After you have specified the transformation input by using the Transformation Input File (TIF) Editor, you must generate the files that will be used as input to the form transformation tool.
Depending on the scope of your input specifications, you must generate all five or fewer files. For more information about the specifications that each input file contains, see Understanding Form Transformation Input Files.
Before you begin this procedure, you must do the following:
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Install the TIF Editor. For more information, see How to: Install the Transformation Input File Editor.
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If you have forms that are based on the standard application forms, import the standard application input files. For more information, see How to: Import Transformation Input Files.
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If you have forms that are not based on the standard application forms, then add these forms to the TIF Editor. For more information, see How to: Get Forms in the Transformation Input File Editor.
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If you have forms that are not based on the standard application forms, then import the list of form types, definitions, and their matching page types that you will use for lookup. For more information, see How to: Import Form to Page Mappings.
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Confirm that every form that you want to transform has the page type specified. For more information, see How to: Specify PageType.
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Confirm that every list form that you want to transform that has an associated card form has the CardFormID specified. For more information, see How to: Specify CardFormID.
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Define additional input specifications for the form transformation tool. For more information, see Specifying Form Transformation Rules with the Transformation Input Files Editor.
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(optional) Validate the form transformation. For more information, see How to: Validate Form Transformation.
To export files from the TIF Editor
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In the Transformation Forms window, select the forms for which you want to export specifications from the TIF Editor.
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In the Transformation Forms window, click Setup, and then click Transformation Setup Card.
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In the Transformation Setup window, under TIF path Export, verify the path to which the transformation input files will be exported, and then close the window.
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In the Transformation Forms window, click Functions, and then click Create All Transformation Input.
NoteTo create the transformation input files one at a time, click Functions, click Create Transformation Input, and then select one of the transformation input files.