Agile Architecture
Current Architectural Frameworks Developments in Flex ShriKant Vashishtha 08 Nov, 2008
Adobe® LiveCycle® ES (Enterprise Suite) software is an integrated J2EE server solution that blends electronic forms, process management, document security, and document generation to help you create and deliver rich and engaging applications that reduce paperwork, accelerate decision-making, and help ensure regulatory compliance. Read more from https://www.adobe.com/products/livecycle/Ok, now what Flex has to do with LiveCycle ES ? Just have a look at the below diagram showing the technology summary of LiveCycle ES.
Using Adobe® LiveCycle® Designer ES software, you can create form and document templates that combine high-fidelity presentation with XML data handling. This gives you the ability to create dynamic forms that closely mirror the paper forms they will replace. A unified design environment with an intuitive graphic interface makes it easy to quickly design and maintain templates, define business logic, and preview them in real time before they are deployed. Read more at https://www.adobe.com/products/livecycle/designer/While you can use Flex for 'shopping cart' kind of user interactions, you can use PDF (precisely called Interactive PDF) for form filling and submission interactions. Well!, Where this can be useful and why this sounds like a complex solution ? Actually no. The Flex and PDF is just a small part of the LiveCycle ES and the other components in LiveCycle ES together provide solution for Enterprise Business Process Automation, RIA, eForms, Financial Services, Governments, Manufacturing and so on. IMHO, one of the marketing factor for LiveCycle ES product is PDF. Be it manufacturing business process or Financial or eBusiness, you might require to produce a paper during the workflow. for example Commercial Invoice, receipts, Purchase order and so on. PDF is the best way to reproduce a paper document in electronic format. Adobe Reader is installed in 80% of PC (as per Adobe). This enables the end users of LiveCycle ES, especially the SME's to participate in workflow as a client using free Adobe Reader. If possible I will try to cover more details about the LiveCycle ES components on my next blog.;)