<s>
PerForm	O
and	O
PerForm	O
PRO	O
were	O
electronic	O
form	O
programs	O
,	O
initially	O
designed	O
to	O
work	O
under	O
GEM	B-Application
in	O
DOS	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
versions	O
were	O
designed	O
to	O
work	O
in	O
Windows	B-Application
3.1	I-Application
,	O
at	O
which	O
point	O
it	O
was	O
succeeded	O
by	O
FormFlow	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
initial	O
version	O
of	O
PerForm	O
was	O
created	O
in	O
1988	O
and	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
product	O
released	O
by	O
Canadian	O
software	O
firm	O
Delrina	O
,	O
which	O
became	O
best	O
known	O
for	O
its	O
later	O
fax	O
software	O
program	O
,	O
WinFax	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
program	O
had	O
some	O
integration	O
with	O
Delrina	O
's	O
popular	O
WinFax	B-Protocol
program	O
,	O
enabling	O
users	O
to	O
fax	O
material	O
to	O
clients	O
based	O
on	O
information	O
entered	O
into	O
PerForm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soon	O
after	O
the	O
software	O
was	O
installed	O
on	O
Compaq	O
laptops	B-Device
that	O
accompanied	O
U.S.	O
troops	O
during	O
the	O
First	O
Gulf	O
War	O
,	O
where	O
it	O
was	O
used	O
to	O
requisition	O
"	O
everything	O
from	O
Coca-Cola	O
to	O
privies	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
electronic	O
forms	O
division	O
of	O
Delrina	O
was	O
sold	O
to	O
JetForm	B-Application
in	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JetForm	B-Application
in	O
turn	O
was	O
bought	O
by	O
Adobe	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
electronic	O
forms	O
products	O
were	O
officially	O
discontinued	O
in	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
