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Design considerations for snapshot form processing

When designing a form to be used with snapshot form processing, keep in mind the following design considerations.

Executing Axiom queries

Axiom queries in the form document are executed according to the normal file processing requirements. If you are performing multipass processing and you want an Axiom query to be executed for each pass, that query must be active and must be enabled for Refresh during document processing. For more information on executing Axiom queries during file processing, see:

These Axiom query rules only apply to the target form being processed. If the target form uses Embedded Form components, the child forms displayed as embedded forms are refreshed as normal and are not considered to be part of the document processing. Any Axiom queries that would be run in the Axiom forms environment when the child form is first loaded will be run for each pass of file processing. For more information, see the Embedded forms section of this topic.

PDF settings in the form

During snapshot form processing, the PDF form settings apply as normal to generate the PDF:

  • The Is PDF property on the Form Control Sheet is set to On for each pass. This means that you can dynamically show or hide certain components in the form during the snapshot form processing.

  • The PDF Size and PDF Orientation settings on the Form Control Sheet are honored when generating the PDF.

For more information, see Configuring an Axiom form for printing.

Embedded forms

Although snapshot form processing can be executed on a form that contains an embedded form, the results will likely not be as expected. Only the parent form is filtered by file processing. Additionally, shared variables are not passed to child forms during file processing.