Adobe LiveCycle Designer Form Development

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