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General FormAssist Usage
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FormAssist Windows and Tools Layout

There are two ways to perform most of the functionality within FormAssist. They are:

Occasionally, some options are not available for both. Search on both the menu and the toolbars for functionality provided.

Main Window Layout

The main window consists of several panes, each providing a specific view.

Mouse over the areas in the picture below to get a general overview of views, tools and descriptions.

 

Menu Bar. The menu bar contains most of the functionality for FormAssist. See the specific dropdown menus for more information.Tree View. This view displays the form set, templates, and fields defined. You can modify, rename, add, and delete objects from this view.Image View. This view displays the currently selected template form image and any fields created on the template.Tool Bar. The tool bar provides quick and simple functionality through button icons. Mouse over the button icons within the FormAssist application for the descriptions. Properties View. This view displays the properties for the currently selected object. These properties should be adjusted for best results according to the corresponding properties topic.

FormAssist window with a selected form and its properties displayed

 

Tree View

The Tree View provides the names and icons of form sets, forms and fields. Through this view, you can modify, rename, add, select, and delete objects within the form set.

Image View

The Image View provides a visual display of the currently selected item. When a form is selected, the form image will display in this view. If fields are defined on the form, they display in their specific colors. You have the ability to modify, add, show/hide and delete fields, zoom in, zoom out, zoom to fit, pan, and select from this view.

If the form set is currently selected, no image view will be displayed.

Properties View

The Properties View provides you with folder tabs of the property settings for the currently selected item. Depending on the selected object, you should adjust these properties to obtain the greatest accuracy when you process your forms against the form set.

Toolbar Layout

Mouse over the areas in the picture below to get a general overview of the toolbar buttons.

New Form SetOpen Form SetSave Form SetAdd to Form SetCut FieldCopy FieldPaste FieldDeleteSelect ToolZoom Draw ToolOCR ToolICR ToolOMR ToolBarcode ToolClip ToolShow/Hide FieldsZoom InZoom OutZoom to fit in WindowProcess Forms

FormAssist toolbar

 

Menu Bar Drop-downs

The menus and the their options are tabulated below:

Menu Menu Options Description
File

The File menu has options to create, open, close, save, and add a form set.
Edit

The Edit menu has options to cut, copy, paste, and delete elements on the form.
Tools

The Tools menu has options to select, pan, zoom, show/hide fields, process forms, enable/disable component debug logging.
Help

The Help menu has options to open the FormAssist help, and display the About dialog which lists the components utilized to create this demo application.

 

Process Forms Window Layout

The Process Forms Window displays once the process forms functionality is initiated (either through the menu bar or the toolbar). Clicking on the tabs will take you to different processing results screens. The initial screen shows the processing workflow and allows you to view images at each stage of the workflow by clicking on the thumbnail.

Click on the folder tabs to go to the help topics that describe each page.

  Processing. Processing page which displays the form in various stages of it's process.Identification Statistics. This page displays the template, rotation and confidence results for the form being processed.Field Results. This page displays the tree view, image view and results view of each field on the form ran against the current form set.Timing Results. This page displays the timing status for the form.ProcessingThis area displays the current form in progress, it's directory and name.

Process Forms window

Context Sensitive Help

FormAssist provides context sensitive help on properties that contain value ranges.

By clicking within the value range property and then selecting F1, a Numeric Input dialog window pops up which states the values allowed and the default value.

An example is shown below using ScanFix Xpress properties on the form set ''Form 1040''. If you click in the Speck Width value box and select F1 on your keyboard, a dialog window pops up as shown below:

  Buttons to control processing.Numeric Input Properties. When you click inside the number input box and hit the F1 button on your keyboard, the small window will pop up displaying the values allowed. Click OK to close the window.Numeric input properties window pop up. This window pops up when you click in the numeric properties and click on the F1 button. Click on OK to close the pop up.

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