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AutoStore can reformat a date during runtime without a process script by using the Data Filter process component. Every day around the world, millions of people save files with a file name. A task so common, so routine, it's easy to forget that certain characters can be problematic. Here is some additional information on this topic from a Windows perspective: Naming Files, Paths, and Namespaces https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247 My  previous post  described how we could create a custom RRT with an AutoStore VB/JScript process script. The scenario began with an AutoCapture date field, its value was formatted as mm/dd/yyyy, and needed to be part of the file name. Those slash (/) characters in the date would not work as-is for the file name. So, the script reformatted the date as yyyy-mm-dd, which is friendly for a Windows file name. In this post, we'll produce that very same result using the Data Filter process component. We'll start with ...

There may be instances when processing a document through AutoStore needs to fail in order to prevent the job from reaching other parts of the intended workflow. Let's consider documents that are captured from a multi-function device which contain barcodes on the pages. The Barcode component can detect a barcode, and when one is found, it can (1) split the job, or (2) read the value. For either of these actions to be achieved, a barcode would need to be on the page. Sounds simple enough, but what's tricky is how to know whether any given page should or should not actually have a barcode. In other words, under what condition should we know there is no barcode. For example, perhaps a given job should have a barcode on every single page, maybe the job should have a certain number of pages with a barcode on it, or possibly a barcode value needs to be present on exactly page n . Because a logical determination needs to be performed to make that decision, it sounds like thi...