The EZ-Scan Ivory Import is used to import data and images from Bell and Howell Ivory Check Scanning systems. The Ivory import supports importing from from Ivory Version 2 and 3 as well as Ivory Archive CDs.
If you going to import items from an Ivory system you need to create your database using the Ivory ( for EZ-Scan standard for version 2 or 3) or IvoryProVer2 (for EZ-Scan professional importing Ivory Version 2 databases.) database template in the New Database Wizard or the Startup Wizard. This will create all the necessary fields in the EZ-Scan database to import the Ivory data. You can still use the Ivory Import with a standard database but some data will not be imported.
Go to File>Import>EZ-Scan Ivory Import. You will see this dialog box:
Select the version of the Ivory software that you are importing from.
The 3.0 version uses a data file to import the data. Simply browse to the location of the ivData.txt file.
Check the appropriate radio button if you would like to import the images into the EZ-Scan system (recommended) or to leave the images in their original location. If you leave the images in the original location and that happens to be a CD, you will be prompted in EZ-Scan to insert the proper CD volume in the CD drive when retrieving items that have been imported.
Click 'OK' to start the import process.
The 2.0 Version needs a few more directory settings. Just click the browse button next to each one to locate the proper directories. You will need to set the CD directory setting even if you are not importing items from CDs.
Check the appropriate radio button if you would like to import the images into the EZ-Scan system (recommended) or to leave the images in their original location. If you leave the images in the original location and that happens to be a CD, you will be prompted in EZ-Scan to insert the proper CD volume in the CD drive when retrieving items that have been imported.
Click 'OK' to start the Import process
If there are fields in the ivory database that dont exist in the EZ-Scan database, you will be receive a list of fields that will not be imported. If you have used a EZ-Scan standard edition software and a default EZ-Scan checks template database the following fields will be missing:
If you are using EZ-Scan standard edition software and an Ivory template database the following fields will be missing. EZ-Scan standard edition cannot import the following fields. You will need to upgrade to EZ-Scan professional edition to import all Ivory fields.
If you are using profession edition EZ-Scan software with the IvoryProVer2 database you will not see this message. All fields will be available.
When importing, an image in the Ivory System may be unavailable. EZ-Scan will prompt you when it encounters a missing image during the import. You will have 3 choices:
Locate the volume that contains the images and insert it in the CD Rom drive designated in the Ivory Import confirmation screen shown above.
Ignore missing images for this volume. The Import will continue to import all data ignoring missing images. (This way you won't have to insert the image cd for each volume while importing if you are not importing the images into the EZ-Scan system). If you make this selection you can also choose to ignore missing images for all volumes so that you won't be prompted again.
Skip this volume. The current volume will not be imported into the EZ-Scan system.
Once imported you can retrieve the items imported by doing a Find.