Falcon/DMS, the product suite's 'core' component, comprises the user (DocMan) and administrative interfaces.
The Falcon/WebSuite is a set of applications that make information controlled by Falcon/DMS available over intranets, extranets, and the Internet, using standard Web browsers and related technologies.
WebSuite is fully integrated with core Falcon/DMS — Web security and the user interface components (search forms, search results, document properties, etc.) are designed and maintained with the Falcon Administrator.
The Falcon/WebSuite is comprised of three Microsoft IIS-based applications:
Falcon/SVP (Search-View-Print) is the foundation product and requires only a Web browser and an account defined in Falcon/DMS to access. SVP allows users to view and print documents listed in a search result.
Falcon/Enterprise extends SVP to allow for document checkout and check in, as well as the ability to add new documents to the Falcon database.
Falcon/PDF Publisher is the output extension [see next panel].
Falcon/PDF Publisher is a Falcon/WebSuite extension designed to dynamically publish most file types in the Adobe PDF format, allowing users to view, on-demand, virtually any document available through SVP and Enterprise with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Publisher is so versatile, however, that its application extends beyond just WebSuite:
Falcon/Deliver! is a document ‘packaging’ application that overlays standard Falcon/DMS and is used to define document sets, capture database information for those documents, and create customized searching and viewing interfaces. The complete ‘package’ is then transferred to a CD or DVD for distribution or archiving.
Falcon/Indexer streamlines the process of creating database records for electronic documents with easy-to-use indexing and management tools. Designed to facilitate ‘heads up’ indexing, the Falcon/Indexer interface integrates an image viewing area with data entry tabs, thereby enabling a user to examine images as closely as required while entering metadata from the same application window.
Full Content Search is a DocMan V7 and WebSuite extension that enables you to index the text in files controlled by Falcon, and then make that index database available as a search field in DocMan and WebSuite.
Workflow is a toolbox that aids in creating workflow tasks that overlay the standard DocMan processes.
The Falcon/API is WebSuite's customization platform. Falcon/API expands the communication power of Falcon/WebSuite with tools that integrate Falcon’s document management functions with systems that range from Google Maps to the most advanced GIS applications. For example, with minimal coding Falcon/API facilitates the retrieval of Falcon-controlled documents that are associated with geographical features generated in real-time from the GIS search criteria.
DocMan facilitates the location of documents by navigating a folder hierarchy or by defining search criteria. Its panels can be resized and toggled on and off in various combinations to streamline management tasks (e.g. viewing documents, modifying database information, etc.).
The v7 Administrator is the browser-based application used to manage the functionality and appearance of DocMan V7 and the Falcon/WebSuite V3 extensions. (The V7 Administrator opened from DocMan V7 by selecting Tools | Falcon/DMS Administrator. Only members of the Administrator group see this command.)