Reconciliation of Numerator and Denominator of the basic and diluted earnings per share computation (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2017	Jan. 31, 2016
Equity [Abstract]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount	27	467
Net loss	$ (2,018)	$ (5,127)
Basic weighted average shares	17,720	17,342
Effect of dilutive securities:
Stock options	0	0
Diluted weighted average shares	17,720	17,342
Basic loss per share	$ (0.11)	$ (0.30)
Diluted loss per share	$ (0.11)	$ (0.30)