NetVue

About NetVue

The NetVue client/server toolkit permits high-speed Web-based viewing of ImageGear supported documents. This package offers enterprise developers all of the benefits of ImageGear plus easy integration to a wide range of repositories. NetVue incorporates AccuSoft's patented NDS, which allows users to access and view documents over the Web up to 20 times faster than the closest alternative.

NetVue Version 4.0.5 Features

NetVue was incorporated into the ImageGear Enterprise Edition (beginning with ImageGear Version 12). This provides a significant benefit in NetVue-based environments in that the advances developed for ImageGear (i.e., additional format support, image handling, etc.) are available via the automated ImageGear update mechanism. Since NetVue is based on ImageGear technology, as ImageGear advances, its features will be automatically available to NetVue.

NetVue Client-Side – ActiveX Viewer

Added printing of non-sequential pages from print dialog box.

Features In Previous Revisions

NetVue 4.0.0

Extended Java Viewer API to equal that of the ActiveX Viewer
Added new methods for enhanced customization of the ActiveX Viewer’s menus and toolbars
ImageGear-based licensing was added to support standalone ActiveX-based applications
A new viewer is now available for Palm and Windows CE OS-based PDAs supporting the primary document viewing and handling functions of NetVue
Enhanced the NetVue architecture to permit the development of connectors to any repository type elements
Added support for JPEG2000 progressive color image rendering
Cache management is now included in NetVue to further expedite image rendering documents

NetVue 3.8.1

Enhanced the graphical interface for thin client to use system color sets
Added keyboard interface for navigation among viewer elements
Optimized communication protocol between sever and thick client
Corrected errors during display of WordPerfect and MS Word documents

NetVue 3.8.0

The NetVue Server has been redesigned to take advantage of multi-processor systems
Annotations are now stored in the NetVue Annotation Database
Progressive viewing of bi-level images has been supplemented with progressive viewing of color images utilizing LuraWave technology
PDF/PS support has been improved to allow viewing of newer versions of PDF/PS documents
NetVue Content Extractor has been redesigned, providing better OCR and full text search
NetVue authentication has been redesigned to work with Windows NT/2000 security
The NetVue Java viewer now allows adjusting contrast/brightness of the image view
Several Mac-specific issues within the Java Viewer have been resolved
The Java Viewer has been optimized for improved performance
Side-by-side document printing is now available in the Java Viewer
MS Office support has been improved through the half toning of colors into shades of gray
MS Visio 2000 files are newly supported by NetVue
The NetVue Server is now capable of e-mailing documents through any SMTP server, supplementing the ActiveX Viewer's MAPI-based e-mail
NetVue database support has been redesigned utilizing Microsoft ADO to provide access to databases through OLE DB providers

NetVue: Installation Notes

Preparation

You must completely uninstall any other versions of NetVue before installing NetVue 4.0 on your system. Also, if you utilize the ActiveX viewer, NetVueX, be sure to update the version number in the "codebase" attribute of your HTML/ASP pages being used to start the NetVue ActiveX viewer. The example below illustrates how the codebase attribute specifies the appropriate version of the NetVueX ActiveX control:

If you are unsure of the correct version number, refer to one of the sample ASP pages included with your upgrade copy of NetVue. Otherwise, contact AccuSoft Customer Support via email.

Installation

The setup program installs the following components:

NetVue Server software
NetVue Server Web Tools
NetVue Client Software
NetVue documentation
Sample HTML pages with sample images
WordPerfect, MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) MS Project and MS Visio format support

Important Installation Notes

During the installation process, you will be asked to provide a user account and password for NetVue's services. Make sure the account you provide has "Administrator" privileges and user rights to "Act as part of the operating system."
The NetVue setup program does not make any assumptions regarding your organization’s Web security policies. Immediately after installing NetVue, ensure that you review the security settings for your Web server and make the necessary adjustments as required.
Upon completion of the installation, using Internet Service Manager, ensure that the \IIS_Server_name\default_web_site\cgi-bin folder has been given Execute permissions (Scripts and Executables).
Additionally, the NetVue Server Service is initially set to startup in Manual mode. Once the installation of ImageGear Enterprise is complete, you should set the service’s Startup Type to Automatic.
With this done, feel free to browse to the NetVue Home Page at http://your_netvue_server_name/netvue/index.html for access to samples, documentation and NetVue’s Server Web Tools.

NetVue: System Requirements

The NetVue Server should be installed on a computer that:

DOES NOT have a previous version of NetVue Server installed on it
Is running Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional/Server/Advanced Server or Microsoft Windows 2003 Server (with the latest Microsoft patches installed)
Has adequate hard disk space including reserve space set aside for the NetVue Cache (a typical installation of all program features and modules will occupy about 60 MB)

The NetVue Java Viewer can be used on a PC that:

Is running Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP
Has Internet Explorer 5.5, Netscape Communicator 4.0 or Netscape Navigator 4.06 and above (please note that the viewer is not designed to work with Netscape Navigator 6.0)

NetVue Java Viewer can also be used on a Mac that:

Is running OS 9.1 or above
Has Internet Explorer 5.5 or Netscape Navigator 4.76 or above (both require the Macintosh Runtime for Java (MRJ), also known as the Apple JVM; Netscape users must replace the Netscape Java Virtual Machine code with the Mozilla MRJ plug-in version 2.1 or above)

NetVue ActiveX Viewer can be used on a computer that:

Is running Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP
Is running Internet Explorer 5.5 or above

Documentation

The setup program installs a copy of all the NetVue documentation in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (.PDF). You can access the documentation at http://your_netvue_server_name/netvue/documentation.html

The latest version of the free Acrobat Reader can be downloaded from the Adobe Web site.

Samples

After NetVue has been installed, you may want to view the NetVue samples. Please feel free to browse to the NetVue Home Page at http://your_netvue_server_name/netvue/index.html.

NetVue: Known Issues

The NetVue Server service does not start automatically. The default Startup Type is Manual. Once the installation of ImageGear Enterprise is complete, you should set the service’s Startup Type to Automatic.
The NetVue ActiveX Viewer does not support “Invert Colors” for color images. The NetVue Java Viewer does support this function.