What is a "form" or where we should use "form"?(solved)

I read this word from article of "NeLGeorgesForms", but after reading , I can't guess where to use form (or you can say I don't "get" that concept), so need someone to give me clues. Thanks.

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RE: What is a "form" or where we should use "form"? - Added by molator over 4 years ago

Georges is used to manage the sheets,
xml files which describe the data of the game.

RE: What is a "form" or where we should use "form"? - Added by sfb over 4 years ago

sambsp,

For all intents and purposes a 'sheet' and a 'form' are nearly the same thing. A file such as uglymonster.creature is a form and a sheet based upon how the forms are loaded - a form becomes a sheet when it has an associated sheet ID in the sheet_id.bin file. Some parts of the code only load the forms since they just need the rapid binary loading but not a sheet ID. The significance of the sheet ID is that only that ID needs to be transmitted between the client and server and the other end can quickly look it up.

HTH!

Thanks,
sfb
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RE: What is a "form" or where we should use "form"?(solved) - Added by sambsp over 4 years ago

As I go back to read the information, I find I forget to say thanks. So, many thanks to molator & sfb.

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