ABBYY FineReader - 8.0 Administrator’s Guide
System Administrator’s Guide
ABBYY FineReader 8.0
Corporate Edition
ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Corporate Edition System Administrator’s Guide
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Table of Contents
Network Installation ........................................................................................................ 4
General................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 4
Creating an Administrative Installation Point......................................................................................................................................................................... 4
Administrative Installation Folder Requirements..................................................................................................... 4
License Base Folder Requirements............................................................................................................................ 4
Requirements for License Administrator’s Station .................................................................................................... 4
Workstation Requirements ....................................................................................................................................... 4
Deploying ABBYY FineReader 8.0 ..................................................................................... 7
Installing ABBYY FineReader 8.0 on Workstations in Interactive Mode............................................................................................................ 7
Installing ABBYY FineReader 8.0 on Workstations via the Command Line..................................................................................................... 8
Advertise Installation................................................................................................................................................ 8
Silent Installation...................................................................................................................................................... 8
Additional Command–Line Options for Silent Installation ...................................................................................... 8
Uninstalling ABBYY FineReader 8.0 in Silent Mode.................................................................................................. 9
Installing ABBYY FineReader 8.0 on Workstations by Using Active Directory .............................................................................................. 9
An Example of Deploying ABBYY FineReader by Using Active Directory.................................................................. 9
Installing ABBYY FineReader 8.0 on Workstations by using Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS)........................14
An Example of Deploying ABBYY FineReader 8.0 by Using SMS............................................................................. 14
Installing ABBYY FineReader 8.0 on Workstations by Using Task Scheduler.............................................................................................. 19
License Management ...................................................................................................... 20
General............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 20
ABBYY FineReader 8.0 License Manager.................................................................................................................................................................................20
License Types............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 20
License Statuses..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................21
Concurrent License Statuses ...................................................................................................................................21
Per Seat License Statuses ........................................................................................................................................21
License Properties.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................21
License Manager Buttons.................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 21
License Activation.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................22
How is activation carried out? ...............................................................................................................................22
Network Document Processing ...................................................................................... 23
Working with the Same Batch over a Network..................................................................................................................................................................23
Group Work with the Same User Languages and Dictionaries...............................................................................................................................23
Group Work with Custom Dictionaries for Languages with Dictionary Support .....................................................................................24
Technical Support .......................................................................................................... 25
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Network Installation
General
ABBYY FineReader 8.0 provides convenient tools for network installation and operation.
The installation of ABBYY FineReader 8.0 consists of two stages:
1. Installing ABBYY FineReader 8.0 on the server (creating an administrative installation point).
2. Installing ABBYY FineReader 8.0 on LAN workstations by using one of the five methods below:
● Manual interactive mode
● Command line
● Active Directory
● Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS)
● Task Scheduler
Automated installation methods give you speed and flexibility when installing ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Corporate Edition in a corporate
network because you do not need to install the program manually on each workstation.
Creating an Administrative Installation Point
You can create an administrative installation point on a network server running under Microsoft Windows 2000 or later.
When you create an administrative installation point, the files from the ABBYY FineReader CD–ROM are copied into the
administrative installation folder you specified. At the same time, ABBYY FineReader 8.0 License Manager is installed and a License Base
is created.
ABBYY FineReader 8.0 License Manger is a utility for managing ABBYY FineReader licenses. The License Manager will be installed into
a folder on the local disk of the computer from which administrative installation point is being created (e.g. F:\Program
Files\ABBYY FineReader License Manager).
Note:
If more than one users will manage ABBYY FineReader 8.0 licenses, you need to give these users read permissions for this folder (e.g.
\\MyComputer\Program Files\ABBYY FineReader License Manager).
The network servers (\\MyFileServer) on which administrative installation points and License Bases are created must be file servers
running under any operating system that supports long file names (e.g. Microsoft Windows, Unix, Mac OS, Novell Netware).
This computer will be used as the license administrator’s station.
Administrative Installation Folder Requirements
1. 500 MB of free hard–disk space.
2. Read permissions for the administrative installation folder (e.g. \\MyFileServer\Programs Distribs\ABBYY
FineReader 8.0) for all ABBYY FineReader users.
When deploying ABBYY FineReader 8.0 by using Active Directory®, you need to give read permissions for the
administrative installation folder the account of the Domain Computers group.
License Base Folder Requirements
1. 10 MB of free hard–disk space.
2. Full access permissions to the License Base folder (e.g. \\MyFileServer\Programs Distribs\ABBYY
FineReader License Base) for all ABBYY FineReader users. When deploying ABBYY FineReader 8.0 by using
Active Directory®, you need to give modify permissions for the License Base folder to the account of the Domain
Computers group.
3. The number of connections supported by the network server hosting the License Base must be equal to or more
than the total number of ABBYY FineReader users in the network (only for Concurrent licenses). Microsoft
Windows 2000 Professional, for example, supports only ten connections at a time, which means that ABBYY
FineReader cannot be deployed on more than ten workstations.
Requirements for License Administrator’s Station
1. PC running under Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003, Windows® XP, Windows® 2000 (for localized interfaces,
corresponding language support is required).
2. 64 MB of RAM.
3. 20 MB of free hard–disk space.
Workstation Requirements
1. PC with Intel® Pentium®/Celeron®/Xeon™, AMD K6/Athlon™/Duron™/Sempron™ or other compatible
processor with a clock speed of 500 MHz or higher.
2. Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003, Windows® XP, Windows® 2000 (for localized interfaces, corresponding
language support is required).
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3. 128 MB of RAM. In multi–processor systems, an additional 16 MB of RAM is required for each additional
processor.
4. 250 MB of free hard–disk space for normal installation, 100 MB of free hard–disk space for program operation.
5. 100% Twain–compatible scanner, digital camera and fax modem.
6. Video card and monitor supporting min. 800*600 resolution.
7. Keyboard and mouse or other pointing device.
To start deploying ABBYY FineReader in your network, select Network Installation/ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Corporate Edition
in the autorun menu or run the AdminSetup.exe file located on the ABBYY FineReader 8.0 CD–ROM.
You will be asked to specify the folder into which the License Manager will be installed, the folder in which the License Base will be
stored, and the folder in which the administrative installation point will be created.
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Important! Uninstalling the License Manager utility will also remove the administrative installation point.
Note: We recommend storing the License Base and the administrative installation point in different folders, as they require different
levels of access rights. This will make the administrative installation point less vulnerable.
Once the administrative installation point has been created, do the following:
1. Run the License Manager (Start\Programs\ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Administrative Tools\License Manager).
2. Enter all the available licenses (see the License Management section below).
3. Activate all the available licenses (see the License Management section below).
Now you can deploy ABBYY FineReader on the workstations.
Important! Do not move the License Base folder or administrative installation folder.
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Deploying ABBYY FineReader 8.0
Installing ABBYY FineReader 8.0 on Workstations in Interactive Mode
To install ABBYY FineReader on the workstations in interactive mode, run the setup.exe file from the administrative installation
folder.
Follow the instructions of the InstallShield Wizard.
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Installing ABBYY FineReader 8.0 on Workstations via the Command Line
To install ABBYY FineReader on the workstations in interactive mode, run the setup.exe file from the administrative installation
folder with the command–line options described below.
Advertise Installation
To run this mode, use the following command:
Setup.exe /j
In this case, an ABBYY FineReader icon will be added to the Start menu of the workstations. Clicking this icon will install ABBYY
FineReader 8.0 in default configuration. (Default configuration means that ABBYY FineReader will be installed in normal mode, all
recognition languages will be installed on the workstation, and the interface language will be selected automatically depending on the
regional settings of the workstation.)
Silent Installation
In this mode, no InstallShield Wizard dialog boxes will be displayed. The program will be installed from the server in default
configuration. (Default configuration means that ABBYY FineReader will be installed in normal mode, all recognition languages will be
installed on the workstation, and the interface language will be selected automatically depending on the regional settings of the
workstation.)
.
Setup.exe /qn
If you change the /qn option to /qb, a progress bar will be displayed during the installation. No other dialogs will be displayed.
No other dialog boxes will be displayed.
Additional Command–Line Options for Silent Installation
/L<language code> disables automatic selection of the interface language and installs ABBYY FineReader with the interface language
specified in the command line.
Possible language code* values:
1033 English
1026 Bulgarian
1038 Hungarian
1034 Spanish
1040 Italian
1062 Latvian
1063 Lithuanian
1031 German
1043 Dutch
1045 Polish
2070 Portuguese
1049 Russian
1051 Slovak
1055 Turkish
1058 Ukrainian
1036 French
1029 Czech
1053 Swedish
1061 Estonian
*– The number of available interface languages depends on the type of the distribution package.
/V”<command line>” passes the specified command line directly to msiexec.exe. Instead of the words “command line” you can
specify the following:
INSTALLDIR="<destination path>" specifies the path to the folder where ABBYY FineReader 8.0 will be installed.
For example:
Setup.exe /qn /L1049 /v”INSTALLDIR=”C:\ABBYY FineReader 8.0””
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