.90).aspx

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    Suresh Kulla Profile Picture
    Suresh Kulla on at
    RE: capture incomming document from scanner or mail

    Check this add-on

    www.datahaven4dynamics.com/.../datahaven-for-dynamics-nav

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    RE: capture incomming document from scanner or mail

    Hi again

    Thanks for all replies so far, but maybe I should have also mentioned I do not want middleware (except for the scanner driver). I want to know about the standard

    out-of-the-box NAV 2016 possibilities.

    I have read an old post about implementing a twain driver somehow in NAV 2013 and the post even shows a screenshot from the Create incoming document process with a push button  labled "Scan". It seems to me that this did not require any programming or middleware, but I'm not sure.

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    keoma Profile Picture
    keoma on at
    RE: capture incomming document from scanner or mail

    there is a solution on Gunnar's Blog, follow http://www.dynamics.is/?p=1877

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    Community Member on at
    RE: capture incomming document from scanner or mail

    Thanks Jonathan

    I now see that this solution from Gunnars Blog is a programming solution.

    I close the thread assuming that the short answer is no. It is not possible within the NAV 2016 standard solution to capture documents from scanner or email.

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    RE: capture incomming document from scanner or mail

    Yes you could scan document directly from scanner instead of from a file. to document scanning solutions you could transform your paper files into searchable digital images.

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    RE: capture incomming document from scanner or mail

    Through scanning incoming email and indexing files automatically, you will not only gain control of your inner email process, without a greater loss of efficiency, loss of file manipulate and lack of precious information, however, you will also have the possibility to combine email formats within the same reports processing float.

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