LiveCycle ES 8.2: Building Applications

Adobe LiveCycle ES: Building Applications provides developers the skills needed to utilize solution components in building LiveCycle ES applications. The course gives developers hands on experience in creating, deploying, testing and administering processes.

Audience

This course is for anyone with a programming background. To gain the most from this course, you should:

• Be familiar with basic programming concepts, processes and constructs • Have a basic understanding of XML terminology and structure • Be familiar with building forms using Adobe LiveCycle Designer or the Workbench

Course Outline

Unit 1: Introducing the Course Introducing Mastery Learning Understanding the Course Format Reviewing the Course Prerequisites

Reviewing the Course Outline

Unit 2: Introducing Adobe LiveCycle ES (Enterprise Suite)

Understanding LiveCycle ES LiveCycle ES architecture

Getting help and other resources

Unit 3: Getting Started with Adobe LiveCycle Workbench ES

Understanding the relationship between Eclipse and Workbench ES

Exploring the Workbench ES interface

Unit 4: Creating a Process

Process Concepts Creating processes in Workbench ES

Creating process diagrams

Unit 5: Using Data in a Process

Adding Resources to the LiveCycle Repository Preparing forms for use in LiveCycle applications

Defining variables for a process version

Unit 6: Assigning Tasks to Users in a Process

Defining operations in a process diagram

Using process data on different forms

Unit 7: Interacting with a Process via the Workspace

Managing processes

Using the LiveCycle ES Workspace

Unit 8: Implementing Business Rules to Control Process Flow

Selecting routes based on business rules

Unit 9: Monitoring and Troubleshooting Process Versions

Monitoring applications

Troubleshooting an application

Unit 10: Interacting with Databases

Interacting with databases using the JDBC service Using the Execute SQL Statement operation Selecting database data

Selecting multiple rows of database data

Unit 11: Using Email in a Process

Configuring Email Notifications Using the Email service in a process

Initiating processes via email

Unit 12: Using the Forms Service Within a Process

The Forms service Rendering forms as part of a process Using custom render and submit services

The Form Augmenter service

Unit 13: Creating and Rendering Form Guides Within a Process

Form Guides Using a form guide in Workspace ES

Customizing Form Guides

Unit 14: Generating PDFs from Other Document Types

Understanding the PDF Generator service Reading and writing files using the File Utilities service

Creating a short lived process using the PDF Generator service

Unit 15: Using the Rights Management Service to Secure Documents

Examining Document Protection The Rights Management service Applying Rights Management to a PDF in Acrobat Securing Microsoft Office documents with policies

Protecting a document as part of a process

Unit 16: Using the Reader Extensions Service

Understanding the Reader Extensions service Using a Reader Extensions ES digital certificate Using the Reader Extensions Service from the web interface Reader Extending a document as part of a process

Using a watched folder endpoint

Unit 17: Branching in a Process Creating Gateways