Fetch a Sample Input File

To begin working with MapForm, double click on the MapForm Icon, or right click then select Open.  The Design Screen utilized by MapForm will open and will be empty at this point. When you open MapForm, the toolbar changes to show the options available in MapForm.

The map form design area. The form is an empty grid and there are two empty listboxes that will show floating fields and offset fields as they are added to the form.

The next step is import a sample input file from your application.  To import a file that you placed on a PC, click thefetch a sample output icon on the toolbar.  A dialog box will appear which will allow you to specify the location of the file.  MapForm will load the sample file into the Design Window as shown below. 

The imported file loaded into the design window.

Remember:The output file from your application becomes the sample input file for FormFusion.