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Add-In Update: DA Document Manager 2010, a.k.a. Digital ArcHound

By on January 26, 2010 in News, Software, Windows Home Server

Next, for those of you who do not know what DA Document Manager is, what follows is a detailed breakdown of what it can do for you.

  • Dozens of Skins are available for you to make your DA Document Manager just the way you want to see it
  • Easily Reset Appearance with the click of a button and all the screen defaults and layout size are reset
  • Active monitoring of folders for automatic notification of new PDF documents
  • Archive Recovery will reconcile any orphaned files that may exist
  • Combine multiple documents into one document and email or archive them
  • Document Detection Notification Popup Window – for batch and delayed processing of detected documents, even process existing PDF files in selected folders
  • Import to Archives will allow batch importing directly into your archive Vault
  • You may enable or disable Monitored Folders to watch for archiving; My Documents, Desktop, Application Data and Common or Local Application Data folders
  • You may select a folder to automatically watch for new PDF documents to archive
  • When the PDF Digitizer Printer icon appears in the PDF Printing Ribbon Group on the Tools Ribbon Tab, it will download and install the ArcHound PDF Digitizer
  • With the FREE Digitizer anything you can print, can be made into a PDF, fast and easy! (Available for 32-bit Operating Systems only)
  • Ability to move or relocate archive vault to another drive or folder
  • Digital ArcHound supports Windows 7, Vista, and XP (32-bit and 64- bit) operating systems
  • Full backup and restore to hard drive or USB Flash Keys
  • Control your scanner and initiate scans from the Ribbon in the DA Document Manager
  • Robust controls with WIA (Windows Image Acquisition) scanners
  • Scan your files into 1 page and easily Split that file into single pages for reordering or archiving as individual documents
  • A robust and powerful Google type search engine provides enhanced searches
  • Choose how many Search Results you want to see; 10, 20, 50, 100 or All Results with just the click of a mouse
  • Delete single or multiple archives using the Delete button once you have checked the items to delete
  • Display your Search Results to sort by Title, Date on Document, Archived, Processed, Created/ Scanned either Ascending or Descending
  • Easily email an archive or a number of archives by checking the items and clicking either Email or Attach to Email for multiples
  • To make changes to existing archives, just Copy to Workspace or Move to Workspace to make the updates to your document
  • Perform your Searches using a complete range of filters to get what you need quickly
  • Quickly and easily add pages to existing PDF files already in your archives
    Recall your archives by Category from the Manage Storage Task Mode with a single click
  • Searching by date offers single click options like; Today, Within the past Week, This Month, Last Month or you may Specify a Date Range
    Comprehensive Diagnostics help to resolve those really unusual Windows situations
  • Email a new Feature Request right from the application, we want to hear from our users
  • Many user definable and customizable features like Load on Startup and Start in Tray
  • Temp File Cleanup for the stubborn files that just seem to not go away
  • Tip of the Day helps new users with bite size nuggets of help each time the start the application
  • Auto Fill Form takes existing PDF or Search Results and with a click fills in your current form saving lots of retyping
  • User defined Categories or Subcategories allow you to Add New, Edit, or Delete
  • Document pages may be reordered or deleted as needed while in the Workspace
  • Drag and Drop from Windows or an Email right onto the Workspace
  • Drag and Drop to create a PDF from BMP, JPG, GIF, PNG and other image types
  • Drag-n-drop Reordering: individually scanned documents can be reordered by dragging the document icons into the order that you desire
  • Split a multi-paged PDF into single page documents with the click of a button
  • Store and quickly search by Title, Keywords, Descriptions and even your Notes
    Supports 90° CW, 90° CCW and 180° document rotations
  • Supports adding password protection to new or existing documents
  • Supports both 96DPI and 120DPI for Medical, X-Rays, Maps, Genealogy and other important images and documents
  • The ability to turn on or off the dates you want to track on your archives
    The Workspace allows you to Combine and View or Combine and Email documents without the need to save them
  • Time saving Context Menus are available by right-clicking
  • User definable Tags make tagging for open or unfinished items a snap, as well as tagging Business Related items
  • Workspace Form in the Add Documents mode is resizable
  • Workspace Viewer window is resizable and collapsible for efficient viewing or handling of documents and images

^^^  That is a LOT of features!

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  • Cyberke

    Great that the new version is out but… I can't find any info on upgrade conditions for existing DA users, neither any info on how to upgrade from the previous version to the new version. Even more, you can ask a link for a demo download but the the link they send via shareit.com doesn't work.

    All this makes me think twice to risk an upgrade and, most of all, pay once again the full price for a program license. I guess that a more professional approach wouldn't be a bad idea for groupSeven.

    Nic

    • Matt

      I read on their site before they released the new version if you had bought it within the past couple months or so the upgrade was free. Send them an email and find out for sure. I will probably be picking up this program here in the near future.

    • WHS Lover

      Nic, the purchase page has a link for existing uses to upgrade…it's actually in red http://www.archound.com/page983.aspx

      • Cyberke

        I guess they have added it afterwards. Thank you for pointing that out for me. :)

        Nic

    • Geoff Twell

      There is a reduced price upgrade available and it's well worth it. I have used the original since it first came out, but this upgrade really cuts the mustard.
      The other thing is this company's fantastic customer support. I had been on the Beta test panel and everything was Ok until RC1 and final release – then I couldn't install the client software. An email one evening resulted in a teamview link the next evening and within about 30 mins they had found the registry error and put it right. Their support is absolutely brilliant, so use their software with confidence.

  • Jay

    The link they sent me for the trial doesn't work.

  • diehard

    I also have the problem with the dead link, but if you remove the word beta. from the beginning of the link, it will work. But again they must have made a mistake because the download is not DA2010 but a support program.

  • Paul

    This is the kind of software that I will definitely find useful on my WHS, all I need now is the 64bit WHS and I’ll be completely happy.

  • Jay

    Ok, the link now mysteriously works. But… Norton 2010 quarantined it as a virus.

    "digitalarchound-whs.msi contained threat Reser.Reputation.1"

    Staying away from this one…

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/Jim_Clark Jim_Clark

    That same virus was being reported in Home Server SMART. Me thinks that Norton has gone off the deep end again. SOP for Norton… :(

  • diehard

    I scaned it with Avast 5.0, looks clean

  • FDT

    Download link ok. Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 didn't find any virus.

  • JohnCz

    They have made some really nice changes. Does anyone know if it includes integratation with Windows Desktop Search? There is iFilter plugin that developers can use to expose their database to WDS. I prefer to use WDS since it offers a common way to do all my searches.

  • diehard

    DA2010 has a thread over at http://www.mediasmartserver.net/forums/viewtopic…. maybe you can post there. Hope I'm not stepping on any toes Jim.

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/Jim_Clark Jim_Clark

    np! We are all one big happy family of WHS enthusiasts. :)

  • http://tinyhouseproject.wordpress.com Dan

    I take it the version for WHS is not for headless servers (I have the Acer easyStore). I currently use omnipage to create searchable PDF's on my desktop which I store on my WHS, but I am always on the lookout for a more streamlined solution. I'm just not sure if this is it. I would be interested in seeing a good review of this product.

  • D. Wismeijer

    What appears to be a valuable add-in to my digital home, it turns out to be a nightmare installation procedure. Though the add-in installed correctly, allowing to to “test database connection” with “Database Webservice OK” end result, the client appears to be UNABLE to connect successfully “.
    Having used, computer name, domain name and IP address in the Home Server Name box, the end result is a repetitive password request and an ultimate “WebSevice Offline” message. All in All, an area which require more development thought before the program can be of any use!
    There is no reason why it should fail since I’m in the LAN and moreover, even the remote access to WHS work perfectly OK! If these functions work OK, I fail to recognize why DA fails to connect. Surely, some development still required to make it a truly sales product!

    • http://twitter.com/Dieharder @Dieharder

      I ran into a similar problem a while back, when I uninstalled the addin it left behind the DAWebService in IIS. Try uninstalling the addin and then go RDC to your WHS and open IIS Manager and look under Default Web Sites and see if it's still there, if it is, delete it then reinstall the addin.

      If it doesn't work, you can always try the link above and post your issue with archound.

  • Cyberke

    When it asks for your WHS, just fill in the name of it and when you have to fill out the username, click cancel. The connection will be made without authentication.

    Nic

  • Andrew

    Not very impressed, after installing it ive been notified that the trial has ended and that the service dosent have permision to run the database.
    Me thinks il be leaving this add-in for some time, if it dosent work out the box then theres no garentee there wont be problems down the line.

  • Chris

    I installed the trial and it works like a champ. The only complaints I have so far is that the "monitored folder" option only supports 1 custom location (in addition to the defaults), so you have to remove some of them in order to add multiple locations (really only neccessary if you have a complex storage setup). The other side to this is the user guide clearly states you can use a UNC path, however when you try to use one it pops up with a handy message saying "you cannot use UNC, you must use a mapped drive letter".

    Anyone know if it supports full-text PDF indexing? The advanced search options suggest it does, but it's greyed out. The user guide also suggests it's usable, however there's no indication anywhere of when or how full-text PDFs are usable.

    I'm crossing my fingers that I can replace NeatWorks with this…

    • Michael

      I was also looking for full-text indexing. I tried the trial and there is no full-text indexing. There is an advanced full-text search option ("text within PDFs (increase time)") but this doesn't work. You are stuck with the relatively limited meta data.

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  • http://intensedebate.com/people/josedelarosa josedelarosa

    Hello, I am trying out the software on my WHS. I continue to recieve an error message that says " Digital ArcHound Archive Folder is not accessible on hpserver" Has anyone had any problems like this? Please help. Im still in the trial period and would like to evaluate it before i buy. and Archound has no tech support to call… only email… which they have not responded and it has been 3 days. and 4 emails.

    • http://twitter.com/Dieharder @Dieharder

      Not completely sure here, I believe the user selects where the Archive folder is. It usually is in the Documents shared folder unless you redirected it. Then you would have to make sure that the User has permission to read/write under the Users Tab in the Console. You might also try changing the location of the Digital ArcHound Archive Folder in the DA2010 addin on the Console and select Relocate Archives.

    • Eric

      Hello
      Did you ever get this figured out. I am having the same problem.
      Thanks
      Eric

  • Will

    Been using the new program for a couple of weeks and my wife and I love it! Had a minor glitch early on and support was quick to respond and resolve. We love the new interface!

  • D. Wismeijer

    As a follow-up to my earlier comment above, I was able to sort out the connection issue through ArcHound Customer Support using Teamviewer. and thus able to progress further evaluation. All in all a very interesting add-in which unfortunately had to be squashed due to the following reasons:

    1) Installation is not a straightforward plug and play but merely plug and "pray" since the connection routine can't handle a system hosting multiple Web sites.

    2) All files which entitle for archiving reside in a self explanatory windows explorer folder structure. I would have liked to see that the application retained this structure in their database reference instead of dumping the archive file in a general “vault” .

    3) Instead of converting everything to pdf, I would have liked to see that different viewers allowed retention of original file extension.

    4) Number 2 above is in particular relevant since once you have deleted a file out of the windows explorer folder with a file extension other than pdf, the (new) files detection routine does not pick this up, retaining an archived copy for which there is no original anymore on file. In case the original holds a pdf file extension, one would be alerted that the file has been deleted, which it should do allowing to clean-up the archive.

    5) Unless I’m wrong due to testing over LAN, it would suggest that the application can’t be used over WAN.

    If the above could have DA's further attention, the application could turn out to be a very valuable asset. Given DA's claim that all their enhancements are a result of "user feedback", realization could turn out to be promising. In the meantime, it is of little value.

  • scoob101

    A note to existing customers of the old version of Digital Archound – unless you specifically need some of the new features (which are not particularly revolutionary) don`t bother upgrading. Its not worth the money.

    New versin looks pretty, but thats about it.

    Its still excellent software, just pretty much the same as the old vesion.

  • Cyberke

    Maybe you'd better let the existing customers choose that for themselves?

  • scoob101

    Im simply posting my own personal opinion, based on my personal experiences. Thats what these boards are for.

  • Cyberke

    I think there is a difference in giving your own opinion about a program and telling people what they should and what they shouldn't do. And I know very well what these boards are for.

  • scoob101

    You`re entitled to your opinion. As am I. Petty flame wars over nothing don`t help anyone.

  • Joe Somebody

    Sent this to Archound tech support this morning.. what a PIA…

    >>>
    Trying out your whs product and all I'm getting on my client is that the archive folder is inaccessible on the server… The client appears to have a connection to the server, but the archive folder itself in not accessible… I've gone into the WHS console and made sure the folder I"m using "public" is not secured.. I've set read, write, display authority for all users.. I"ve even gone into the archound/vault path and defined explicit "everyone" is allowed to do everything permissiosn on the folders.. yet still your software client says the archive folder is not accessible..

    I checked your user guide and there is nothing on this error.
    I checked your support site and there is nothing on this error.

    There are two users that have this same issue here… both of which appear to remain unresolved… http://www.wegotserved.com/2010/01/26/add-in-upda…

    Get it together guys…

    Would appreciate assistance.. pretty much ready to toss this one in the can…