ODMA support
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 This topic relates only to OmniPage Professional.  | 
The abbreviation ODMA stands for Open Document Management Application Programming Interface. If your local network includes a Document Management System (DMS) that supports ODMA clients, OmniPage will be able to work with it.
 
To process a document using ODMA:
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Select Load from ODMA in the Get Page drop-down list.
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Select Save to ODMA in the Export Result drop-down list.
 
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For automatic processing, click the
 Start button.
For manual processing, click one of the numbered buttons (1, 2 or 3). See below.See Processing automatically and Processing manually for more information.
 
To load an image from ODMA
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Click the
 Get Page button with Load from ODMA selected.
 
The DMS Open dialog box will appear.
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Connect to the DMS server, select the file to be loaded and click Open.
 
You may be able to load only one file at a time. This depends on the version of the Document Management System you are using.
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Click the File System… button (or a similarly named button) to load images directly from your local computer through the Load Image File dialog box dialog box.
 
To recognize images
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Click the
 Perform OCR button.
 
To save documents to ODMA:
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Click the
 Export Results button with Save to ODMA selected.
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Select the appropriate options in the Export Options dialog box
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Connect to the DMS server if necessary then click Save.
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Click the File System… button to save the document directly to your local computer.
 
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Select a folder location and name your file, then click Save in the Save As dialog box of your Document Management System.
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Check the file in, inside your Document Management System.
 
Processing with workflows
You can create workflows for processing documents through a Document Management System. To run a workflow, select the appropriate workflow in the Workflow drop-down list, then click the Start button. See ODMA workflow for more information.
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You cannot create Batch Manager jobs with ODMA input or output.
 
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Direct links are available to three ODMA-compliant Enterprise Content Management (ECM) systems: Microsoft SharePoint, Hummingbird (Open Text) and iManage (Interwoven). The links appear only if the relevant ECM is available on your system.
 
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