Typically the FormFix component will be used to create field clips, however there may be some scenarios where there is a desire to not use FormFix. In these cases, FormDirector’s Field class provides the functionality to create field clips.

Input and Output Data

• Original Form Image - An original form image can be obtained by FormDirector from a TemplateImage, from a file using ImagXpress, of from another forms processing component which can load images in memory.
• Field Location - A Field object contains location references and all associated attributes to define a single rectangular region on a form image.
• Field Clip - A Field Clip is the copied image pixels of the rectangular Field region.

Create Field Clips

1. Load the original form image into memory using one of the means described above. If a FormDefinition object exists that represents the given form, the suggested means of loading the image is by using one of TemplateImage’s properties: Bitmap, Hbitmap, Hdib, or Image.
2. Extract the location of the field from the Field object’s Location property.
3. Call the appropriate method of the Field class to generate the field clip.

Method	Description
ClipBitmap	Copies the specified location of pixels from the full page bitmap image to a new field clip.
ClipHbitmap	Copies the specified location of pixels from the full page Hbitmap image to a new field clip image.
ClipHdib	Copies the specified location of pixels from the full page Hdib image to a new field clip.
ClipImage	Copies the specified location of pixels from the full page image to a new bitmap field clip image.