Configuring the annotations module

The ViewONE Annotations Module provides text and image annotations that users can add to documents.

Before you begin

You must configure the viewer and verify that you can view images in this viewer. You can use either the IBM® Daeja™ ViewONE applet viewer or the IBM Daeja ViewONE Virtual viewer.

About this task

If you are not using an existing Enterprise Content Manager system in which the annotations interface is already written and integrated, you must create the server component. This component provides the interface between the viewer and the repository where image and annotation data is stored.

  • Enabling annotations in the viewer
    After you deploy a valid lic.v1 configuration file that includes the ViewONE Annotations Module, you can enable annotations in the viewer.
  • Configuring the annotations server object
    A server object is required to send and receive annotations in IBM Daeja ViewONE. When the viewer starts an annotation save operation, this object is called to receive the annotation data that a user created or edited.
  • Creating an annotation template
    Annotation data is stored in a separate file from the document. You can create or edit an annotation definition file to use as a template to apply annotations consistently to your documents.
  • Annotations and flow layout format documents
    Beginning with version 4.0.2 of the viewer, you can view emails and Microsoft Office documents by using either the ViewONE Universal Viewing Module or the ViewONE Office Module. These modules format layouts differently. Therefore, if you view a document with one module and then view it again with the other module, you might see a difference in the layout and pagination.
Parent topic: Installing IBM Daeja ViewONE
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Installing IBM Daeja ViewONE viewers and modules