Using the XTRAC Viewer

XTRAC Workbench includes the web-based XTRAC Viewer that you can use to view image documents (for example, .TIF and .JPG files). The XTRAC Viewer opens in a separate browser window in whichever web browser you are using. For example, if you are using Internet Explorer to run XTRAC Workbench, the XTRAC Viewer opens in a separate Internet Explorer window.

If the document you want to view is not an image, you are prompted to save the file to your hard drive or top open the document with its native application (for example, a .DOC file would open in MS Word).

Note: To display PDF documents in the XTRAC Viewer requires additional server software and can be configured by your XTRAC administrator.

Opening the XTRAC Viewer

Depending on how your XTRAC administrator has configured it, you can open the XTRAC Viewer manually (if your entitlement set lets you work with the viewer), or XTRAC Workbench will open the viewer automatically.

Opening the XTRAC Viewer Manually

You can open the XTRAC Viewer Manually using one of the following methods:

From the toolbar

On the XTRAC Workbench toolbar, click Open Viewer ( ).

Depending on how it is configured, the XTRAC Viewer opens with one of the following conditions:

A blank screen because the XTRAC administrator has not set a document sort order and no attachment is selected.
The newest document attachment displayed because the XTRAC administrator has set the sort order to Newest.
The oldest document attachment displayed because the XTRAC administrator has set the sort order to Oldest.
The first document added to the work item is displayed because the XTRAC administrator has set the sort order to No Order.

From the Attachments page

Open a work item from the work list.

On the work item, click the Attachments Information icon (

) to open the Attachments page.

From the list on the Attachments page, double-click a document attachment (or select a document attachment and click the Open icon (

Note: If your XTRAC administrator has set a document sort order the XTRAC Viewer opens automatically when you open the Attachments page.

Opening the XTRAC Viewer Automatically

If your XTRAC administrator has set a document sort order, the XTRAC Viewer opens automatically when you access the Attachments page. With a sort order set, the viewer opens with one of the following conditions:

The newest document attachment displayed because the XTRAC administrator has set the sort order to Newest.
The oldest document attachment displayed because the XTRAC administrator has set the sort order to Oldest.
The first document added to the work item is displayed because the XTRAC administrator has set the sort order to No Order.
Note: The XTRAC Viewer can be configured to open automatically by your FIMS or XTRAC administrator.

The XTRAC Viewer remains open for the duration of your XTRAC Workbench session unless you manually close it.

XTRAC Viewer Interface

The XTRAC Viewer includes a number of tools and features you can use to edit image files and add annotations. In addition, there are tools and options that affect how files are displayed in the viewer.

Drop-down List

When an image document is open in the viewer, a drop-down list is available at the top of the XTRAC Viewer. The drop-down list gives you access to the list of attached documents from within the viewer for the current work item.

The drop-down list displays the file name, the title, the document creation date and time, and the content ID (the unique document ID) for all the documents attached to the work item.

Note: To display the drop-down list of all the documents attached to a work item in the XTRAC Viewer, uncheck the Allow Multiple Windows checkbox on the work item Attachment page.

When you click a document from this list, it opens the selected document attachment in the Image Area. You can open any document attachment from the drop-down list without having to return to the Attachments page in the work item window. Each time you open a document attachment, the viewer closes the previous document and displays the new one you choose.

Note: When the Allow Multiple Windows checkbox is checked on the work item Attachment page, a new viewer window opens each time you open a document attachment.

Show/Hide Annotations

The Show/Hide button is displayed when an image document is open in the XTRAC Viewer. Click this button to toggle between showing annotations that have been added to the document, and hiding the annotations so you can see the original content.

You can also show or hide annotations on an image document by clicking the Page icon at the bottom of the viewer ( ).

Viewer Tools and Icons

The following table provides an overview of the tools and icons available in the XTRAC Viewer window. These tools are available only when an image file is open in the viewer.

Icon	Description
	Prints the image file, including any annotations or redactions that have been added to it.
	Zooms in on the area you select on the image.
	Increases the document size with each click.
	Decreases the document size with each click.
	Magnifies the area where you place the cursor on image.
	Displays the image at its original size.
	Fits the image to the viewer window's width.
	Fits the image to the viewer window's height.
	Fits the image to the viewer's window width and height
	Rotates the image 45 degrees to the right.
	Rotates the image 45 degrees to the left.
	Inverts the image's colors.
	Opens the image document in a new viewer window. When you open a document in a new window, it remains open in that window until you manually close it — even if you open another document attachment from the Attachments page or the drop-down list in the viewer.
	Opens the Image Properties dialog and displays detailed information about image document.

Context Menu

The XTRAC Viewer includes a context menu that you can access by clicking the right mouse button anywhere in the Image Area. The following table gives a brief overview of the options available from the context menu.

Menu Item	Description
View menu	Provides options for changing the page view.
Image menu	Lets you change the zoom factor, magnification, image rotation, the enhance mode, and more.
Adjust menu	Lets you change the luminance, contrast, and brightness of the image displayed in Image Area.
Print menu	Includes printing options for printing the current page, a range of pages, and selected pages (pages that are selected using the Selection menu).
Page menu	View the next, previous, first, or last page. This menu option is not available when a single page document is open in the viewer.
Selection menu	Lets you select specific pages in a multiple page document for printing.
Clipboard menu	Includes options for copying the currently open image to the Windows clipboard.
Preferences menu	Lets you change thumbnail display size and the background color for monochrome images.
Cache menu	Lets you clear document, resource, and application cache.
Help menu	Displays license agreement.

View Buttons

The View buttons let you control how the pages of multiple page documents are viewed in the viewer. The following table gives a brief overview of the View buttons.

Button	Description
	Displays a single, full page of the open document.
	Displays thumbnails views of each page in the multiple page document.
	Two pages are displayed side by side in the Image Area.
	Thumbnails are displayed to the left of the page currently displayed in the Image Area.
	Thumbnails are displayed at the bottom of the page currently displayed in the Image Area.
	Thumbnails are displayed to the right of the page currently displayed in the Image Area.
	Thumbnails are displayed at the top of the page currently displayed in the Image Area.

Adjust Bars

The Adjust bars let you adjust the luminance, contrast, and brightness of the currently open image. To access the Adjust bars, click the Adjust button ( ).

Use the sliders to adjust the values.

Notes:

The XTRAC Viewer can be configured to open automatically by your FIMS or XTRAC administrator, if the Open XTRAC Viewer Automatically option has been selected. The XTRAC Viewer opens automatically in XTRAC Workbench when you open a work item, even if the work item has no attachments.
FIMS does not use this organization option, however, the FIMS administrator does have the ability to configure the XTRAC Viewer to open automatically by other means.
XTRAC supports Microsoft Internet Explorer and Firefox web browsers. Chrome is supported for external facing environments. If you are using an unsupported browser, Workbench and the XTRAC Viewer may not function as expected. See XTRAC Workbench System Requirements for more information.
If there are more than 100 attachments associated with the work item, XTRAC Workbench retrieves only the first 100 attachments. Your XTRAC administrator can configure the sort order of the attachments list to display oldest to newest, newest to oldest, or no sort order.
You can open the XTRAC Viewer manually by clicking the Open Viewer link on the toolbar.
The XTRAC Viewer remains open until you close it. If you close the work item, the viewer remains open with a blank page when the image it was displaying closes.
Each time you open an image file from the list of attachments, the XTRAC Viewer refreshes and replaces the previously displayed image with the newly selected image. Opening new attachments does not open additional instances of the viewer, unless the Allow Multiple Windows checkbox is checked on the work item Attachments page.
When the Allow Multiple Windows checkbox is checked on the work item Attachment page, a new viewer window opens each time you open a document attachment.
If the XTRAC Viewer is open when you close your XTRAC Workbench session, the viewer is closed automatically by Workbench.
If the XTRAC Viewer opens a non-image document using its native application, that document remains open until you manually close it. A non-image document will not close automatically when you close the work item or close your XTRAC Workbench session.