Comprising of Components, Processes & Modules
(Please click HERE for the Fomate eVo Server Specification)
Components
The Formate eVo suite of software is comprised of two key Components, these being:
- Formate eVo Configurator (Design Dashboard) - the design/development tool used to create your Enterprise Output Management application and, unlike many other competitors, can be installed on multiple PC workstations Free of Charge.
- Formate eVo Server - runs as an automated process executing the applications created by Formate eVo Configurator.
Formate eVo can be purchased in the “SOHO” or “Enterprise” package depending on facilities required:
- Formate eVo Enterprise contains all processes and all modules.
- Formate eVo SOHO does not come with the design feature (Configurator design dasboard tool).
Processes
Discover the four Formate eVo processes that control the document lifecycle from composition through to distribution by clicking on the icons below:
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Modules
- Barcode Creation – create barcodes on document output (e.g. delivery note)
- Barcode Reading – read barcode data from images (pdf, jpg, bmp etc)
- MS Excel – read, write to, and create spreadsheets
- MS Word - read, write to, and create Word documents
- Network Services – ability to balance load across multiple Formate eVo servers
- PDF Creation – create PDF documents
- PDF Editing – PDF manipulation (text extract, add pages, insert images etc.)
- PDF Processing – reliable PDF printing and XPS to PDF conversion
- SharePoint – read and write documents to MS SharePoint
- XML – parse XML data and create XML output
Formate eVo Server Specification
Formate eVo can be provided as a cloud service, or for on-premise installations Formate eVo software requires the following infrastructure:
Server Hardware
A dedicated server class machine with the following minimum requirements:
- Intel Xeon or better – multi-cores or vCPUs to support multi-threading
- 8 GB RAM (16GB or higher preferred in high traffic environments)
- 2 GB Application disk space
- Internet access (preferable)
(Virtual server environments are supported as long as the virtual environment is compatible with above requirements).
Server Operating System Software
MS Windows 2012 or 2016 Server (with current service packs)
Note: The Formate eVo dashboard admin and design environment can be run on Windows 10 Professional workstation.
DBMS Platform
For event logging the following DBMS platforms is required:
• MS SQL Express or MS SQL Server Versions 2012 or higher
Windows Software Components
MS .Net Framework 4.6 with appropriate service packs