LiveCycle User Assign Tasks have a neat User Interface for settings deadlines. Setting it up with a timeout and a route to follow after the deadline has elapsed is all done graphically. It is well documented and pretty easy to follow. Recently a customer came to me, asking to deadline … Continue reading
Category Archives: Designing Processes
Pre-populating forms with LiveCycle ES
Summary The recommended pre-population technique is on the server as part of a Livecycle ES process. This provides the best user experience and allows leverage of the full power of LiveCycle ES. This is the default implementation for LiveCycle forms rendered as Form Guides or HTML, as you already have … Continue reading
Processes, Orchestrations, Services, and other confusing terminology
Introduction There are a number of different terms used in Adobe LiveCycle Process Management, including process, orchestration, workflow, service, and component. These can be confusing. Part of the reason for the proliferation of terminology is the history of the Process Management product and industry trends, and this blog entry tries … Continue reading
What do the LiveCycle ‘Process Fields’ really do?
Background In order to integrate a LiveCyc le PDF form into LiveCycle Process Management, you need to embed some special fields into your form. The LiveCycle documentation does indicate what these fields are for, but doesn’t really explain exactly how they are used and populated. Process Field Documentation Link This … Continue reading
Using the Avoka XQuery Service Component
In this article, we showcase the XQuery Avoka Service Component and demonstrate a simple solution using server side logic. Continue reading
Creating a Read-only copy of a form
Overview Very often, as part of a process, you’ll want to create a read-only copy of a form, and store it somewhere, or email it to someone. There are various ways of achieving this, and they vary in different ways. Making the fields read-only It’s possible to make all the … Continue reading