Summary

By default, Web Access and WebLink generate searchable PDFs. For long documents, this can add significant wait times when downloading/exporting a large document as a PDF file.

More Information

If you do not need searchable PDFs, you can modify the PDF generation process to not include searchable text. This will decrease wait times when downloading/exporting a large document as a PDF file.

Modifying the PDF generation behavior, when connected to a Laserfiche 7.2.x repository, requires an updated version of DocumentProcessor72.dll (version 7.2.0.6), as well as adding a new value to the registry.

If you are using WebLink 7.0.5 to connect to a Laserfiche 7.0.x or 7.1.x repository, you will also need updated versions of DocumentProcessor.dll (version 1.0.0.23) and DocumentProcessor711.dll (version 7.1.1.6), respectively.

Warning: Incorrectly editing the registry may adversely affect your system. Before you edit the registry, make sure you understand how to restore it if a problem occurs.

To configure Web Access 7.2.x and WebLink 7.0.5 to generate non-searchable PDFs

1. Click the following link to download a zip file containing updated versions of the following files:
   • DocumentProcessor72.dll (version 7.2.0.6)
   • DocumentProcessor711.dll (version 7.1.1.6)
   • DocumentProcessor.dll (version 1.0.0.23)
   Hotfix_SCR28392.zip
2. Replace the existing versions of the above files located at "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Laserfiche\LFObjects" with the updated versions included in the zip file.
3. Register the updated versions of the above files.
   1. Click Start and then click Run.
   2. In the Run dialog box, type the following and then click OK to register the file:

      regsvr32 "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Laserfiche\LFObjects\DocumentProcessor72.dll"

   3. Repeat the above steps for DocumentProcessor711.dll and DocumentProcessor.dll.
4. Click Start and then click Run
5. In the Run dialog box, type the following and then click OK to load the Windows Registry Editor.

   regedt32

6. Expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
7. Expand SOFTWARE.
8. Expand Laserfiche.
9. Select the DocumentProcessor key.
10. From the Edit menu, point to New and select String Value.
11. Name the key:

    OmitSearchableText

12. Double-click the newly created value and set it to 1.