The Forms API wraps the details of interacting with the FormSuite components to make your forms processing application development easier.
Two demonstration samples are provided to guide you in using the Forms API:
FormAssist and the Forms Processing Server are primarily designed for demonstrating the underlying technologies; they are not production level applications. However, customers use these demonstration programs to create and test form sets for use in their business processes. Some customers use the C# source code as a foundation for their form set creation process or their production workflow, while others use FormAssist or the Forms Processing Server as their primary form set creation and processing applications.
Automating your forms processing using FormSuite has two main steps:
Of these two main steps, FormAssist does both. But, the Forms API and the Forms Processing Server only perform filled form processing. They do not assist in form set creation. So, you should still use FormAssist to do the form set creation steps.
The individual forms processing activities may be represented by the following illustration:
