<s>
Adobe	B-Protocol
LiveCycle	I-Protocol
Designer	I-Protocol
was	O
a	O
forms	O
authoring	O
tool	O
published	O
by	O
Adobe	O
Systems	O
,	O
intended	O
as	O
a	O
one-stop	O
design	O
tool	O
to	O
render	O
XML	B-Protocol
forms	O
as	O
PDF	B-Application
or	O
HTML	B-Language
files	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Delrina	O
was	O
bought	O
by	O
Symantec	O
in	O
1995	O
,	O
which	O
subsequently	O
sold	O
its	O
Electronic	O
Forms	O
division	O
to	O
JetForm	B-Application
in	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JetForm	B-Application
(	O
later	O
renamed	O
Accelio	O
)	O
was	O
purchased	O
by	O
Adobe	O
in	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2004	O
,	O
Adobe	O
shipped	O
Adobe	B-Protocol
Designer	I-Protocol
6.0	O
for	O
use	O
with	O
Adobe	O
's	O
Intelligent	O
Document	O
Platform	O
and	O
with	O
version	O
6	O
of	O
the	O
Adobe	B-Application
Acrobat	I-Application
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
release	O
included	O
support	O
for	O
creating	O
dynamic	O
forms	O
with	O
data	O
propagated	O
by	O
the	O
Adobe	O
Form	O
Server	O
,	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
XML	B-Application
Data	I-Application
Package	I-Application
(	O
XDP	O
)	O
file	O
format	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
importing	O
existing	O
forms	O
from	O
Adobe	B-Application
Acrobat	I-Application
,	O
Adobe	O
Output	O
Designer	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Protocol
InfoPath	I-Protocol
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2004	O
,	O
Adobe	O
released	O
Designer	O
as	O
Adobe	B-Protocol
LiveCycle	I-Protocol
Designer	I-Protocol
7.0	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
LiveCycle	B-Application
suite	O
of	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Designer	O
7.0	O
is	O
bundled	O
with	O
Adobe	B-Application
Acrobat	I-Application
Professional	I-Application
7.0	O
(	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
only	O
)	O
and	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
stand-alone	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2005	O
,	O
Adobe	O
released	O
Adobe	B-Protocol
LiveCycle	I-Protocol
Designer	I-Protocol
7.1	O
as	O
a	O
stand-alone	O
upgrade	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Acrobat	B-Application
8	I-Application
shipped	O
in	O
November	O
2006	O
bundled	O
with	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
LiveCycle	B-Application
Designer	O
(	O
version	O
8	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LiveCycle	B-Application
Designer	O
was	O
included	O
with	O
Adobe	B-Application
Acrobat	I-Application
Pro	I-Application
Version	O
9	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
included	O
in	O
Adobe	B-Application
Acrobat	I-Application
X	O
Pro	O
as	O
Adobe	B-Protocol
LiveCycle	I-Protocol
Designer	I-Protocol
ES2	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
is	O
sold	O
separately	O
since	O
Adobe	B-Application
Acrobat	I-Application
XI	O
Pro	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
owners	O
of	O
a	O
prior	O
licensed	O
version	O
of	O
Acrobat	B-Application
Professional	I-Application
who	O
qualify	O
for	O
and	O
purchase	O
an	O
upgrade	O
to	O
Adobe	B-Application
Acrobat	I-Application
XI	O
Professional	O
also	O
qualify	O
for	O
a	O
free	O
upgrade	O
to	O
LiveCycle	B-Application
Designer	O
ES4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
core	O
support	O
for	O
Adobe	B-Application
LiveCycle	I-Application
ES4	O
ended	O
March	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adobe	O
suggests	O
upgrading	O
to	O
Adobe	B-General_Concept
Experience	I-General_Concept
Manager	I-General_Concept
Forms	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Designer	O
forms	O
are	O
structured	O
documents	O
with	O
a	O
hierarchical	O
structure	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
converted	O
into	O
XML	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
structure	O
can	O
include	O
structure	O
from	O
XML	B-Protocol
Schema	O
and	O
example	O
XML	B-Protocol
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Designer	O
forms	O
can	O
be	O
saved	O
as	O
PDF	B-Application
files	I-Application
or	O
XDP	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XDP	O
files	O
are	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
Adobe	B-Application
LiveCycle	I-Application
Form	O
Server	O
to	O
render	O
files	O
to	O
PDF	B-Application
or	O
HTML	B-Language
as	O
needed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PDF	B-Application
forms	O
made	O
in	O
Designer	O
can	O
be	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
dynamic	O
(	O
changing	O
layout	O
in	O
response	O
to	O
data	O
propagated	O
from	O
other	O
sources	O
)	O
,	O
interactive	O
(	O
capable	O
of	O
accepting	O
user	O
input	O
)	O
or	O
both	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
Designer	O
7.0	O
,	O
dynamic	O
features	O
of	O
these	O
PDF	B-Application
forms	O
can	O
be	O
manipulated	O
by	O
the	O
Adobe	O
Form	O
Server	O
during	O
the	O
rendering	O
process	O
,	O
or	O
by	O
the	O
Adobe	O
Acrobat/Acrobat	O
Reader	O
client	O
during	O
viewing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Designer	O
allows	O
JavaScript	B-Language
to	O
be	O
embedded	O
into	O
a	O
form	O
,	O
allowing	O
programmatic	O
changes	O
to	O
the	O
form	O
layout	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
communication	O
with	O
various	O
data	O
sources	O
(	O
SOAP	B-Application
,	O
OLEDB	B-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Besides	O
JavaScript	B-Language
,	O
Designer	O
includes	O
a	O
proprietary	O
scripting	O
language	O
called	O
FormCalc	O
(	O
in	O
Adobe	B-Protocol
LiveCycle	I-Protocol
Designer	I-Protocol
ES2	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Designer	O
works	O
on	O
a	O
Windows	B-Application
only	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Viewing	O
PDF	B-Application
forms	O
made	O
with	O
Designer	O
requires	O
Acrobat/Adobe	O
Reader	O
6.0.2	O
or	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PDF	B-Application
forms	O
made	O
with	O
Designer	O
cannot	O
be	O
edited	O
in	O
Adobe	B-Application
Acrobat	I-Application
,	O
only	O
viewed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
features	O
of	O
Designer	O
forms	O
are	O
dependent	O
on	O
'	O
user	O
rights	O
 '	O
activated	O
through	O
the	O
Adobe	B-Application
LiveCycle	I-Application
Reader	I-Application
Extensions	I-Application
server	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
applies	O
to	O
all	O
PDFs	B-Application
,	O
even	O
ones	O
created	O
with	O
Acrobat	O
and	O
other	O
3rd	O
party	O
vendors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Forms	O
created	O
by	O
Designer	O
are	O
an	O
incompatible	O
type	O
(	O
commonly	O
XFA	B-Language
forms	I-Language
)	O
and	O
are	O
not	O
in	O
general	O
compatible	O
with	O
existing	O
non-Adobe	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Owners	O
of	O
Acrobat	O
7.0	O
Professional	O
have	O
the	O
choice	O
of	O
making	O
acroforms	O
directly	O
,	O
or	O
using	O
the	O
bundled	O
(	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
)	O
copy	O
of	O
Designer	O
to	O
create	O
XFA	B-Language
forms	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
a	O
form	O
object	O
is	O
bound	O
to	O
an	O
XML	B-Protocol
node	B-Data_Structure
,	O
the	O
value	O
from	O
that	O
node	B-Data_Structure
may	O
only	O
be	O
extracted	O
once	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
several	O
objects	O
share	O
the	O
same	O
binding	O
,	O
only	O
the	O
first	O
object	O
will	O
receive	O
the	O
node	B-Data_Structure
value	O
when	O
the	O
form	O
is	O
processed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
limitations	O
in	O
the	O
ability	O
of	O
Designer	O
to	O
parse	O
HTML	B-Language
and	O
display	O
it	O
in	O
a	O
form	O
;	O
Designer	O
cannot	O
handle	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
fundamental	O
tags	B-General_Concept
,	O
including	O
ordered	B-General_Concept
list	I-General_Concept
,	O
unordered	B-General_Concept
list	I-General_Concept
and	O
tables	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Livecycle	B-Application
Designer	O
may	O
be	O
the	O
best	O
tool	O
available	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
users	O
to	O
build	O
dynamic	O
pdf	B-Application
forms	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
known	O
to	O
have	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
bugs	O
and	O
Adobe	O
does	O
not	O
give	O
it	O
the	O
level	O
of	O
support	O
that	O
it	O
does	O
other	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
