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Before you start configuring your project, please make sure that you have the following software installed:
  • ABBYY FlexiCapture 12 Project Setup Station (required if you are using ABBYY FlexiCapture Distributed Edition or ABBYY FlexiCapture Cloud).
If you already have an FC project for which you need to set up data export to XML, open that project. Otherwise, you will need to create a project. Launch the Project Setup Station and in the Open Project dialog box click:
  • Create New… to create a new project.
  • Browse… to open an existing project stored on your local drive.
  • Browse from Server… to a open a project that you earlier uploaded to the FC Application Server.
Next, you need to configure FC as a service with verification:
  1. Open the Project Setup Station.
  2. Click Project → Project Properties… and click the Workflow tab. From the Schema drop-down list, select Advanced.
  3. Select the Verification option and click Edit….
  1. In the dialog box that opens, on the General tab select the Enable web stations option.
  1. Click OK.
  2. Make sure that the Export root path on the General tab is left empty.
  1. Click OK.
Next, you need to create an export profile for each document definition.
  1. In the FC Project Setup Station click Project → Document Definitions… to open the list of Document Definitions available for the project. Select the Document Definition for which you want to specify new export settings, and click Edit….
  1. Click Document Definition → Export Settings….
  2. Click the Add… button to start the export profile creation wizard.
  3. In the Select the Type of Destination step, select Export to data files from the Type drop-down list, select the Critical option below, select the Errors are irrelevant item from the Document condition drop-down list, and click Next.
  1. In the Export Data to Files step, make sure the Export path field is empty and specify a file name template. Click Next.
  1. In the Data File Format step, select XML Document in the File type field, and click Next.
  1. Provide a name for your newly created export profile and click Finish.
  1. In the Export Settings dialog box, check the Enabled box for the newly created export profile.
  1. Click Apply, then click OK.
  2. Save and publish your Document Definition.