Adobe® LiveCycle® Forms was initially introduced to the LiveCycle family in LiveCycle 6.0 (released in June 2004, under the name of Adobe LiveCycle Form Server). Earlier generations of this software include Adobe Form Server 5.0 and a variety of products known under the Accelio or JetForm brands. Growing in capabilities with each release, LiveCycle Forms has been enhanced from generation to generation.
To learn more about the benefits of upgrading to the LiveCycle Forms ES2 module, choose the tab that best represents your current software version.
Forms ES or Update 1
Upgrading to LiveCycle Forms ES2
What are the top reasons to upgrade to Adobe LiveCycle Forms ES2?
Adobe LiveCycle Forms ES2 includes the following new features:
- Render support for Dynamic XDP Assembly capabilities
- API and Service to clear the cache and ability to specify cache directory
- Forms IVS extended to reference forms in repository
- Assembling forms into a SWF based PDF Portfolio
- Ability to create guided data capture experiences without having to develop an associated XDP form
- Ability to rapidly develop guides without coding
- Ability to create documents of record using the Common Data Model
- Easy integration into LiveCycle processes
- Ability to swap CSS for generated HTML forms, improving portal integration and making it easier to comply with accessibility guidelines for HTML forms
- Event-based cache invalidation
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Forms 7.x
Upgrading to LiveCycle Forms ES2
What are the top reasons to upgrade to Adobe LiveCycle Forms ES2?
The top reasons to upgrade to Adobe LiveCycle Forms ES2 include:
- Reduce time to market and development times of rich, engaging form applications.
- Leverage industry standards, such as PDF, XML, HTML, and FLV, to extend forms beyond the firewall and throughout the enterprise.
- Empower business users to quickly design and create XML templates that can be dynamically rendered in PDF, HTML, or SWF.
- Dynamically assemble multiple PDF files into a single package.
- Generate active PDF documents from Adobe Flex® applications that include graphical assets such as graphs and charts.
- Enjoy real-time messaging with quality-of-service control to optimize IT resources.
- Deploy and manage rich Internet applications (RIAs) and form guides inside a JSR-168–compliant portal application server, without having to do any portal-specific programming.
- Easily create, deploy, and manage data capture applications using form fragments.
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Previous generations
Upgrading to LiveCycle Forms ES2
- What is involved in migrating from LiveCycle 6.0 to LiveCycle ES2?
- If you're a LiveCycle 6.0 Forms user, you may have to migrate your forms, and you may have to migrate applications that use the Forms 6.0 APIs. When LiveCycle Forms ES2 detects that it's rendering a form originally targeted for Forms 6.0, it will render it in a compatibility mode that preserves the way the form looks and behaves. But once you make any changes to the form in Designer ES2, it will render differently. You'll have to update your form so that it renders the way that you want. Some of the APIs have been changed as well, so you may need to port your applications to use the new LiveCycle ES2 APIs instead.
- What is involved in migrating from Adobe Form Server 5.0 or other forms-based products to LiveCycle ES2?
- Form Server 5.0 customers will have to migrate to LiveCycle ES2 in two distinct steps. The first step is to import all of your form templates into LiveCycle Designer ES2. Your forms must be converted to the LiveCycle ES2 format to render. Much of the layout in your original forms will be preserved. You'll also have to rescript any events that you have configured to execute because the scripting model and language is different in LiveCycle ES2. Your previous scripts will be commented out during the import, so you can easily see what they used to do. You will also have to port your applications that used the Form Server 5.0 APIs to the new LiveCycle ES2 APIs.
- How will LiveCycle Forms ES2 upgrade licenses be calculated?
- Migration scenarios for prior-generation family licensees vary. Contact your Adobe representative to evaluate your specific migration options.
- How do I know if my previous generation product is still supported?
- We offer online resources for you to find out more about Adobe enterprise support policies. You can also view a complete matrix of product versions and find out what technical support services are available.
