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Chapter 4: LiveCycle Development Tools
LiveCycle provides a set of tools that developers can use to define, design, and develop applications. Workbench
includes prebuilt components and other application building blocks so that developers, designers, and business
analysts can work together to create user interfaces and process flows. Designer is the graphical form design tool that
simplifies the creation of forms. The LiveCycle SDK provides a set of samples and tools that developers can use to build
new LiveCycle applications or integrate with existing applications.
LiveCycle Application Development Workflow
This illustration shows an example of the application development workflow of a LiveCycle application. Some steps
are optional, and the order of the steps is suggested.
Model and create processes
Workbench is an integrated development environment (IDE) that process developers, form developers, and form
authors use to model, create, or automate processes and forms. Workbench includes the tools necessary for designing
Guides (deprecated), PDF forms, process flows, and output templates in a collaborative environment. The Eclipse-
based development environment can also include Flash Builder, which developers can use to develop RIAs that
facilitate end-user participation in business processes. With Flex components, developers can extend the functionality
of Guides (deprecated) and customize Workspace.
Note: Flash Builder is a separate development tool which is licensed with Foundation.
Note: The Flex Worksapce is deprecated for AEM forms. It is available for the LiveCycle ES4 release.
Java
Web Service
REST
Flex Application
Users
Policies
Email
Watched folders
Process
Form
Guide
Flex app
Watched
Folder
LiveCycle Application Development Workow
applications. The order of the steps is only a suggestion.
Also, applications do not typically require each step or all the listed items.
1. Create a data
model
2. Create client
applications
3. Create custom
LiveCycle
components
environment
5. Develop and test
application assets
6. Package for
deployment
Optional StepOptional Step Optional Step
4. Congure the
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