Hello, I was trying to understand what would constitute a good minimum criteria set which can help determine when to opt for Forms? - specifically about Forms OSGI and not JEE (which I understand is a BPM which was formerly LC).We often get asked as to why it wouldn't just be prudent to design forms...

MC Stuff wrote... jakej40603950 wrote... One con of using the oak index seems to be that the developer has no control over whether the solr or lucene index will be used since it seems to be based on cost calculation done by jackrabbit. But this seems avoidable by having only solr indexes in the re...

Hello, What would be the pros/cons of a custom solr integration implementation vs using solr oak index?By custom implementation, I mean using the solrJ APIs to index and search for content or doing something similar to what's outlined in this link:https://helpx.adobe.com/experience-manager/using/aem...

Thanks for the answer.So are static xmls the only way to feed data into data dictionaries? No way to get them from osgi / web service?

As per this document on data dictionary, it's used to add data from backend sources into an adaptive document.:https://helpx.adobe.com/aem-forms/6-1/data-dictionary.htmlBut there's no mention of how it does this. Is it through OSGI services? Also can it accept input parameters? Is there any link tha...

Hello,Reposting to the right forum:I came across this link which talks about capability of converting HTML to PDF in 'PDF Generator':https://helpx.adobe.com/aem-forms/6-1/aem-document-services-programmatically.html?#PDFGeneratorServiceI was trying to understand what the end result of this conversion...

Thanks Scott for the answer.I do know clientlibs are used to add styles. My question was mainly around applying styles through the use of cq:designPath as given here: http://blogs.adobe.com/sunil/2015/04/29/aem-developers-apply-a-design-to-the-aem-sightly-template/In case of cq:designPath, all style...

Hello, Had a question regarding AEM designer.From what I have read of it (mainly from here : https://docs.adobe.com/docs/en/aem/6-2/develop/the-basics/designer.html) it's used to give different look and feel to the same set of components / pages depending on the design path that is set on the page. ...

This makes sense thanks.

Hello, I was just wondering why the new forms in AEM are called 'adaptive'? Is it because of their responsive design in that they will adapt the layout and look / feel based on the device used? Or is there some other functionality that explains the use of that term?Often, prospective clients ask abo...