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Introduction

The Versatile Information Client (Vic) is a desktop application that can interface with a number of different file repositories to facilitate document management.

Vic is able to access Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) enabled Enterprise Content Management Systems (ECMS). CMIS is a protocol which allows client software to talk to the ECMS. You can think of CMIS being to Content Management as SQL is to a database.

Some examples of CMIS enabled Enterprise Content Management Systems are:

  • Alfresco
  • Microsoft SharePoint
  • ECM Documentum

Currently the Vic client has been tailored to make the most of the features of Alfresco.

Vic allows you to view, edit and search the content of your chosen ECMS.

It can also access local and network drives and IMAP enabled email servers. This makes the process of copying documents into the ECMS easier and more controlled as it all happens within the same client.

Quick Start

Prerequisites

  • Vic requires Java Runtime Environment JRE version 1.6 or higher.

Installation

Windows

Run the downloaded Vic_v.v_win32-setup.exe to install. Optional parameters:
/? - Display options
/S - Silent install
/D=path - Specify installation folder (do not use quotations even if there are spaces in path)

Mac OSX

Download the Vic_v_v_macosx-x86.zip file and unzip it.
Locate the folder called 'vic' and drag it to the /Applications folder.
Start Vic by double clicking on Vic.app

First Steps

The following instructions are for the Alfresco ECMS.

  • Enter "admin" as the user name, enter the admin password and the Alfresco host name (e.g http://localhost:8080/alfresco/cmis/)
  • Create a home folder for the admin account. Click Tools -> Map Resource -> CMIS Folder. Click Browse, navigate to "User Homes" and click OK. Select the "User Homes" folder then File/New/New Folder and enter "admin" and click OK to create the admin home folder. The home folder is where Vic will store user account information.
  • Map to other Alfresco folders as required. Click Tools -> Map Resource -> CMIS Folder. Click Browse, navigate down the tree, select a folder and click OK.
  • Map a local drive. Click Tools -> Map Resource -> Mounted Drive. Click Browse, choose a folder and click OK.
  • You can now drag and drop files to/from the ECMS repository.
  • To edit a file in the repository, select it and click Edit (or right click and select Edit).

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