Enabling the Letter System

No license key is required to use the Letter System.

To enable the Letter System

  1. In System Setup, specify a folder (see below) for the Letter System's templates.
  2. Grant user logons authorization level 2 or greater, which is generally required to use the Letter System.
  3. Ensure that those client computers have Microsoft Word installed.
  4. When installing iMIS Desktop on client computers, select the Letter System option.

To enable the Letter System, you must specify a folder its template files. All iMIS users must specify the same folder path, whether it's local or remote. The path you specify is stored in the iMIS System_Params table, as the ParameterName value of System_Control.MSWordStoreDirectory.

Note: Truncating the Report Specs table deletes the Microsoft Word template report specifications.

To specify a folder for Letter System template files

  1. Log on to iMIS.
  2. Select File > System Setup.

    3. The System Setup window opens.

  3. Click Edit.
  4. Click Choose MS Word Folder (or enter a folder path in the field next to that button).

    5. The Browse for Folder dialog box appears.

    • Select a local or remote folder.

      • If you specify a remote folder, make sure that all users have permissions to access to the folder.

    • Click OK.
  5. In the System Setup window, click Save.
  6. Log out of iMIS, and then log on again.

Related information

To disable the Letter System

  1. Open a command prompt.
  2. Navigate to your local system directory (for example, the \WINNT\system32 directory).
  3. Unregister the ASIWordInt.ocx Active X control by typing: 
    regsvr32 ASIWordIntocx /u
  4. Delete the ASIWordInt.ocx file.