Maarch Capture Connector/MCC Client en

History

Maarch Capture Connector (MCC) is the replacement for Maarch Scansnap Connector (MSC). MSC has been entirely rewritten in PHP. There are multiple for that :

• Because of its name, MSC was (too) often considered to be only compatible with Fujitsu Scansnap scanners
• It was written in VB6, which is neither free (as in "free speech"), nor supported by Microsoft
• It was not portable

So here is the good news:

• MCC is fully compatible with any scanner, and any PDF-Generators (such as PDF Creator)
• MCC can (in theory) work on Windows, Linux and MacOS X
• It has some great new features :
  • Support for Proxies
  • Support for secured protocol (HTTPS)
  • A new "Form Mode": if enabled, you will be prompted for a few basic information after your document is scanned, and before it is sent to the server. These information include: the department to affect the document to, the priority, etc.

config.xml

Main configuration is done in the <CONFIG> section. Here are the available configuration tags :

• MCC_PATH: Path to MCC client (this folder) - ex: C:maarchmccclient
• SCAN_IMPORT_PATH: Folder where MCC will look for files to send to the server
• MAARCH_CORENAME: name of the main folder of the Maarch application you will send your files to
• MAARCH_URL: URL to launch after the file has been uploaded to the server. It is not used when form mode is enabled. - ex: http://127.0.0.1/maarch_entreprise/apps/maarch_entreprise/index.php?page=view_baskets&amp;module=basket&amp;baskets=IndexingBasket
• UPLOAD_URL: URL to the MCC Server page for file upload only - ex: http://127.0.0.1/mcc/server/mcc_server.php
• GET_DATAS_URL: If form mode is enabled, this is the URL the MCC Client will use to communicate with the MCC Server.
• WEB_PORT: Specify here the port to use, if different than 80 (or 443 for https)
• SSL_CERT: Specify the path to the certificate of your server if you use HTTPS. Leave empty if you don't want to use it. - ex: C:maarchmccclientcertifcert-server.crt
• URL_PROXY: Specify the URL and port of your proxy. Leave empty if you don't want to use any proxy. - ex: http://192.168.21.39:3128/
• USER_PROXY: If your proxy needs identification, specify your credentials here. If applicable, specify the domain too. - ex: \\MAARCH\user\password
• AUTH_TYPE_PROXY: If your proxy needs identification, specify which one MCC must use. Available values: CURLAUTH_BASIC, CURLAUTH_NTLM
• TYPE_PROXY: Specify here the type of proxy. Available values: CURLPROXY_HTTP, CURLPROXY_SOCKS5
• BROWSER_PATH: Absolute path to your browser. - ex: C:Program FilesMozilla Firefoxfirefox.exe

The other section is about the mode "Form":

• FORM_MODE: Enables the form mode. Values: true, false
• USER_ID: User that records the document. This must be the id of an existing user in the target application. - ex: bblier
• MASS_SCAN: mass scan mode allows you to upload several documents in the same time. Actually, it will send all the documents of a folder.
• IMAGE_FORMAT: You can filter here which type of document MCC will send to the server. Specify a single type (ex: PDF) or ALL to disable filtering.
• IS_FOR_MLB: If MCC is used with Maarch LetterBox, set it to true. Leve it to false otherwise

launch_mcc_client.bat

This file must contain a line like this:

C:\maarch\mcc\client\tools\php-gtk2\php.exe \
              c:\maarch\mcc\client\mcc_client.php \
              c:\maarch\mcc\client\config\config.xml %pathToImage%

The only thing you have to do is adapt the paths to your environment.