For a number of years the Papyrus Platform employed its proprietary Desktop only. With the availability of the WebPortal we opened the system by means of an XML language called PPL to present applictions to the Web. As that was too difficult and required too much XML and Javascript coding we developed Papyrus EYE. I have written about that here before.
Papyrus EYE for Desktop and Browser
With Papyrus WebPortal and a browser with the Flash© plug-in, enterprise users as well as web customers can now work with Rich Internet Applications (RIA) without the coding effort. Papyrus EYE technology provides full management through the WebRepository, an easy to use EYE Designer for the GUI and enables identical appearance, behavior and features on the Fat Client Desktop and the Browser without any programming modifications to the application.
The goal of Papyrus EYE is to provide a library of user configurable ‘widgets’ that can be easily linked to a data source and be configured by a business user. Rather than having to go into FLEX or Java programming, the business will be able create custom user interfaces for each business role without needing the support of the IT department. Some call this kind of approach a Mashup, but Papyrus EYE is much more flexible than that. It offers full application functionality.
Organizations that need to enhance user and customer service quality, efficiency and collaboration need to standardize by means of a common middleware platform that will meet the needs of all enterprise communications. Papyrus applications built using the Papyrus EYE technology give new meaning to usability and time-to-market by avoiding the extra delays, resources and expense of programming and testing to develop a ‘Web-enabled version’ of a desktop user application.
Papyrus EYE is a unified RIA application platform for all kind of applications that cover capture (scan, verify, manual correction, manual classification), document output management (interactive documents, web-to-print, campaign management and on-demand) and document management, as well as archiving, case management, Automated Document Factory and management information.
Customer account teams working in the Papyrus EYE browser front end with their Response Management Application on shared queues see no difference compared to their desktop application. In a browser view identical to the desktop view, they continue to see entries as they are newly entered, locked by team members, updated and moved to other queues without the need for manual refresh. In responding to customers and colleagues, they can select the same response templates, the same text editing features, enable/disable standard text blocks, and route the document for approval, just as if they were in the desktop application.
Papyrus EYE in the browser offers:
- Papyrus Client Plug-In
- Acrobat PDF Plug-In
- Many freely configurable display panes
- Full Text editor
- Animations
- Different preview formats
- Fully security with login Authentication
The Papyrus EYE Designer
To make the development of the user interface very easy ISIS provides the Papyrus EYE Designer as a feature of the Papyrus Desktop. With this tool technical users (not C++ or Java programmers!) can assemble a new user interface layout from predefined views. Alternatively they can develop their own completely NEW views. The GUI concept makes all views movable, collapsable, and resizable by the enduser. The business user can also change his GUI parameters based on his set preferences in terms of font style, colors and layout.
Papyrus EYE Designer
A key feature of the Papyurs EYE Designer is that it works with LIVE DATA from the Papyrus Platform test environment. Therefore it is easy to see how the user interface will function and be displayed in a real environment. Remember that different panes are displaying information based on selections made in other panes, such as a tree or a folder view. Therefore a static GUI design would never work well. This feature mirrors the development concept used in the Papyrus Designer for documents, where also real data are used to layout the document.
Papyrus EYE Special features:
As part of the ISIS Papyrus platform, Papyrus EYE benefits from integrated security, audit trail, version management, and change and release management. A project containing a Papyrus EYE application goes through development, test and acceptance into production via the centrally managed Papyrus Repository. Even distribution to the different servers, desktops and laptops that may require offline functionality is automatically handled of by ISIS Papyrus, reducing the need for additional involvement from IT operations.
Papyrus EYE offers the latest in GUI features such as the 3D carousel below.
Papyrus EYE 3D View
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