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Hi Everyone,

I am working on an ABBYY Vantage Advanced Designer implementation and wanted to check if anyone has implemented a reusable/common scripting approach across multiple document skills.

Currently, we have repetitive Advanced Script logic being used in several document skills, especially around table/repeating group processing and field normalization. We are exploring whether we can create reusable/common JavaScript functions and call them from different document skills instead of duplicating the same code everywhere.

Example scenario:

• Read values from extracted fields
• Pass those values into a common function
• Perform shared logic/validation/transformation
• Return processed result back to the document skill

Something like:

function normalizeCarrier(value1, value2) {
    // common reusable logic
    return result;
}

Then from each document skill:

var result = normalizeCarrier(field1, field2);

A few questions:

1. Has anyone implemented reusable/common Advanced Script logic successfully in Vantage?
2. Is there any recommended way to maintain centralized/common scripts instead of copying functions into every document skill?
3. How are people handling situations where field names differ slightly between document skills?
4. Has anyone tried a utility/helper-function approach for repetitive table extraction logic?
5. Are there any limitations or best practices around modular scripting in Advanced Designer?

We are currently considering:

• Generic reusable helper functions
• Wrapper logic per document skill
• Conditional handling based on document/vendor type

Would appreciate any guidance, architecture suggestions, or examples from others who have implemented something similar.

Thanks!