General Settings

The General settings control various aspects of the user interface as described below. Access these settings from the Settings button > General option.

Default Backup Directory

QuikFile will try to back up every original file before conversion. You can assign a different backup folder to each job when you set up the job, or you can let QuikFile back up the files to its default folder. This folder is defined by the Default Backup Directory option.

Queue Limit for Scheduled Jobs

If your source folder has many thousands of files in it, QuikFile can bog down looking for files. The Queue Limit for Scheduled Jobs option solves this by only allowing a certain number of files in the queue at a time. Once the limit is reached, QuikFile stops looking for files.

For example, if you set the queue limit at 100 files, the first time the job runs, it will find the first 100 files. After that, each time it runs it will find enough files to top off the queue, then stop.

Your goal is to strike a balance between how often your job runs and how many files you can reasonably convert in that time period. For example, suppose you determine that you can convert about five files a minute. You’re better off setting the queue limit at 300 and having the scheduler run hourly than setting the queue limit at 5 and having the scheduler run every minute. For jobs that will take weeks, you will want to only scan a couple of times a day to top off the queue. See Job Schedule for more information.

Tip

You want the queue to be nearly empty the next time the scheduler runs. Why? Because every time QuikFile pulls a file off the queue, it has to query the queue database. If the database has thousands and thousands of entries, performance will degrade.

Number of Concurrent Threads   ( QuikFile Pro PLUS)

QuikFile can run conversions in multiple threads. When it’s running multi-threaded, it will concurrently convert one document per thread. You can specify the number of threads you want QuikFile to use (up to four). For optimum performance, this number should not exceed the number of processors on your machine. For example, with a dual-core machine, you could run up to two threads, meaning that QuikFile will simultaneously convert two documents at a time.

NOTE: Multithreaded conversions are only compatible with the Advanced OCR engine.

Remove Old Logs

QuikFile keeps very detailed logs which record file-by-file information about conversion jobs. These logs can get large over time. We recommend that you have QuikFile clean up old logs periodically. The default is to delete old log information after 30 days. Adjust this interval to fit your conversion load and log needs.

Run As a Service

Select the Run As a Service option to run the QuikFile engine as a Windows service. For more information, see Run as a Service.

Remove Log Items Older than ____

This option will purge old log entries after the specified number of days. If your logs tend to bloat quickly, shorten the interval.

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