1.About ABBYY FlexiCapture Engine 12
3.Installing the ABBYY FlexiCapture Engine 12 Library
4.Supported Development Environments
ABBYY FlexiCapture Engine is a comprehensive software development kit (SDK) for data capture and document recognition. It includes all the core technologies needed for developing state-of-the-art intelligent data capture systems to process multiple types of paper documents in a single stream and accurately transform them into usable data.
The important feature of ABBYY FlexiCapture Engine is an ability of close integration with ABBYY FineReader Engine. The main recognition objects can be passed from one product to another, thereby FlexiCapture Engine opens up the opportunities to use all the recognition features of FineReader Engine.
ABBYY FlexiCapture Engine is a set of DLLs (dynamic link libraries). The FlexiCapture Engine API (application programming interface) conforms to the COM (Component Object Model) standard and can be easily used in C/C++, .Net, Delphi, or any other development tools supporting COM components. With small efforts FlexiCapture Engine could be adapted for use in scripting languages like VBS, JS, Perl.
ABBYY FlexiCapture Engine 12 provides convenient tools for network operation. For correct operation of applications using the ABBYY FlexiCapture Engine 12 library, the ABBYY SDK 12 License Server must be installed on the server.
•PC with x86-compatible processor (1 GHz or higher).
•Operating system:
oWindows Server 2016
oWindows 10
oWindows Server 2012 R2 with the April 2014 update rollup (KB2919355)
oWindows 8.1 with the April 2014 update rollup (KB2919355)
oWindows Server 2012
oWindows 8
oWindows Server 2008 R2 SP1
oWindows 7 SP1
ABBYY FlexiCapture Engine has been tested on the following cloud computing platforms:
oMicrosoft Azure:
▪Azure App Services
▪Azure Cloud Services
▪Azure Service Fabric
▪Azure Virtual Machines
oAmazon EC2
ABBYY FlexiCapture Engine has been tested in the following virtual environments:
oMicrosoft Hyper-V Server 2008
oMicrosoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 SP1
oMicrosoft Hyper-V Server 2012
oMicrosoft Hyper-V Server 2012 R2
oMicrosoft Hyper-V Server 2016
oOracle VM VirtualBox 5.2
oParallels Desktop for Mac 13.0.1
oVMware ESXi 6.5
oVMware Workstation Player 12.5
oVMware Workstation Pro 14.0.0
ABBYY FlexiCapture Engine can also be run in a Docker container on supported platforms.
•Memory:
ofor processing one-page documents — minimum 400 MB RAM, recommended 1 GB RAM;
ofor processing multi-page documents — minimum 1 GB RAM, recommended 1,5 GB RAM.
ofor parallel processing — 350 MB * (cores number) + 450MB RAM;
ofor parallel processing of documents in Arabic or CJK languages — 850 MB * (cores number) + 750MB RAM.
•Hard disk space: 1400 MB for library installation and 100 MB for program operation plus additional 15Mb for every processing page of a multi-page document.
•100% TWAIN-compatible scanner, digital camera, or fax modem — for scanning only.
•Video card and monitor (min. resolution 1024*768) — for displaying GUI elements.
•Keyboard, mouse or other input device
•The following registry branches should be accessible from the workstation:
o"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ABBYY\SDK\12\FlexiCapture Engine" — full control
o"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ABBYY\SDK\12" — full control for installation only
o"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ABBYY\SDK\12" — full control for installation only
•The following folders should be accessible from the workstation:
oFolder with ABBYY FlexiCapture Engine binary files — access for reading
oSystem temporary folder — full control access
ofolder ProgramData\ABBYY\SDK\12\FlexiCapture Engine — full control access;
ofolder ProgramData\ABBYY\SDK\12\Licenses — full control access
•The following components should be installed:
oMicrosoft® Internet Explorer 8.0 or higher
•PC with x86-compatible processor (1 GHz or higher).
•Operating system:
oWindows Server 2016
oWindows 10
oWindows Server 2012 R2 with the April 2014 update rollup (KB2919355)
oWindows 8.1 with the April 2014 update rollup (KB2919355)
oWindows Server 2012
oWindows 8
oWindows Server 2008 R2 SP1
oWindows 7 SP1
ABBYY SDK 12 Licensing Service has been tested in the following virtual environments:
oMicrosoft Hyper-V Server 2008
oMicrosoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 SP1
oMicrosoft Hyper-V Server 2012
oMicrosoft Hyper-V Server 2012 R2
oMicrosoft Hyper-V Server 2016
oOracle VM VirtualBox 5.2
oParallels Desktop for Mac 13.0.1
oVMware ESXi 6.5
oVMware Workstation Player 12.5
oVMware Workstation Pro 14.0.0
•25 MB of free hard-disk space
•folder ProgramData\ABBYY\SDK\12\Licenses — full control access
Note: ABBYY FlexiCapture Engine 12 works with projects created in ABBYY FlexiCapture 12 Release 2 Update 7, Build 12.0.2.3042, or earlier. Projects saved in the current version of ABBYY FlexiCapture Engine 12 can be used in ABBYY FlexiCapture 12 Release 2 Update 7, Build 12.0.2.3042, or later. You can also pass projects to and from ABBYY FlexiCapture 12 shipped with the current ABBYY FlexiCapture Engine 12 distribution.
Important! Both ABBYY FlexiCapture Engine and ABBYY FlexiCapture use Adobe PDF Library. If ABBYY FlexiCapture Engine and a compatible version of ABBYY FlexiCapture use different versions of Adobe PDF Library, recognition results may not be the same.
1.Please uninstall any previous versions of ABBYY FlexiCapture Engine 12 before installing this version.
2.To install ABBYY FlexiCapture Engine 12, a Customer Project ID is required. Please contact your supplier to acquire a Customer Project ID.
3.To activate the functions of ABBYY FlexiCapture Engine 12 on a computer an Activation file is required. Use the License Manager utility to obtain an Activation file by Internet or e-mail.
The ABBYY FlexiCapture Engine API (application programming interface) conforms to the COM (component object model) specification and can be easily used in C/C++, C#, Visual Basic .NET and other development environments supporting COM components.