Where to find documentation, samples, and tutorials

The following resources can help you start building forms and applications.

Learn about LiveCycle

Learn about LiveCycle and get important information about Designer that was not available when the product documentation was written.

Documentation

Description and location

LiveCycle Overview

Provides an overview of LiveCycle.

See LiveCycle Overview.

Workbench Help

Available from the Help menu when you install Workbench.

Creating Dynamic Forms with Adobe LiveCycle Designer by J.P. Terry

Shows you how to use Designer to create interactive and dynamic forms.

Available at Adobe Press.

Get started with samples and tutorials

These tutorials take you through the process of creating forms for LiveCycle applications. Form samples help you learn about form design techniques and provide a starting point to creating a form design. Scripting samples demonstrate quick and simple form solutions.

Documentation	Description and location
Quick Start tutorials	Designed to get you started on creating forms using Designer. See any of the following tutorials: Creating a purchase order form, Creating a purchase order form that has a flowable layout, and Creating and using fragments in form designs.
Tutorial for creating a LiveCycle application	See Creating Your First LiveCycle Application.
Designer form fragment tutorial	Walks you through the steps of working with form fragments. See Designer form fragment tutorial.
Form samples	Designer includes a selection of complete samples, each one accompanied by a form design, sample data, and/or schema, and the final version of the form. The samples are installed with Designer in the default location installation directory under \...\EN\Samples.

Add calculations to forms

Use FormCalc to build calculations into Designer forms.

Documentation	Description and location
FormCalc Reference	See Introducing FormCalc.

Enhance forms by using scripts

Use scripts to build intelligence into forms.

Documentation

Description and location

Scripting Basics

Provides an overview of how you can use scripting to develop and enhance forms that are created in Designer.

See Scripting Basics

Scripting samples

You can experiment with the sample forms and apply the techniques to your own work.

Go to the Adobe Developer Connection to get the latest sample forms.

Scripting Reference

Describes the objects, properties, and methods that are available for scripting in the Designer environment.

See Scripting Reference.