Adobe LiveCycle Designer Form Development
What You'll Learn in Adobe LiveCycle Designer Form Development
Course Length:
Learning Objectives
- Building a Form Template
- Setting up Designer Preferences
- Setting Presentation Options
- Building a Library Group for Custom Objects
- Formatting a Text Field to Place in the Library
- Building a Dynamic Form with an Expanding Field
- Building a Dynamic Form with an Expanding Table
- Building Exclusive Checkboxes Using Action Builder
- Building a Multi Signature Form without Auto Populate Date Fields
- Building a Multi Signature Form with Auto Populate Date Fields
- Building a Calculation (FormCalc vs. JavaScript)
- Saving a Form as Reader Extended
Target Student
Anyone new to the program and others who are experienced in the program gain from this class. This training benefits Form Developers, Form Managers/Records Managers, IT personnel, and Government Forms and support personnel.
Course Outline
Building a Form Template
- Form Types in Adobe LiveCycle Designer ES4
- Master Page Development
- Drawing Aids Settings
- Standard Object Library and Key Objects Used
- Form Development Utilizing a Border Box
- Palettes (Object, Layout, Accessibility and Border)
- Custom Objects for Page Display
- Saving a Template File
- Template Manager
- Creating a New Form from a Template
- Static Forms vs. Dynamic Forms
Setting Up Designer Preferences
- Toolbars (Left of Workspace)
- Tabs Above the Form
- Library Groups (Right of Workspace)
- Palettes
- Drawing Aids
- Form Properties
Building a Library Group for Custom Objects
- Adding a New Library Group
- Renaming the Library Group
- Properties and Sharing
- Adding Objects to the Library Group
Formatting a Text Field to Place in the Library
- Changing the Caption Location
- Changing the Appearance
- Changing the User Input Properties
- Changing the Border
- Changing the Fonts (Label and Value)
- Setting the Accessibility Properties
Building a Dynamic Form with an Expanding Field
- Master Page Objects
- Pagination Settings
- Body or Design Pages
- Wrapping Objects in Subforms
- Positioned vs. Flowed Content
- Object Settings in Flowed Content
- Layout Settings for Field Expansion
- Allow for Page Breaks Between Pages
- Saving the Form as a Dynamic Form
- Preview PDF for Testing the Form
Adding Slide Annotations
- Adding Slide Annotations
- Add Annotations
- Annotation Modes
- Annotation Settings
Building a Dynamic Form with an Expanding Table
- Master Page Objects
- Pagination Settings
- Body or Design Pages
- Wrapping Objects in Subforms
- Positioned vs. Flowed Content
- Object Settings in Flowed Content
- Layout Settings for Field Expansion
- Allow for Page Breaks Between Pages
- Action Builder to Build the Add and Delete JavaScript Scripts
- Enabling “Repeat Row for Each Data Item” with Enabled Min Count for Repeating Row
- Dynamic XML Forms
- Preview PDF for Testing the Form
Building Exclusive Checkboxes Using Action Builder
- Build and Identify the “YES” “NO” Checkboxes
- Action Builder to Build the Scripts
- Preview PDF for Testing the Form
Building a Multi Signature Form without Auto Populate Date Fields
- Placing Signature Fields on the Form from the Standard Library
- Creating and Managing Signature Collections
- Assigning Collections to Signatures
- Preview PDF for Testing the Form
Building a Multi Signature Form with Auto Populate Date Fields
- Placing Signature Fields in Forms
- Changing the Field Names in Hierarchy or the Binding Tab
- Modifying the “Change” and “Pre-Sign” Event Scripts for Each Signature Field
- Creating and Managing Signature Collections
- Assigning Collections to Signatures
- Preview PDF for Testing the Form
Building a Calculation (FormCalc vs. JavaScript)
- Adding Decimal and Numeric Fields to the Form
- Changing the Patterns for the Display Types
- Changing the Script Editor to Choose Languages
- Entering Code and Differences with Both Languages
- Checking Script Syntax Errors Before Testing
- Preview PDF for Testing the Form
Saving a Form as Reader Extended
- Opening the Form in Adobe Acrobat Pro
- Saving the Form as Reader Extended
- Opening the Form in Adobe Reader to Test Saving Data
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Adobe LiveCycle Designer Form Development
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