The IForms interface serves 2 purposes:

1. The IForms::Search method searches and the iterator pair IForms::GetFirstObject / IForms::GetNextObject retrieve the found form space records. The form space is a hierarchical tree structure consisting of descriptive nodes. Each node in turn can hold other descriptive nodes and PDF form template files. Thus the form space is a concept to group the PDF forms inside a logical, hierarchical structure.

   Each node and leaf of the form space is described by a mandatory medForms OID, a name, a Boolean value if it is a node or a leaf, and an optional UID, where UID stands for the unique company specific ID assigned by the Federal Statistical Office. The given OID always stems from the medForms OID space and is supplied as absolute OID or as shortened form (e.g. medforms.20.30.5050), where «medforms» is the abbreviation for the medForms base OID
    

2. The IForms::StartUpdate / IForms::UpdateStatus methods allow to update and extend the above mentioned form space as well as the PDF forms itself. The asynchronous update process can be started at any time, concurrently to the normal processing. However, the COM module starts the process automatically if the last update is older than 14 days.

• IForms **GetForms(void);