OpenText Thin-Client Viewer

View, share, distribute and collaborate on online documents with partners, suppliers and customers via a Web browser

OpenText Thin-Client Viewer (formerly ViewCafé) is a Web-based, Java™ 2-powered document viewing, markup, and collaboration tool that enables businesses to access, share, distribute, and cooperatively review documents across the organization and throughout the extended enterprise as well as with partners, suppliers and customers.

Capable of accessing hundreds of industry-standard file formats, OpenText Thin-Client Viewer enables cross-platform functionality using a standard Web browser--such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Firefox, and features familiar and intuitive tools.

Thin-Client Viewer can also function as a standalone application, independently of a Web browser. In many cases, user training is unnecessary, making enterprise-wide deployment quick and easy. Its scalable architecture gives Thin-Client Viewer the ability to handle a limitless number of users, while its customizable API gives administrators complete control over security and functionality.

Benefits

• Improve ECM system ROI through quicker, streamlined decision making; all users see the same version of a document and can access information instantly and continuously
• Save money on training and maintenance with one easy-to-install, easy-to-use application
• Reduce costs by eliminating purchases of multiple expensive imaging programs
• Increase competitive advantage with faster time-to-market by eliminating re-keying errors and reducing maintenance of multiple disparate systems

Features

Click each of the following features to learn more about OpenText Thin-Client Viewer's key capabilities:

• Native File Viewing: Native file viewing is the fastest, most efficient method for accessing the valuable information stored in your documents. Thin-Client Viewer enables users to open, view and mark up hundreds of file formats (including CAD, 3D CAD, Raster, Vector Graphics, Text and Print/Plot) without converting them to another format.
• Java-based platform: OpenText Thin-Client Viewer is built on Sun Microsystems’ Java technology to deliver a secure, portable, and scalable networked or Web-based application. Thin-Client Viewer users in the office or in the field can access data, for instance in a document repository, through either a network or an Internet connection. Information is easily shared internally and with offsite clients and business partners, regardless of computer platform or operating system—PC, Macintosh or Linux/UNIX computers can all run applications written in Java.
• Navigation and Display: OpenText Thin-Client Viewer technology makes file navigation and display quick and accurate. Additionally, Thin-Client Viewer features familiar and easy-to-use navigation tools, such as drop-down menus and intuitive buttons, for simple operation and rapid adoption by all users. For optimum download speeds, Thin-Client Viewer quickly and efficiently manages data streaming from the server to the client. Thin-Client Viewer delivers enhanced file open and save functions, the ability to view multiple documents simultaneously, advanced text search, view and manipulate 2D and 3D documents, set custom views, see file properties, and measure objects.
• Markup Functions: Creating and saving markups in OpenText Thin-Client Viewer is simple and intuitive. Choose several different formats for saving markups, increasing the compatibility and portability of Thin-Client Viewer documents. Markup tools include shapes, text, lines, highlights, annotations, and callouts. Thin-Client Viewer’s Markup Explorer lets users easily navigate among markups by page or by session. Markups in multipage documents can be displayed by page number in the Markup Explorer, and arranged by type or by author for each page.
• Collaboration: OpenText Thin-Client Viewer’s architecture, combined with its intuitive tools, provides inherent collaborative capabilities that can be used by all members of a business and by business partners. Users can easily retrieve documents from a central file repository, complete a markup session, and then replace the marked up document for others to review. Document conferencing allows multiple users to share a simultaneous view and markup session.
• Localization: Share and collaboratively review documents online with business partners anywhere in the world. Thin-Client Viewer currently ships with 11 user interface languages. You can easily localize into the language of your choice with simple string translations. (See OpenText Thin-Client Viewer Product Profile for complete list of languages supported).
• Printing: OpenText Thin-Client Viewer's Java technology enables the best platform-independent printing capabilities available in an online thin-client application. Thin-Client Viewer prints documents at full size and full resolution, up to the maximum capabilities of the output printer. See the OpenText Thin-Client Viewer Product Profile for complete list of printing features available.
• Flexible, Scalable Architecture: To ensure that the system can always meet the needs of a growing business, OpenText Thin-Client Viewer uses client-server based, fully scalable Pure RMI or XML over HTTP architecture. Select the appropriate configuration for fast and robust performance through multiple firewalls, proxy servers, DMZs, or for your intranet application.
• Simplified Administration: OpenText Thin-Client Viewer’s server-based, thin-client architecture virtually eliminates the need to administrate software installation on each user’s machine. Instead, all Thin-Client Viewer software resides on the server. Users only require the Java runtime environment (JRE) on their machines to run Thin-Client Viewer as a standalone application or in a Web browser, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer, or Firefox. Administrative features such as client timeout, and usage log reports all help to ease the administration of OpenText Thin-Client Viewer.
• Security: Documents are stored in a central file repository that is protected behind the corporate firewall. Only users that have permission from the administrator can access files from the repository. Furthermore, Thin-Client Viewer’s customizable API gives administrators complete control over user access levels and available functions when retrieving documents from the central file repository. Markup sessions from Thin-Client Viewer are saved back to the server in a standard format, SVG, or XMS. Users can neither alter the original document, nor can they save the file in its native format.