What is the latest version of adobe livecycle designer for mac?

[hari_kdr]

Hello Guys,

I am new for Adobe LiveCycle Designer.

Can some one guide me what is the latest version for Mac.

Thanks in advance.

Regards

HARI

[Niall_O_Donovan]

Hi,

LiveCycle Designer ES2 is a Windows only application. It is part of the LC Enterprise Suite.

However I use it on a Mac, using a virtual machine running Windows 7.

Hope that helps,

Niall

Assure Dynamics

[hari_kdr]

Hi Niall,

Thanks for your reply,

you mean that there is no version at all for MAC to create form. I just want to make sure this...

regards

HARI

[Niall_O_Donovan]

Hi HARI,

That is correct, there is no version of LiveCycle Designer ES2 for Mac. LC Designer is Windows only. 

However, you can still create forms in Acrobat and there is a version of Acrobat for the Mac.

Good luck,

Niall

Assure Dynamics

[hari_kdr]

This is intresting for me....

if you don't mind, can you please provide me the details. because i really need a software for creating forms in MAC.

thanks in advance.

regards

HARI

[Niall_O_Donovan]

Hi HARI,

It is difficult to recommend a solution without more details. It can depend on what purpose the form is for and how the user will access and use the form, and submit the form back to the originator. Also whether you need the form to interact with a database.

When using LC Designer ES2 or Acrobat, you are creating "PDF" forms (the nature of the PDF is different, but don't worry about that for the moment). Even though these may have been developed on a Windows OS, they can still be used on Acrobat/Reader on Mac OS.

Maybe if you outline the type of form you want to create and why it needs to be developed on Mac OS.

Do you have Acrobat already installed on the Mac?

Niall

[hari_kdr]

Hello Niall,

Once again thanks for your reply...

Here is the link that how i am looking for...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NP7vVv3_brI

i am looking for that kind of forms.

Hope this will help you to give the right details for my question...

Regards

HARI

[Niall_O_Donovan · Accepted solution]

Hi HARI,

Yes, that short video is demonstrating LC Designer (albeit an earlier version).

The video is showing how to create a dynamic form, where you can add and remove items at runtime and have other dynamic features. Do develop this type of form you will need LC Designer ES2 (current version 9). As I said this runs on Windows, so you would need a virtual machine on the Mac to run Windows.

LC Designer comes with Acrobat X Pro for Windows (Note it does NOT come with Acrobat X Pro for Mac). See http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/matrix.html.

You also need to consider what your users will have to fill in the forms: Acrobat OR Reader. There are some features that will not be available in Reader unless you Reader enable the form. For example users with Reader will not be able to save their data in a form that has not been Reader enabled.

More info on that here: http://assure.ly/gYyYc2

You can also see some short sample forms here, which will give you an idea on some of the dynamic features: http://assure.ly/eEPuCM. All of these were created with LC Designer.

Forms that are created in LC Designer are in accordance with the XFA specification. They are wrapped in a PDF wrapper that allows then to be opened in Acrobat/Reader. However they are not like a standard/native PDF and some standard Acrobat features, like commenting may not be available.

You can also create forms directly in Acrobat, these are called AcroForms. They can be used to collect data, but generally don't have the same level of dynamic behaviour that you saw in the video.

There are plenty of examples on the forums, so I would recommend that you explore these before you make any purchase. There can be a learning curve, depending on whether you have scripted before. 

Hope that helps,

Niall

[hari_kdr]

Thanks a lot Niall,

Really helpful answer...

i'll go through indetail.

once again thanks for the valuable informatin...

Have a great day

regards

HARI