Testing
There are two "tests" available for forms.
An XML test is available from the Tools menu 
(shown when Form:Name (data) 
is selected). This
builds the XML file.
Form test is available from 
menu when Form:name (form) 
is selected. The same Build toolbox is used to build the
load file for the entire project. The load file is the "output" from
FTForm Plus and the purpose of the program. The other buttons in the
build toolbox control the build process.
Form testing is quite slow in Asian languages as the entire font is loaded. This is the trade off for blazingly fast production (FormTrap Server) speeds as FormTrap downloads only those glyphs (characters) required and will print in Chinese from a standard US specification laser printer. For test, you can circumvent some of the slow test times by selecting just the "locale" set for the country in which you are operating. FormTrap is happy to help you with this, please email us.
The color button 
on selects color printing (unselect 
for Black and White), while
the "fast" 
button on processes substitution images fast (unselect 
for best graphic quality). This is required where web-resolution
images (72 dpi) are used.
Note on Images: These days, most logos are poor quality 72 dpi from web sites. These can be used, but require the FormTrap Server, Processing tab Option BestImage for acceptable print quality. FormTrap prints to minimum 300 dpi and normally 1200 dpi printers. Image scaling should be avoided by forming an exact sized image at 300 dpi or better. Overheads for BestImage increase document production times by a factor of at least 10.
Build generates the file for the FormTrap Server (or Linux system), the one file supports PCLXL, PostScript and direct PDF file output.
The PDF button 
performs an immediate test, is the preferred option for testing and
shows a directly-generated PDF file.
The two printer language buttons ( 
PostScript and 
PCLXL) show an image of the document as converted from
the original language. This is slower.
The test process runs silently through these procedures before showing you the image.
- Build of the form to a temporary file. For Asian fonts this can be around a half minute as fonts are huge.
- Loading of the above file per the FormTrap Server's "New data folder" process, to a temporary folder, again this is impacted by Asian fonts and may be as much as 10 seconds.
- Processing of the input file per the FormTrap Server, generating an XML file for Form Processing, this same file is output.
- Output of a PDF or PostScript or a PCLXL file, depending on user selection.
- Translation of PostScript or PCLXL file to PDF where required
- Viewing with Adobe PDF Viewer.
Build or Test may stop with an error message where the form is incomplete or the form does not recognize the file. Error messages are found HERE.
Build
Build 
opens this window where the build parameters are selected.
Output path: is where the built file is placed. The default location is shown, project name is the default file name, with extension .ftzip.
We strongly recommend suffixing the build name with the date of the build as 2018-12-31 (yyyy-mm-dd), see example.
Unicode subranges, Type pulls down offering selections of the glyph set to be downloaded (glyph is a character shape).
ASCII is OK for US English only. Special symbols and currency symbols (Euro for example) are available in the ASCII + Punct. and Currency selection.
The full Unicode set is normally HUGE and should only be selected where required.
If you want assistance in defining a Custom font sub-range, please email Support@FormTrap.com with your Windows Locale (normally equates to country).
Display: allows error reporting selection.
Version: applies only to forms developers servicing a wider market where users may have obsolete software. This allows files to be built for earlier versions of the FormTrap Server. Existing build files of any version selection run with current software (at January 2020).
Build now builds the file. The .ftzip file is the output from this program (and is used to Load/Reload the Data File by the FormTrap Server).
Close (update changes) updates the project with any changes to the build folder and build selections, then closes this window.
Close (ignore changes) closes this window with the prior information, ignoring changes made in this window.