Service-oriented architecture Java EE server software product from Adobe Systems used to build applications that automate a broad range of business processes for enterprises and government agencies.Wikipedia

Sep 08, 2010 Similar to our Open Source efforts, most of our ideas for posts come from clients. For this post, we will address a question from a client evaluating Adobe LiveCycle ES2 and TSG’s Active Wizard as part of a forms effort. “In a nutshell, what are the differences between Adobe LiveCycle and Active Wizard?”. I have used for several years Adobe Livecycle in an enterprise environment. I am looking for an alternative, that would be able to meet the same usage needs that I had on that scenario. We had: 1 - Designer to create PDF templates, that could be fed with data to be dinamically generated. 2 - API for generating PDF document based on template. Livecycle is a great program but it doesnt seem to do everything I need it to do. For instance I cant embed the livecycle forms into a website like I an with acroforms. The reason why I cant just convert it to a pdf and embed it is because I need it to be a xml form as well as I need it to behave in.

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• Adobe's successor for the JetForm technology was released June 7, 2007, as Adobe LiveCycle Enterprise Suite (ES), part of the Adobe LiveCycle suite.JetForm-Wikipedia
• While the primary motivation for RTMP was to be a protocol for playing Flash video, it is also used in some other applications, such as the Adobe LiveCycle Data Services ES.Real-Time Messaging Protocol-Wikipedia
• Flex was upgraded to support integration with remote data sources, using AMF, BlazeDS, Adobe LiveCycle, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, and others.Adobe Flash-Wikipedia
• XFA forms are saved internally in PDF files or as XDP (XML Data Package) files which can be opened in Adobe's LiveCycle Designer software.XFA-Wikipedia
• In 2013, Distiller Server was discontinued in favor of the PDF Generator component of Adobe LiveCycle.Adobe Distiller-Wikipedia
• Adobe plans to integrate Scene7's products into Adobe LiveCycle, the company's suite of server software products, at an unspecified time.Scene7-Wikipedia

• The laptops also came with pre-installed software, such as Adobe CS5, Adobe LiveCycle ES2, Microsoft Office 2010, and Microsoft Forefront.Digital Education Revolution-Wikipedia
• Several products by Adobe, most notably its LiveCycle ES Suite, use files in XDP format.XML Data Package-Wikipedia
• In December 2004, Adobe released Designer as Adobe LiveCycle Designer 7.0 as part of the LiveCycle suite of products.Adobe LiveCycle Designer-Wikipedia
• SED, one of these solutions, is using Adobe LiveCycle Digital Rights Management (LCDRM) as an encryption method to deliver documents.Secure Electronic Delivery-Wikipedia
• Datalogics PDF Java Toolkit, formerly known as Adobe PDF Java Toolkit is a pure Java API developed at Adobe Systems as part of Adobe LiveCycle and available to application developers and systems integrators from Datalogics.Datalogics-Wikipedia
• This process was later acquired by Adobe Systems, and is now part of the Adobe LiveCycle suite of products.Enterprise forms automation-Wikipedia
• Previously available only as part of Adobe LiveCycle Data Services ES, on December 13, 2007 Adobe announced that the technologies included in BlazeDS, along with the Action Message Format specification, were contributed to open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL v3) with the source code being available for download from early 2008.BlazeDS-Wikipedia
• WebSphere and MongoDB, and in particular Adobe ColdFusion, Railo, Lucee, and Flex Data Services.FusionReactor-Wikipedia

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As Adobe LiveCycle’s support comes to a close (extended technical support ends March 2020), we’re taking a look at why a PDF SDK is the perfect alternative for your company.

Intro to Adobe LiveCycle

Firstly, let’s dive into Adobe LiveCycle itself. The product included a dedicated Adobe server that you could attach to your servers in order to process your files. This was ideal for processing documents and storing files. You could also have your own server, and on your business premises too. LiveCycle was mainly used for form designing including XFA (aka dynamic) forms.

What is the replacement for LiveCycle?

The replacement product for LiveCycle is Experience Manager Forms. The main issue with this replacement is that it is extremely expensive, costing well into the hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of dollars to purchase.

What is an alternative to LiveCycle?

A PDF software development kit is an ideal alternative that doesn’t break the bank and is fully customizable by your organization, whether client or server-side. With an SDK you can build something yourself instead of getting another service software that will likely be discontinued in a few years such as OpenSSO, Microsoft Forefront, Google Wave, and Adobe LiveCycle itself. You can transfer existing forms to a new lighter SDK and perform functions like annotate and sign without changing the forms.

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The case for Foxit PDF SDK

There are many reasons why Foxit PDF SDK is a better alternative to Adobe Experience Manager Forms. Here are some of the main ones:

Cost savings

You can integrate Foxit PDF SDK into your system for much less than an Adobe alternative. If you are willing to create your own infrastructure, or want to have us do it for you, you can do so with PDF SDK. The software we offer is cost-effective and extremely customizable; with Adobe you cannot code on top of Creative Cloud whereas with our lightweight SDK you can with ease.

Document workflow handling capabilities

With a lightweight web-based PDF SDK like Foxit’s, you can build a document structure online to suit you. Your structure can be as simple as having XFDF files and HTTPS requests (built in secure APIs to receive and send out requests). If you want to get more complex, you’ll simply need some tools to connect to the server. With JavaScript-based PDF SDK, it enables you to be more dynamic with your workflows.

Adobe Livecycle Forms

Edge case success rate

PDF SDK was built to handle even the most complex PDF files and document management workflows and supports 99% of edge cases. Our dedicated support team of engineers help you solve infrastructure issues and enable you to do what you want with a web server that is fast, transfer data without issue and is flexible to your needs.

Many PDF SDK customers have achieved what they needed to and more with Foxit. We’re the choice of many companies who were users of Adobe LiveCycle but found its replacement too expensive and cumbersome. As the price of this replacement goes up and up, it pays to use the industry’s leading SDK.

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