Upgrading from LiveCycle ES to LiveCycle ES Update 1
Adobe introduced LiveCycle ES Update 1 in June 2008. The latest release includes enhancements to installation, administration, application development, and end-user experiences. LiveCycle ES Update 1 offers a variety of benefits and reasons to upgrade from the previous version, LiveCycle ES, introduced in June 2007.
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While moving from LiveCycle 7 to LiveCycle ES Update 1 is an upgrade project — and moving from LiveCycle ES to ES Update 1 is a simple upgrade event — moving from other Adobe server products to Update 1 is a true migration. You'll want to prepare your teams to recode applications and re-create processes. They'll also need to redesign templates for applications that dynamically generate interactive forms or personalized documents from enterprise data. Adobe and many Adobe solution partners have consulting services available to assist your enterprise throughout the process.
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While Adobe continues to sell and support this product family, LiveCycle Output ES is offered as an optional migration path for customers who own Adobe Central Output Server, Adobe Central Pro Output Server, and Adobe Web Output Pak (and other selected products in the Central Output Server family).
Customers can exchange their copies of Central family software for a comparable configuration of LiveCycle Output ES software.
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What is involved in migrating from LiveCycle 6 to LiveCycle ES Update 1?
If you're a LiveCycle 6 Forms user, you may have to migrate your forms, and you may have to migrate applications that use the Forms 6 APIs. When LiveCycle Forms ES detects that it is rendering a form that was originally targeted for Forms 6, it will render it in a compatibility mode that preserves the way the form looks and behaves. But once you make any changes to the form in LiveCycle Designer ES, it will render differently. You'll have to update your form so that it renders the way that you want. Some of the APIs have been changed as well, so you may need to port your applications to use the new LiveCycle ES APIs instead.
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What is involved in migrating from Adobe Workflow 6 to LiveCycle ES Update 1?
If you are an Adobe LiveCycle Workflow 6 customer, you'll have to re-create your processes. LiveCycle ES is a Java™ based application, while Workflow 6 is a native Microsoft® Windows® application. There is no compatibility between Workflow 6 and LiveCycle ES. Your forms fall into the same situation as LiveCycle Forms 6 customers. They will render in LiveCycle ES, but as soon as you make modifications to them in LiveCycle Designer ES, you may have to modify the forms to get them to render as they did previously.
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Forms Server 5 customers will have to migrate to LiveCycle ES in two distinct steps. The first step is to import all your form templates into LiveCycle Designer ES. Your forms must be converted to the LiveCycle ES format to be rendered. Much of the layout in your original forms will be preserved. You will also have to rescript any events that you have configured to execute because the scripting model and language are different in LiveCycle ES. Your previous scripts will be commented out during the import, so you can easily see what they used to do.
You'll also have to port your applications that used the Forms Server 5 APIs to the new LiveCycle ES APIs.
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What is involved in migrating from Adobe Document Server to LiveCycle ES Update 1 technically?
There are several types of users of the Adobe Document Server. If you're using Adobe Document Server to assemble documents, you'll have to convert your Adobe Document Server XML commands files to the new DDX files. DDX files give you more flexibility to create and manipulate your PDF files.
If you're using Adobe Document Server to extract data from AcroForms, you'll need to re-create your forms in LiveCycle Designer ES. You can import your PDF forms as an artwork layer, and then re-create the interactive elements on top of it. Once you re-create your forms in Designer ES, you'll be able to read and write XML data to and from your form. Once your form reads and writes XML, you will be able to more easily pass the data to and from your enterprise applications.
You should continue to use Adobe Document Server if you're using either the XSL-FO layout or image manipulation features.
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If I have Adobe Document Server, which LiveCycle solution component do I migrate to?
Adobe Document Server customers have a variety of migration path options. Please contact Microinput representative for more information.
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Adobe Document Server for Reader® Extensions upgrades directly to Adobe LiveCycle Reader Extensions ES, which activates hidden functionality within Adobe Reader to enable capabilities such as form fill-in and save, annotations, signatures, and more.
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What is involved in migrating from Adobe Acrobat Elements Server 6?
Acrobat® Elements Server 6 customers will have to pay close attention to any applications that your organization created with the Elements Server APIs. The Elements Server 6 APIs are no longer available in LiveCycle ES, so you will have to port your applications to use the new LiveCycle PDF Generator ES APIs. The same types of operations are possible, so all you should have to do is swap out the old calls for the new ones.
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Are there other previous-generation products?
There are many other legacy products that you can migrate to Adobe LiveCycle ES. For each product that generates interactive forms or dynamically generated documents, you'll have to migrate your templates by either importing them into Designer ES or re-creating them. You'll also have to port your applications to use the new LiveCycle ES APIs.
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How do I know if my previous generation product is still supported?
Please contact Microinput representative for more information.
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How do I prepare to migrate to LiveCycle ES?
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Please contact Microinput representative for more information.
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Can I get a trial version of LiveCycle PDF Generator ES Update 1?
Yes. You can download LiveCycle ES Update 1 — along with most of the solution components — as part of the Adobe LiveCycle ES trial.
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If your organization holds a current maintenance and support contract, your designated point-of-contact receives an e-mail containing a complementary upgrade coupon and detailed instructions on the process when each new version is released. If you don't have access to this e-mail or if you would like to Need to Know More? about the process, contact Microinput customer service.
