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OCR

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OCR.fmp12

Overview
Tables	1
Relationships	0
Layouts	1
Scripts	7
Value Lists	0
Custom Functions	0
Custom Menus	33

File Options
Default custom menu set	[Standard FileMaker Menus]
Default theme	Apex Blue
When opening file
Minimum allowed version	12.0
Login using	Account Name; Account= Admin
Allow user to save password	On
Require iOS passcode	Off
Show Sign-in fields	Off
Switch to layout	Off
Hide all toolbars	Off
Script triggers
OnFirstWindowOpen	Off
OnLastWindowClose	Off
OnWindowOpen	Off
OnWindowClose	Off
OnFileAVPlayerChange	Off
OnWindowTransaction	Off
Thumbnail Settings
Generate Thumbnails	On; Temporary

Tables

Table Name	Statistics	Occurrences in Relationship Graph
OCR	3 fields defined, 2 records	OCR

Fields

Table Name: OCR - 3 Fields
Field Name	Type	Options	Comments	On Layouts	In Relationships	In Scripts	In Value Lists
Image	Normal, Binary	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Repetitions: 1		OCR		Run Run Tesseract 4 or 5.x
Result	Normal, Text	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Repetitions: 1 Indexing: None Automatically create indexes as needed Index Language: German		OCR		Run Run Tesseract 4 or 5.x Clear
Text	Normal, Text	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Repetitions: 1 Indexing: None Automatically create indexes as needed Index Language: German		OCR		Run Run Tesseract 4 or 5.x Clear

Layout Objects: OCR

Regular Fields

Field Name: OCR::Image

Layout Name:

Top: 24 pt
Left: 138 pt
Bottom: 149 pt
Right: 391 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Field Format:

Edit Box

Field Behavior:

Allow field to be entered: In Find mode, In Browse mode
Touch keyboard type: System Default
Go to next field using: Tab key

Field Name: OCR::Result

Layout Name:

Top: 150 pt
Left: 138 pt
Bottom: 170 pt
Right: 391 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Field Format:

Edit Box

Field Behavior:

Allow field to be entered: In Find mode, In Browse mode
Touch keyboard type: System Default
Go to next field using: Tab key

Yes

Field Name: OCR::Text

Layout Name:

Top: 174 pt
Left: 138 pt
Bottom: 254 pt
Right: 391 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Field Format:

Edit Box

Field Behavior:

Allow field to be entered: In Find mode, In Browse mode
Touch keyboard type: System Default
Go to next field using: Tab key

Type:

Text: Run OCR

Layout Name:

Top: 24 pt
Left: 399 pt
Bottom: 53 pt
Right: 526 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Perform Script [ “Run” ]

Scripts:

Run Tesseract 4 or 5.x

Show Version

Clear

Next Script: [Trace]

Script Name	Run
Run script with full access privileges	Off
Siri Shortcut Visible	Off
Include In Menu	Yes
Layouts that use this script	OCR
Scripts that use this script
Script Definition
Script Steps	If [ MBS("OCR.IsLoaded") ] #use newer version if initialized Perform Script [ “Run Tesseract 4 or 5.x” ] Exit Script [ Result: Get(ScriptResult) ] End If #data folder in examples folder Set Variable [ $databasePath; Value:Get(FilePath) ] Set Variable [ $databasePath; Value:MBS("Path.FilemakerPathToNativePath"; $databasePath) ] Set Variable [ $databasePath; Value:Substitute ( $databasePath ; ".fp7" ; ".fmp12") ] Set Variable [ $databaseName; Value:Get(FileName) & ".fmp12" ] Set Variable [ $path; Value:Substitute ( $databasePath ; $databaseName ; "" ) ] #Init OCR Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "OCR.Initialize"; $path; "eng") ] Set Field [ OCR::Result; $r ] If [ MBS("isError") ≠ 0 ] Exit Script [ Result: $r ] End If Set Variable [ $rr; Value:MBS( "OCR.SetPageSegMode"; "Auto") ] #Process Image Set Variable [ $img; Value:MBS("GMImage.NewFromContainer"; OCR::Image) ] Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "OCR.SetImage"; $img) ] Set Field [ OCR::Text; MBS("OCR.GetTExt") ] #Cleanup Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "OCR.CleanUp") ] Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "GMImage.Destroy"; $img) ]
Fields used in this script	OCR::Result OCR::Image OCR::Text
Scripts used in this script	Run Tesseract 4 or 5.x
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Tables used in this script	OCR
Table occurrences used by this script	OCR
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Next Script: [Load Tesseract 4]

Script Name	Trace
Run script with full access privileges	Off
Siri Shortcut Visible	Off
Include In Menu	Yes
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Script Definition
Script Steps	Set Variable [ $Trace; Value:MBS("Trace") ]
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Next Script: [Load Tesseract 5]

Script Name	Load Tesseract 4
Run script with full access privileges	Off
Siri Shortcut Visible	Off
Include In Menu	Yes
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Script Definition
Script Steps	If [ MBS( "OCR.IsLoaded" ) = 0 ] If [ MBS("isMacOS") ] If [ MBS("Files.FileExists"; "/usr/local/lib/libtesseract.dylib") ] #load from homebrew Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "OCR.Load"; "/usr/local/lib/liblept.5.dylib" ) ] Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "OCR.Load"; "/usr/local/lib/libtesseract.dylib" ) ] Else #load the copy from MBS website Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "OCR.Load"; "/Users/cs/Tesseract/tesseract4/tesseract.dylib" ) ] End If Else If [ MBS("isWindows") ] Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS("Process.SetCurrentDirectory"; "C:\Program Files\Tesseract-OCR") & MBS( "OCR.Load"; "liblept-5.dll" ) & MBS( "OCR.Load"; "libtesseract-4.dll" ) ] Else If [ MBS("isLinux") ] Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "OCR.Load"; "liblept.so.5" ) & MBS( "OCR.Load"; "libtesseract.so.4" ) ] Else Set Variable [ $r; Value:"New platform?" ] End If Show Custom Dialog [ Title: "OCR Loaded"; Message: $r; Default Button: “OK”, Commit: “Yes” ] End If
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Previous Script: [Load Tesseract 4]

Next Script: [Run Tesseract 4 or 5.x]

Script Name	Load Tesseract 5
Run script with full access privileges	Off
Siri Shortcut Visible	Off
Include In Menu	Yes
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Script Definition
Script Steps	If [ MBS( "OCR.IsLoaded" ) = 0 ] If [ MBS("isMacOS") ] #load from homebrew installation Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "OCR.Load"; "/usr/local/Cellar/leptonica/1.82.0/lib/liblept.5.dylib" ) ] Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "OCR.Load"; "/usr/local/Cellar/tesseract/5.1.0/lib/libtesseract.5.dylib" ) ] Else If [ MBS("isWindows") ] #download e.g. on https://github.com/UB-Mannheim/tesseract/wiki Set Variable [ $r; Value:// DLL names may change with new version. Used to be "liblept-5.dll", but now "libleptonica-6.dll" MBS("Process.SetCurrentDirectory"; "C:\Program Files\Tesseract-OCR") & MBS( "OCR.Load"; "libleptonica-6.dll" ) & MBS( "OCR.Load"; "libtesseract-5.dll" ) ] Else If [ MBS("isLinux") ] #install via package manager Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "OCR.Load"; "liblept.so.5" ) & MBS( "OCR.Load"; "libtesseract.so.5" ) ] Else Set Variable [ $r; Value:"New platform?" ] End If Show Custom Dialog [ Title: "OCR Loaded"; Message: $r; Default Button: “OK”, Commit: “Yes” ] End If
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Previous Script: [Load Tesseract 5]

Next Script: [Show Version]

Script Name	Run Tesseract 4 or 5.x
Run script with full access privileges	Off
Siri Shortcut Visible	Off
Include In Menu	Yes
Layouts that use this script
Scripts that use this script	Run
Script Definition
Script Steps	#Init OCR #where is data folder? If [ MBS("isMacOS") ] #get tessdata from homebrew Set Variable [ $path; Value:"/usr/local/Cellar/tesseract-lang/4.1.0/share/tessdata" ] Else If [ MBS("isWindows") ] Set Variable [ $path; Value:"C:\Program Files\Tesseract-OCR\tessdata" ] Else If [ MBS("isLinux") ] #use default from installation Set Variable [ $path; Value:"" ] Else Exit Script [ Result: "new platform?" ] End If Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "OCR.Initialize"; $path; "eng") ] Set Field [ OCR::Result; $r ] If [ MBS("isError") ≠ 0 ] Exit Script [ Result: $r ] End If Set Variable [ $rr; Value:MBS( "OCR.SetPageSegMode"; "Auto") ] #Process Image If [ 1 ] #pass container directly Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "OCR.SetImageContainer"; OCR::Image) ] Else If [ 0 ] #pass native file path directly Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "OCR.SetImageFile"; "/Users/cs/Desktop/phototest.tif") ] Else #pass GraphicsMagick image Set Variable [ $img; Value:MBS("GMImage.NewFromContainer"; OCR::Image) ] Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "OCR.SetImage"; $img) ] Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "GMImage.Destroy"; $img) ] End If #Do OCR Set Field [ OCR::Text; MBS("OCR.GetTExt") ] #Cleanup Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "OCR.CleanUp") ]
Fields used in this script	OCR::Result OCR::Image OCR::Text
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Tables used in this script	OCR
Table occurrences used by this script	OCR
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Next Script: [Clear]

Script Name	Show Version
Run script with full access privileges	Off
Siri Shortcut Visible	Off
Include In Menu	Yes
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Script Definition
Script Steps	Show Custom Dialog [ Title: "Version"; Message: MBS("OCR.Version"); Default Button: “OK”, Commit: “Yes” ]
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Script Name	Clear
Run script with full access privileges	Off
Siri Shortcut Visible	Off
Include In Menu	Yes
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Script Steps	Replace Field Contents [ OCR::Result; Replace with calculation: "" ] [ No dialog ] Replace Field Contents [ OCR::Text; Replace with calculation: "" ] [ No dialog ]
Fields used in this script	OCR::Result OCR::Text
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Tables used in this script	OCR
Table occurrences used by this script	OCR
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