Stefan Cameron on Forms

Just a quick note to let all of you know I’ll be attending BFMA Symposium 2007 in St. Louis, Missouri, over the course of the next few days. I’m looking forward to meeting many of our customers to get some feedback on Designer 8.0 and answer some questions in person for a change.

I’ll also be giving a demo of all the new and exciting features available in Designer 8.0 along with a sneak peak at what’s in store for the next release during Adobe’s “Product Tutorial” session (#09 at 9:45am on Monday, May 7, for those of you attending) led by Alain Roy, one of our Product Managers. Please join us if you can!

If you’re attending, you’ll also want to make sure you check-out Adobe’s “E-Forms Come of Age” session (#40 at 3:00pm on Tuesday, May 8 ) where Alain will demonstrate a new feature we’ve been working-on that will completely change the way your users/customers interact with your forms — you won’t want to miss this!

Mike Potter will be giving a training session on LiveCycle Designer at Adobe MAX 2006 next month.

As he prepares for his session, I’d like to give you an opportunity to influence what he’ll talk about so that his session is as valuable to you as possible:

• Are there specific features you’d like to see a demo for? Dynamic Subforms? Conditional Breaks? Data-Nominated Subforms? Data Binding?
• Should he talk about form design methods like why and when to use repeating (dynamic) subforms, how to validate your form prior to submission, etc.?
• Anything else?

Have you seen Mike Potter’s LiveCycle @ MAX Google Calendar ? It’s a great way to see all the LiveCycle -related sessions being offered at the Adobe MAX 2006 conference this year.

I think many people still think or expect that MAX is still all about the former Macromedia products such as Flash, Flex and Dreamweaver. While there’s still lots of focus on those really cool applications, Adobe has added a whole slew of sessions on LiveCycle products such as Designer, Workflow, Forms and even a preview of what we’ve got in store for LiveCycle 8!

Adobe has just released details about Adobe MAX 2006, along with schedules and track information.

Where does Designer fit in all this? You’ll find a whole track on Adobe’s LiveCycle products, including a hands-on session on Designer, on the LiveCycle Track Agenda.

Make sure you register early. This is an event not to be missed!

I just got word of this free online event this week at Adobe.

Here’s the blurb:

Join us to learn about the Adobe engagement platform, including Flex, and other Adobe technologies by attending Adobe Developer Week. This free, week-long event features live, online sessions presented by Adobe technology experts. See live demos and get your questions answered by the experts during interactive Q & A sessions. Register online at the Adobe website.

While there are lots of very interesting sessions, these are the ones I found, after a quick search, which are related to LiveCycle:

• Increase Efficiencies by Automating Form-Based Processes
• An Introduction to Adobe LiveCycle Workflow and QPAC Development
• Building Applications Using LiveCycle and Flex

Don’t wait to sign-up for sessions — spots are limited and they’re going fast!