Segment Reporting (Schedule of Net Sales By Geographic Area) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2012	Oct. 31, 2011
Revenue from unaffiliated customers	$ 27,158	$ 27,002
United States [Member]
Revenue from unaffiliated customers	21,850	21,138
Americas [Member]
Revenue from unaffiliated customers	2,069	1,913
Europe [Member]
Revenue from unaffiliated customers	1,904	2,405
Rest Of World [Member]
Revenue from unaffiliated customers	$ 1,335	$ 1,546

Amount of revenue from external customers for the reportable segment. Such disclosure is presented if the amount is: (a) included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 131

-Paragraph 27

-Subparagraph a

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

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