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Test Design Best Practices Using Mocha Chai, Page Objects, and Linters

“We need automation.” It’s often the phrase stated by management. What does that mean exactly? Does it mean, “Write test code however you want as long as it automates the product’s functionality?” No. I think not! There are many aspects to writing test automation that are often overlooked and could cause issues later on. I […]

How can I access the ViewerControl in the PrizmDoc samples?

Question Normally, when I create a viewer in my own application, I do: viewer = $("#some-div").pccViewer({ ...options }); Then I can make calls like: viewer.viewerControl.search("Some search term."); But in the legacy samples the Viewer isn’t set to a global variable. How can I access the viewerControl object? Answer If you call $("#some-div").pccViewer(); without any arguments, […]

Functionalities You Need in Your Financial Software Solution

Whether your clients are working on processing a loan or gathering financial data for a consumer’s credit request, lending is a complex process that is only getting more complicated in this fast-paced digital era. Your application helps financial institutions address a variety of pain points, but is it solving the one that’s most pressing today? […]

Metadata: An Underappreciated Yet Vital Ingredient of Every ECM Strategy

In the realm of content management, metadata is truly an unsung hero. When businesses implement enterprise content management (ECM) applications and services into their technology ecosystem, the first step is discovering how processes are done in their organization in the present day. If metadata on their content is not already in place, that task can […]

Using ImageGear .NET, how can I detect the bit depth of a PDF so I may better compress my OCR output?

Question I am trying to perform OCR on a PDF created from a scanned document. I need to rasterize the PDF page before importing the page into the recognition engine. When rasterizing the PDF page I want to set the bit depth of the generated page to be equal to the bit depth of the […]

Why is my Prizm Application Service not listening on Port 3000 and not creating log files?

Question We just installed the PrizmDoc client and noticed that when we run Prizm Application Services, the service states that it is started, but it is not listening on 3000, and there are no logs written to the Prizm\logs\pas folder. What might the issue be? Answer A possible reason for this issue can be due […]

SURGE: Effective Test Automation in a Microservice World – Part 3

Gerry Hernandez, Accusoft Senior Software Engineer This is a continuation of our series of blog posts that shares our experience with functional test automation in a real-world microservice product base. In part three, we will share our implementation approach to SURGE: Simulate User Requirements Good-Enough. Be sure to read part one and part two before […]

Getting Ahead of the Curve: ECMAScript 6 Development Today with Babel and Grunt

Andrew Bogdanov, Accusoft Software Engineer The brand new ECMAScript standard, ES2015, is finally out. The standard is a hot new thing in the JavaScript community today. After a long period of living with imperfections of the ES5 standards, we’re finally making a shift to a newer and happier world of structural code. However, if you […]

How Zonal OCR Improves Forms Processing Accuracy

When the time comes to extract data from standard forms, simply scanning the entire document isn’t an ideal solution. This is especially true of forms that include instructional text, since you probably don’t want to keep capturing “Directions” from every form. Even when looking only at fillable information, there can be a lot of text […]

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Vue.js: Embracing Reactive JavaScript Without Losing Your Mind

Andrew Bogdanov, Accusoft Software Engineer Einstein once said: “Make things as simple as possible, but not simpler.” What sometimes disappoints me in today’s world of front-end development is that with all of the complexity that is rising day-by-day, we are getting further and further from that concept. Do you remember the good old days when […]

Build vs Buy: Making the Right Choice for LegalTech Solutions

As part of our ongoing commitment to supporting the LegalTech industry in its effort to transform the processes used by law firms and legal departments, Accusoft recently sponsored an educational webinar in conjunction with Law.com entitled “Build or Buy? Learning Which Is Best for Your Firm or Department.” Hosted by Zach Warren, editor-in-chief of Legaltech […]