Reform Designer - Easy To Use Form Design Capabilities

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Reform's Form Designer allows users to enhance, design, and print forms generated by their application. Using a WYSIWYG approach, Reform Designer is very easy to use. In order for Reform to generate the printout that is needed, a template must be created for each of the forms. The template serves as a new layout for each of the forms generated by the application. This is similar to pre-printed forms which has the text overlaid on the form. Whenever a form output is generated from an application, the form is always given an FOM extension.

Reform Designer - Design Layer

Reform Designer - Text Layer Where you map information you want to use on the Design Layer

Reform Designer has 3 methods of Form Design. The following are the methods listed from shortest to longest amount of time needed:

If sending from a Windows application that already has formatting or sending from an AS/400 with AFP formatting.

There is very little design needed with these methods since the application already has the formatting included (lines, graphics, colors). If needed, additional formatting can be added using the Reform Designer. However, Reform will mainly be used to distribute the documents to the different output devices such as printers, MFPs, fax, email and archival storage systems. In order to determine where to send the document to, Reform will extract the ASCII/text information and retrieve email addresses, fax numbers, etc. from the document.

Importing a backdrop.

Reform can import backdrops from graphic images or graphic programs. One of the most common solutions is to scan an existing form and apply it as a backdrop. Once the backdrop is inserted, all that is needed is a map of the variable data from the application.

Creating the backdrop from scratch.

The Reform Designer comes with all the tools necessary to create any type of backdrop for forms. Since it uses a "what you see is what you get" approach, it is incredibly easy to use.

Reform uses the Windows system fonts to dynamically enhance the map information and can perform any font properties such as size and color. Third party fonts can be used as well.