Please adhere to the following specifications to ensure smooth deployment and full functionality with your ABBYY FlexiCapture 11 license. We encourage you to contact us directly with any questions, comments, or concerns.
FlexiCapture 11 Specifications
System Requirements
FlexiCapture 11 Standalone
(TOP) - PC with Intel® Pentium®/Celeron®/Core™2 Duo/Quad/Xeon®/Core™ i5/Core™ i7, AMD K6/Turion™/Athlon™/Duron™/Sempron™ with a minimum clock speed of 2 GHz
- Operating system: Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 10, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 + Desktop Experience, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 + Desktop Experience, Windows Server 2012 + Desktop Experience, Windows Server 2012 R2 + Desktop Experience (for localized interfaces, corresponding language support is required)
- Memory: 512 MB for each CPU core, but no less than 1 GB
- Hard disk space: 1.5 GB (including 1 GB for installation)
- Scanner supporting TWAIN, WIA or ISIS
- Video card and display with a resolution of 1024×768
- Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
FlexiCapture 11 Distributed
Servers
Application Server
(TOP) - PC with Intel® Pentium®/Celeron®/Core™2 Duo/Quad/Xeon®/Core™ i3/Core™ i5/Core™ i7, AMD K6/Turion™/Athlon™/Duron™/Sempron™ with a minimum clock speed of 2 GHz. The use of processor which has 2 or more cores is recommended for Application Server.
- Operating system: Windows Server 2008 SP2 + Desktop Experience, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 + Desktop Experience, Windows Server 2012 + Desktop Experience, Windows Server 2012 R2 + Desktop Experience.
- Memory: no less than 2 GB for Application Server and 4 GB for MS SQL Server
- Hard disk space: 100 MB for installation, 2 GB for SQL Server database. Additional space is required for the file storage.
- The computer where the server is installed must be connected to your domain
- Internet Information Server 7 or higher.
- Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 (4.5 if running under Windows Server 2012)
- Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SP2, 2008 SP1, 2008R2 SP2, 2012 SP1, 2014
Note: Microsoft Azure SQL is not supported.
Administration and Monitoring Console
- Video card and display with a resolution of 1024×768
- Internet Information Server 7 or higher.
- Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 (4.5 if running under Windows Server 2012)
- Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2010 (Version 13, 13.0.11.1467 is recommended), Crystal Reports 2008 (Version 12), Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2008 (Version 10.5)
- Internet Explorer 7, 8, 9, 10 or 11.
Note: To insure that Internet Explorer 11 works correctly, install .NET Framework 4.5 on the computer with the Application Server or add the address of an application server to the list of websites that are opened in compatibility mode.
FlexiCapture Authentication Module
- Internet Information Server 7 or later
- Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 (4.5 if running under Windows Server 2012)
For operation of Web Module for login and registration one of the following web browsers is required:
- Internet Explorer 7, 8, 9, 10 or 11. Browser security settings: Internet Explorer medium-high protection level. If high protection level is used, the following option must be specified explicitly: Active scripting = Enable
Note: To insure that Internet Explorer 11 works correctly, install .NET Framework 4.5 on the computer with the Application Server or add the address of an application server to the list of websites that are opened in compatibility mode.
Note: The Metro-style version of Internet Explorer 10 that comes with Windows 8 is not supported.
Note: Internet Explorer 64-bit is only supported under Windows 7/2008+ if Silverlight 5 is installed.
- Mozilla Firefox 14 or later (32-bit). Security settings for Mozilla Firefox: Java scripting = Enable
- Google Chrome 20 or later (32-bit). Security settings for Google Chrome: JavaScript = Allow all sites
Processing Server
- PC with Intel® Pentium®/Celeron®/Core™2 Duo/Quad/Xeon®/Core™ i3/Core™ i5/Core™ i7, AMD K6/Turion™/Athlon™/Duron™/Sempron™ with a minimum clock speed of 2 GHz.
- Operating system: Windows Server 2008 SP2 + Desktop Experience, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 + Desktop Experience, Windows Server 2012 + Desktop Experience, Windows Server 2012 R2 + Desktop Experience.
- Memory: no less than 2 GB
- Hard disk space: 100 MB for installation
- Video card and display with a resolution of 1024×768
- The computer where the server is installed must be connected to your domain
Licensing Server
- PC with Intel® Pentium®/Celeron®/Core™2 Duo/Quad/Xeon®/Core™ i3/Core™ i5/Core™ i7, AMD K6/Turion™/Athlon™/Duron™/Sempron™ with a minimum clock speed of 2 GHz.
- Operating system: Windows Server 2008 SP2 + Desktop Experience, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 + Desktop Experience, Windows Server 2012 + Desktop Experience, Windows Server 2012 R2 + Desktop Experience.
- Memory: no less than 2 GB
- Hard disk space: 100 MB for installation
- The computer where the server is installed must be connected to your domain
Project Setup Station
- PC with Intel® Pentium®/Celeron®/Core™2 Duo/Quad/Xeon®/Core™ i3/Core™ i5/Core™ i7, AMD K6/Turion™/Athlon™/Duron™/Sempron™ with a minimum clock speed of 2 GHz
- Operating system: Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 10, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 + Desktop Experience, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1+ Desktop Experience, Windows Server 2012 + Desktop Experience, Windows Server 2012 R2 + Desktop Experience (for localized interfaces, corresponding language support is required)
- Memory: 512 MB for each CPU core, but no less than 1 GB
- Hard disk space: 1.5 GB (including 1 GB for installation)
- Scanner supporting TWAIN, WIA or ISIS
- Video card and display with a resolution of 1024×768
- The computer where the station is installed must be connected to your domain
- Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
Processing Station
- PC with Intel® Pentium®/Celeron®/Core™2 Duo/Quad/Xeon®/Core™ i3/Core™ i5/Core™ i7, AMD K6/Turion™/Athlon™/Duron™/Sempron™ with a minimum clock speed of 2 GHz.
- Operating system: Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 10, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 + Desktop Experience, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 + Desktop Experience, Windows Server 2012 + Desktop Experience, Windows Server 2012 R2 + Desktop Experience (for localized interfaces, corresponding language support is required)
- Memory: 512 MB for each CPU core, but no less than 1 GB
- Hard disk space: 1.5 GB (including 1 GB for installation)
- The computer where the station is installed must be connected to your domain
- Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
Verification Stations
(TOP) Verification Station
- PC with Intel® Pentium®/Celeron®/Core™2 Duo/Quad/Xeon®/Core™ i3/Core™ i5/Core™ i7, AMD K6/Turion™/Athlon™/Duron™/Sempron™ with a minimum clock speed of 2 GHz.
- Operating system: Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 10, Win-dows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 + Desktop Experience, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 + Desktop Experience, Windows Server 2012 + Desktop Experience, Windows Server 2012 R2 + Desktop Experience (for localized interfaces, corresponding language support is re-quired)
- Memory: 512 MB for each CPU core, but no less than 1 GB
- Hard disk space: 1.5 GB (including 1 GB for installation)
- Video card and display with a resolution of 1024×768
- The computer where the station is installed must be connected to your domain
- Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
Remote Verification Station
(TOP) - PC with Intel® Pentium®/Celeron®/Core™2 Duo/Quad/Xeon®/Core™ i3/Core™ i5/Core™ i7, AMD K6/Turion™/Athlon™/Duron™/Sempron™ with a minimum clock speed of 2 GHz.
- Operating system: Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 10, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 + Desktop Experience, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 + Desktop Experience, Windows Server 2012 + Desktop Experience, Windows Server 2012 R2 + Desktop Experience (for localized interfaces, corresponding language support is re-quired)
- Memory: 1 GB
- Hard disk space: 100 MB
- Video card and display with a resolution of 1024×768
- Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
Web Verification Station
(TOP) - Video card and display with a resolution of 1024×768
- Silverlight 5.1.20913 or later. (Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 only supports SilverLight when running under Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1 or Windows 10).
- One of the following web browsers:
- Internet Explorer 7, 8, 9, 10 or 11.
- Browser security settings: Internet Explorer medium-high protection level. Detailed required settings for Internet Explorer:
- Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins = Enable
- Script ActiveX controls marked safe for scripting = Enable
- Active scripting = Enable
- File Download = Enable (to install Silverlight)
Note: To insure that Internet Explorer 11 works correctly, install .NET Framework 4.5 on the computer with the Application Server or add the address of an application server to the list of websites that are opened in compatibility mode.
Note: The Metro-style version of Internet Explorer 10 that comes with Windows 8 is not supported.
Note: Internet Explorer 64-bit is only supported under Windows 7/2008+ if Silverlight 5 is installed.
- Mozilla Firefox 14 or later (32-bit).
Security settings for Mozilla Firefox:
- Java scripting = Enable
- Firefox will remember history (Tools -> Options -> Privacy) = Disable
- Google Chrome 20 or later (32-bit).
Security settings for Google Chrome: - JavaScript = Allow all sites
- Plug-ins = Run automatically
Note: All plugins are disabled by default. To enable a plugin, open chrome://plugins/ in the browser and select the Always allowed option for the desired plugin.
Data Verification Stations
Data Verification Station, Remote Data Verification Station
(TOP) - PC with Intel® Pentium®/Celeron®/Core™2 Duo/Quad/Xeon®/Core™ i3/Core™ i5/Core™ i7, AMD K6/Turion™/Athlon™/Duron™/Sempron™ with a minimum clock speed of 2 GHz.
- Operating system: Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 10, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 + Desktop Experience, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 + Desktop Experience, Windows Server 2012 + Desktop Experience, Windows Server 2012 R2 + Desktop Experience (for localized interfaces, corresponding language support is required)
- Memory: 1 GB
- Hard disk space: 100 MB
- Video card and display with a resolution of 1024×768
- Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
Web Data Verification Station
(TOP) - Video card and display with a resolution of 1024×768
- Silverlight 5.1.20913 or later. (Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 only supports SilverLight when running under Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1 or Windows 10).
One of the following web browsers:
- Internet Explorer 7, 8, 9, 10 or 11.
- Browser security settings: Internet Explorer medium-high protection level. Detailed required settings for Internet Explorer:
- Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins = Enable
- Script ActiveX controls marked safe for scripting = Enable
- Active scripting = Enable
- File Download = Enable (to install Silverlight)
Note: To insure that Internet Explorer 11 works correctly, install .NET Framework 4.5 on the computer with the Application Server or add the address of an application server to the list of websites that are opened in compatibility mode.
Note: The Metro-style version of Internet Explorer 10 that comes with Windows 8 is not supported.
Note: Internet Explorer 64-bit is only supported under Windows 7/2008+ if Silverlight 5 is installed.
- Mozilla Firefox 14 or later (32-bit).
Security settings for Mozilla Firefox: - Java scripting = Enable
- Firefox will remember history (Tools -> Options -> Privacy) = Disable
- Google Chrome 20 or later (32-bit).
Security settings for Google Chrome: - JavaScript = Allow all sites
- Plug-ins = Run automatically
Note: All plugins are disabled by default. To enable a plugin, open chrome://plugins/ in the browser and select the Always allowed option for the desired plugin.
Scanning Stations
Scanning Station
(TOP) - PC with Intel® Pentium®/Celeron®/Core™2 Duo/Quad/Xeon®/Core™ i3/Core™ i5/Core™ i7, AMD K6/Turion™/Athlon™/Duron™/Sempron™ with a minimum clock speed of 2 GHz.
- Operating system: Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 10, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 + Desktop Experience, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 + Desktop Experience, Windows Server 2012 + Desktop Experience, Windows Server 2012 R2 + Desktop Experience (for localized interfaces, corresponding language support is required)
- Memory: 1 GB
- Hard disk space: 1 GB (including 200 MB for installation and space for scanned images)
- Scanner supporting TWAIN, WIA or ISIS
- Video card and display with a resolution of 1024×768
- Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
ClickOnce Scanning Station
(TOP) - PC with Intel® Pentium®/Celeron®/Core™2 Duo/Quad/Xeon®/Core™ i3/Core™ i5/Core™ i7, AMD K6/Turion™/Athlon™/Duron™/Sempron™ with a minimum clock speed of 2 GHz.
- Operating system: Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 10, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 + Desktop Experience, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 + Desktop Experience, Windows Server 2012 + Desktop Experience, Windows Server 2012 R2 + Desktop Experience (for localized interfaces, corresponding language support is required)
- Memory: 1 GB
- Hard disk space: 1 GB (including 90 MB for installation and space for scanned images). The size of downloadable file is 41 MB.
- Scanner supporting TWAIN, WIA or ISIS
- Video card and display with a resolution of 1024×768
- Internet Explorer 7 or higher for ClickOnce deployment
- Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
Note: To insure that Internet Explorer 11 works correctly, install .NET Framework 4.5 on the com-puter with the Application Server or add the address of an application server to the list of websites that are opened in compatibility mode.
Web Scanning Station
(TOP) - Operating system: Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 10, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 + Desktop Experience, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 + Desktop Experience, Windows Server 2012 + Desktop Experience, Windows Server 2012 R2 + Desktop Experience (for localized interfaces, corresponding language support is required)
- Video card and display with a resolution of 1024×768
- Scanner supporting TWAIN. WIA scanners are visible to the station but they are not guaranteed to work.
- Silverlight 5.1.20913 or later. (Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 only supports SilverLight when running under Windows 7 SP1 or Windows 8.1).
One of the following web browsers:
- Internet Explorer 7, 8, 9, 10 or 11.
- Browser security settings: Internet Explorer medium-high protection level. Detailed required settings for Internet Explorer:
- Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins = Enable
- Script ActiveX controls marked safe for scripting = Enable
- Active scripting = Enable
- File Download = Enable (to install Silverlight)
Note: To insure that Internet Explorer 11 works correctly, install .NET Framework 4.5 on the computer with the Application Server or add the address of an application server to the list of websites that are opened in compatibility mode.
Note: The Metro-style version of Internet Explorer 10 that comes with Windows 8 is not supported.
Note: Internet Explorer 64-bit is only supported under Windows 7/2008+ if Silverlight 5 is installed.
- Mozilla Firefox 14 or later (32-bit).
Security settings for Mozilla Firefox: - Java scripting = Enable
- Firefox will remember history (Tools -> Options -> Privacy) = Disable
- Google Chrome 20 or later (32-bit).
Security settings for Google Chrome: - JavaScript = Allow all sites
- Plug-ins = Run automatically
Note: All plugins are disabled by default. To enable a plugin, open chrome://plugins/ in the browser and select the Always allowed option for the desired plugin.
To be able to run the Web Scanning Station, you must install the ABBYY Scanning Plug-In.
The table below lists the operating systems on which the ABBYY Scanning Plug-In can be installed with various permissions.
ABBYY Scanning Plug-In
(TOP)
OS |
Permissions |
UAC |
CAB |
EXE |
Windows Server 2003 SP2 |
Administrator |
— |
✓ |
✓ |
|
User |
— |
✓ |
✓ *Installation is forbidden by default |
Windows XP SP3 |
Administrator |
— |
✓ |
✓ |
|
User |
— |
✓ Internet Explorer 8 or higher is required |
✓ |
Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 |
Administrator |
yes |
✓ |
✓ |
|
|
no |
✓ |
✓ |
|
User |
yes |
✓ The administrator password will be required |
✓ |
|
|
no |
✓ Internet Explorer 8 or higher is required |
✓ |
Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 |
Administrator |
recommended |
✓ |
✓ |
|
|
no |
✓ |
✓ |
|
User |
recommended |
✓ The administrator password will be required |
✓ |
|
|
no |
✓ |
✓ |
Windows 8/8.1 |
Administrator |
recommended |
✓ |
✓ |
|
|
no |
✓ |
✓ |
|
User |
recommended |
✓ The administrator password will be required |
✓ |
|
|
no |
✗ |
✓ |
Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 |
Administrator |
recommended |
✗ |
✓ **Installation is forbidden by default |
|
|
no |
✗ |
✓ **Installation is forbidden by default |
|
User |
recommended |
✗ |
✓ **Installation is forbidden by default |
|
|
no |
|
✓ **Installation is forbidden by default |
*Note: To allow the ABBYY Scanning Plug-In to be installed by users, select the Disable Windows Installeroption (select Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Installer) and set it to Never.
**Note: To allow the ABBYY Scanning Plug-In to be installed on Windows Server 2012, run the executable file Setup.exe as Administrator or change the security policy by setting the value of the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwarePoliciesMicrosoftWindowsInstaller DisableMSI to “0”.
Note: For detailed instructions on how to install the ABBYY Scanning Plug-In, see Web Scanning Station Help.
Virtual and Terminal Servers Support
Virtual Machines
(TOP) - VMware Server 2.0 (this platform is no longer supported by the manufacturer)
- VMware Workstation 6.5 - 9.0
- VMware ESXi 4.1.0 (server component of VMware vSphere)
- Hyper-V 6.0, 6.1 or 6.2 (Hyper-V version corresponds to the version of the operating system. Under Windows Server 2008, Hyper-V 6.0 is used.)
Note: Hyper-V virtual machines do not work with USB devices. VMware ESXi virtual machines work with Wibu drivers only, iKey drivers are not supported.
Terminal Servers
(TOP) - Citrix XenApp 5.0
- Citrix XenApp 6
Input Formats
(TOP)
BMP |
black-and-white, gray, color |
PCX, DCX |
black-and-white, gray |
PNG |
black-and-white, gray, color |
JPEG |
gray, color |
JPEG 2000 |
gray, color |
TIFF |
- black-and-white - uncompressed, CCITT3, CCITT4, Packbits, ZIP;
- gray - uncompressed, Packbits, JPEG, ZIP;
- color – uncompressed, JPEG, ZIP.
|
JBIG2 |
black-and-white |
GIF |
color |
PDF, PDF/A |
|
PDF, PDF/A searchable |
|
DjVu |
black-and-white, gray, color |
Export Types and Formats
(TOP)FlexiCapture provides export to:
- Files
- SharePoint 2003/2007/2010/2013
- ODBC-compatible databases
- any external application by using custom script-modules or API
FlexiCapture supports export to following file formats:
Data Output Formats: .XLS, .DBF, .CSV, .TXT, .XML.
Image Output Formats: PDF (Image only, text under image), PDF/A (Image only, text under image), TIFF, JPEG, JPEG2000, PCX packbits, BMP, PNG.
Text Types
(TOP) Typographic
Handprinted
Typewriter
Matrix printer
Index
OCR-A
OCR-B
MICR (E13B)
MICR (CMC7)
Barcode Types
(TOP) EAN 13
EAN 8
Code 39
Code 39 without asterisk
Check Code 39
Interleaved 25
Check Interleaved 25
Code 128
Codabar
UPC-A
UPC-E
Code 93
UCC-128
PDF 417
IATA 25
Matrix 25
Industrial 25
PostNet
Patch code
Check CodaBar
Aztec
Datamatrix
QR code
Note: For recognizing barcodes in cyrillic encoding, the Datamatrix, PDF417 or QRCode format should be used.
Supported Scanning Devices
(TOP) ABBYY FlexiCapture supports TWAIN-, ISIS- and WIA- compatible scanning devices. You can find such scanners among the popular models offered by Avision, Brother, Canon, Epson, Fujitsu, HP, Kodak, Lexmark, Microtek, Mustek, Oki, Panasonic, Plustek, Ricoh, Visioneer, VuPoint, Xerox, and many other vendors.
Nonetheless, ABBYY cannot and does not guarantee any scanner to be fully compatible with ABBYY software products. Due to this fact, ABBYY assumes no liability whatsoever for any commercial damage that might arise out of the use of the information stated above.