Creating a Document Definition for ABBYY FlexCapture

Turn a published ABBYY FormDesigner form into a Document Definition by exporting it to XFD format and importing the file into ABBYY FlexiCapture.

An important advantage of ABBYY FormDesigner is that once you have created a form in ABBYY FormDesigner you automatically get a form description that can be used to create a Document Definition in ABBYY FlexiCapture.

To get a description for ABBYY FlexiCapture:

1. Create a form in ABBYY FormDesigner.
2. Publish the form (File → Publish Form).
3. Export the published form to XML Form Definition format (File → Export To → XML Form Definition…). In the Export to XML Form Definition dialog box that appears, provide a name for the file and browse to the folder where it will be stored.
4. Run ABBYY FlexiCapture and open the Document Definitions dialog box (Project → Document Definitions…).
5. Click Import and select the newly-created *.xfd file.

For more information, please refer to Exporting a Form to XML Form Definition format (*.xfd)