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January 23, 2009

Using Assembler to Create PDF Portfolios (PDF Packages)

You can use the Assembler service to combine multiple documents into a PDF Portfolio that specifies how a viewer application’s user interface presents collections of file attachments. When your process or application invokes Assembler, it provides a Document Description XML (DDX) that describes the PDF Portfolio you want to produce. This article describes different types of PDF Portfolios and the DDX expressions you can use to produce them.

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October 17, 2008

Creating a Simple Calculation with FormCalc

You can use the FormCalc scripting language to quickly add basic calculations to a form. Adding basic calculations to a form enhances the form-filling experience by eliminating the need for users to manually calculate values by hand, and helps to reduce data entry errors.

This video clip shows you how to add an arithmetic funtion to an object to perform a basic calculation. Thanks again to Lauren McGuire-Wood, our summer intern, for creating it!

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To learn more about using FormCalc, go to the LiveCycle Designer ES Help and search for FormCalc.

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September 25, 2008

Adding dot leaders to a form

You can now add dot leaders to text on a form using LiveCycle Designer ES Update 1 (8.2). Dot leaders are useful when you want to create a table of contents in a form or want to uniformly align text in columns.

The following link takes you to a video clip that shows you how to add dot leaders to a form. Thanks to Stephanie Legault, a developer on the LiveCycle Designer team, for creating it!

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To learn more about dot leaders, go to the LiveCycle Designer ES Help and search for leaders.

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September 11, 2008

Using fragments in a form

Fragments is a feature in LiveCycle Designer ES that makes it easier to re-use pieces of a form. This video clip introduces you to fragments, their benefits, and demonstrates how to create them. Thanks to Lauren McGuire-Wood, our summer intern, for creating it!

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To learn more about fragments, go to the LiveCycle Designer ES Help and search for fragments.

Posted by Ginette Thibault at 10:11 AM | | Comments (0)