{"id":538,"date":"2011-06-25T09:57:10","date_gmt":"2011-06-24T23:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gssezisoft.com\/main\/?p=538"},"modified":"2013-03-18T21:19:34","modified_gmt":"2013-03-18T11:19:34","slug":"zero-click-scanning-multiple-pages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gssezisoft.com\/main\/2011\/06\/zero-click-scanning-multiple-pages\/","title":{"rendered":"Zero-Click Scanning Multiple Pages"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently saw a post asking about Automatic Timed Scanning Software at ask.metafiler.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The question concerned zero-click scanning multiple pages. The idea was to just replace pages and have the computer scan the next.<\/p>\n

It is actually a pretty good idea. The only “gotcha” is telling the computer to stop. Still, this is possible by terminating a looping program (press Ctrl-Break).<\/p>\n

One of the people (scruss<\/a>) answering suggested using CmdTwain with a time delay which was a pretty good answer. Here is how you could do this:<\/p>\n

\n
\r\n'\r\n' Zero-click Scanning (after you run this)\r\n'\r\n\r\nNumPages = 10      ' scan upto 10 pages (you might not want this to be 1000)\r\nTimePerScan = 5000 ' 5000 mS ie 5 seconds to change pages\r\n \r\nDim FSO, SH\r\nSet FSO = CreateObject(\"Scripting.FileSystemObject\") \r\nSet SH  = WScript.CreateObject(\"WScript.Shell\")\r\n\r\n' outdir must end with a \\\r\noutdir=SH.ExpandEnvironmentStrings(\"%USERPROFILE%\") & \"\\My Documents\\\"\r\nopts  =\"\/DPI=300 \/JPG100\"\r\nprog  =\"C:\\Program Files\\Gss Ezisoft\\CmdTwain Free\\CmdTwain.exe\"\r\n\r\nfor page = 1 to NumPages\r\n\r\n    ' Get a filename that doesn't already exist\r\n    for i=1 to 10000\r\n        fn=\"scan-\" & right(\"0000\" & i,4) & \".jpg\"\r\n        if not FSO.FileExists(outdir & fn) then exit for\r\n    next\r\n\r\n   ' Quoting allows it to contain spaces\r\n   SH.Run \"\"\"\" & prog & \"\"\" \" & opts & \" \"\"\" & outdir & fn & \"\"\"\",0,true\r\n\r\n   ' Wait for next page\r\n   WScript.Sleep TimePerScan\r\n\r\nnext\r\n\r\nset SH  = nothing\r\nset FSO = nothing\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n
 <\/p>\n
Save the above in scan10.vbs on your desktop then:
\n– Load the first page,
\n– Be ready to load the next nine pages, and
\n– Double-click the desktop icon.<\/p>\n
Feel free to edit the NumPages and TimePerScan to suit your preferences.
\nThe pages end up in “My Documents”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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