Number of consecutive years vesting continues after the initial vest date.

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The number of years after the grant date that vesting starts.

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Maximum period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition

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Mininimum period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition

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Percent of share based compensation that vests annually.

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Represents the expense recognized during the period arising from equity-based compensation arrangements (for example, shares of stock, unit, stock options or other equity instruments) with employees, directors and certain consultants qualifying for treatment as employees.

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Aggregate proceeds received by the entity during the annual period from exercises of stock or unit options and conversion of similar instruments granted under equity-based payment arrangements.

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Disclosure of the aggregate tax benefit realized from the exercise of stock options and the conversion of similar instruments during the annual period.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) originally approved (usually by shareholders and board of directors), net of any subsequent amendments and adjustments, for awards under the equity-based compensation plan. As stock or unit options and equity instruments other than options are awarded to participants, the shares or units remain authorized and become reserved for issuance under outstanding awards (not necessarily vested).

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Gross number of share options (or share units) granted during the period.

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Stock-Based Compensation Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
Stock-Based Compensation Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2017	Jan. 31, 2016	Jan. 31, 2017	Jan. 31, 2016
Stock Options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award
Cash Received from Exercise of Stock Options	$ 170,000	$ 96,000	$ 170,000	$ 281,000
Tax Benefit Realized from Exercise of Stock Options	$ 80,000	$ 40,000	$ 80,000	$ 68,000
Options, Granted (shares)			0	0
Restricted Stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award
Granted, number of shares			31,000
2006 Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award
Number Authorized (shares)	937,500		937,500
2006 Plan \| Restricted Stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award
Award Vesting Period, Minimum (years)			2 years
Award Vesting Period, Maximum (years)			5 years
Granted, number of shares	18,000	400
Share-based Compensation Expense	$ 346,000	$ 306,000	$ 777,000	$ 638,000
2006 Plan - Director Stock Option \| Stock Options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award
Award Vesting Period (Years)			1 year
2006 Plan - Employee Stock Options \| Stock Options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award
Annual Vesting Percentage			25.00%
Number of years after grant date vesting starts (years)			2 years
Number of consecutive years vesting occurs after initial vest date (years)			3 years