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Components, Location & Rights
Infrastructure - Email and FTP
PDF Printing
Client Server Database Engine
Licencing: Local or Dongle [Aladdin HASP]

Components, Location & Rights

TDOC is a scalable application. Its components may be installed all together on the same PC for local operation, or on a server(s) for network operation whether using a LAN or WAN (via a VPN). Installation is from one of the following:

Component Location Rights Notes
Software On User's PC Read, Write, Create, Delete All users require to be able to read and write to the TDOC.INI file which holds user settings, and to be able to write Error Logs should an unforeseen event occur.
Licence "Per seat" [As software] The licence is held in a text file which resides in the software directory.
"Per seat" The licence is held in a Dongle connected to the users PC.
"Concurrent" The licence is held in a Dongle connected to a Server, with a Licence Manager.
Report Layouts Read Users of the System Utilities need full rights to modify the report layouts.
Database Accessible to all Users Read, Write, Create, Delete All users require to be able to write to the User Log.
The location is known as a Data Directory.
Temporary Documents On User's PC Read, Write, Create, Delete Must be for the exclusive use of the user.
The location is known as the Spool File Directory.
Quarantined Documents On User's PC Read, Write, Create, Delete Must be for the exclusive use of the user.
The location is known as the Incoming Directory
Associated Documents Accessible to all Users Read, Write, Create, Delete Document Control and User Actions modules.
If TDOC's inbuilt EDM mechanism is enabled, the directories where documents reside are known as Nominated Directories.
Read Reports & Enquiries module.

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Infrastructure - Email and FTP

TDOC supports the sending of Email in one of three ways:

TDOC does not have the facility to import email from any other system as it is quicker to cut and paste the information into the relevant registration screen. If the email contains EDI information then this is saved into the Incoming Directory where documents etc are quarantined until registered, inspected, until imported and automatically transferred to a nominated directory.

TDOC supports FTP for the transmission of technical documents being sent under cover of a transmittal, and to a reprographics house with a print order. An email is generated to which are attached the transmittal documents or print order, and the unique link to the FTP location is included allowing the recipient to download the zip file using HTTP.

Once email has been enabled, TDOC supports EDI using HTML forms - as described in How TDOC Works, About EDI

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PDF Printing

TDOC requires the installation and configuration of PDF995 to enable generation of PDF documents. The powerful report generator (ReportPro) embedded into TDOC has a basic PDF capability, but this is inadequate for the needs of the complex reports which TDOC has.

PDF995 is available from PDF995.com from where it can be downloaded. It is recommended that the product be purchased.

To configure PDF995, add the following into the Parameters Section of the PDF995.ini file.

[Parameters]
Quiet=0
Autolaunch=0
Output Folder="C:\TDOC5\Spools"
Output File=SAMEASDOCUMENT

To configure TDOC

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Client Server Database Engine

TDOC uses the Advantage Client Server Engine (ADS). This is available in two forms:

The Advantage Client Server Engine should be configured. For a typical project setup of one document controller and five other users, the following maximum values are suggested. There is no substitute to reading the Help file, and doing one's own calculations. The settings are made on the server as follows:

Item Suggested
Value		 Calculation
From the Configuration Utility tab, Database Settings subtab
Number of Connections 10 The greater of twice the total number of TDOC licenced modules, or twice the number of Client Server Engine Concurrent Users. This is optimised for two TDOC applications running per use of TDOC modules.
Number of Work Areas 400 150 times number of document controllers plus 50 times number of other users. One work area is needed for each table in the database opened by each user. The same table may be opened several times by each user.
Number of Tables 400 Equal to the number of Work Areas
Number of Indexes 400 Equal to the number of Tables
Number of Data Locks 2500 Allows for twenty five activities per connection, average ten tables per activity.
From the Configuration Utility tab, Misc Settings subtab
Number of Worker Threads 20 Allow for twice the number of connections.
If internet connections are required, from the Communications subtab
LAN Port 2010 This is the default. A value of "0" disables IP connections
IP Port 2068 This is the default, and the router MUST forward this port to the Server
Other Items: A data dictionary is required, and must be created using the Advantage Data Architect, in each data directory.
Each data directory must be Shared with SYSTEM
The path to the data dictionary must be defined using the UNC Convention, and internet access enabled.
Advantage Database Users must be created and given Internet Access
The Advantage Extended Procedures must be added to the Data Dictionary.

The Advantage Data Architect should be used at least weekly to check that the settings that have been made are adequate. This is done as follows:

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Licencing: Local or Dongle [Aladdin HASP]

There are two modes by which TDOC can be licenced:

Local Licence

Local Dongle

Multi User Dongle components components

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