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[arnelpagaduan]

We are primarily use IPRO, but in this case an attorney wants to use Opticon. I have the concordance database ready and all the images are in place on the network.

As IPRO needs and LFP file, what does Opticon need to link the database to images? And how do I do that? I'll give Dataflight a call in a few since theyre running on west coast time. Thanks.

[Mark Lieb]

Opticon load files are very simple. Also, IPro has a free download, iConvert that will translate your LFP into a LOG file. (BTW, many vendors name the .LOG file as .OPT)

Here is an example:

Case: SMITH v JONES

Filename: SVJ001.LOG
The bates range: SM001 - SM004
The CD volume: SVJ001
Database name: SVJ.DCB

SVJ001.LOG File Content:

SM001,SVJ001,D:\SVJ001\IMAGES001\SM001.TIF,Y,,,2
SM002,SVJ001,D:\SVJ001\IMAGES001\SM002.TIF,,,,
SM003,SVJ001,D:\SVJ001\IMAGES001\SM003.TIF,Y,,,1
SM004,SVJ001,D:\SVJ001\IMAGES001\SM004.TIF,Y,,,1

Summary:

So what we have here is 3 documents. The first is SM001 - SM002. We can see that it is the first page due to the "Y". We don't need the page count in the load file, but I included it so you can see where it would go.

Load The .LOG:

Opticon generates 2 files: SVJ.DIR and SVJ.VOL when you load the .LOG file. As you can see, the .DIR and .VOL files have the same name of SVJ, matching the .DCB file.

In Concordance, when you click on the camera icon, it will send the image key (e.g. "SM001") to Opticon. Opticon will open the .DIR/.VOL files and look for SM001. If the .DIR and .VOL files do not yet exist, Opticon will create them.

You will still need to load the .LOG file. You can load the .LOG file from the Opticon file menu, not from within Concordance.

I hope this answers your question.

Mark Lieb

[amueller]

But what can be done if the only load file available is a concordance.dat file?

[Larry Lieb]

I believe Dataflight just calls delimited text, ".Dat" files.

If you have a begin and end doc in your .dat file, then you could create a page level file potentially. Contact me if you wish at larry@elijahtechnologies.com and I can help you further if you wish.

[JoeUtsler]

But what can be done if the only load file available is a concordance.dat file?

I put a detaled answer to this over on the Concordance forum.

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