Testing, Build and RegEx
RegEx Expression Maintenance
Your FormTrap System comes with a number of standard RegEx expressons plus maintenance facilities to add, remove and edit expressions. Ourselves, other users or yourselves may generate additional expressions which require inclusion in your installation set.
RegEx expressions are of two types:
Rule Expressions used to identify documents, areas, fields and areas within fields
Field Normalizations used to extract or represent data
Three tools are provided: Rule expression wizard and Field normalization wizard to allow the addition, edit and delete from the list of standard RegEx expressions; and import facilities from the currently loaded form.
Changing a Rule Expression in Situ
Rule Expressions are used at various stages in FTForm8 for logic to recognize documents, records, record areas, fields and field components. Rule expression additions are rare, most unique Rule Expressions are amended in situ, as shown below.
This shows the standard Contains rule, with the content of the field inserted.
This shows the amended rule, allowing either SUPPLIER or PURCHASE.
Rule Expression Wizard
The Tools area contains three icons for RegEx Expressions.
This shows the 
Rule Expression Wizard icon used to add a new Rule Expression for
the above case. The new rule (Contains either one of two) appears in the
Rules List on completion of this Window. We recommend using FIXME or FIXMEx
as items in the expression to be replaced.
This is the Rule Expression window allowing maintenance activity on the set of rules for this system. Rule expression changes or additions are rare.
Field Normalization Maintenance
The 
Field Normalization icon is used to
modify the list of Field Normalizations that convert incoming data to the desiredS format.
Users commonly modify the list of Field Normalization rules for their circumstances.
Pressing the icon opens a list of existing Field Normalization expression, with Add (new)..., Add (copy)..., Edit... and Remove... buttons available.
This shows adding a new Field Normalization, with most of the task complete, using the Testbench to confirm results.
Individual lines within a Field Normalization, may be individually selected, amended and tested, as shown.
Import Custom Field Normalizations
The 
Import Customer Field Normalizations
icon is used to import custom Field Normalizations from the current form into the Field
Normalization list (imported are the RegEx expressions, named as #1 (field name)).
The program reports the number of expressions imported and advises use of the Wizard
to change their names from the default imported name provided.
This shows two imported items, first, in the Field Normalization list.