LiveCycle is primarily a workflow engine, that is the core of the original product that became LiveCycle server. Adobe has extended the original product with PDF integration, Data Services, etc. All told, what it allows you to do is build workflow applications that leverage the capabilities of Adobe's other product offerings. You could, for instance, build a workflow system fronted by a Flex app, running CFMX with integrated Data Services on the server, all of which integrates PDF as the data entry mechanism for the workflow in LiveCycle. The filled out PDF can go through the workflow and end with a completed PDF document stored in a document management system like Documentum for future reference.
The market position for the product is in the replacement of paper-based business processes, which can be modeled in LC and replaced one by one without having to deploy a big integrated enterprise application at a cost of months of effort and millions of dollars in licensing and consulting fees. On 10/6/07, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It's possible. You certainly tend to be correct when you are > categorical about something. > > However, I think we are talking about different frames of reference. > The context of the briefing was the importance of the Business Objects > acquisition for the Adobe ecosystem. It was given by the vice > president for Product Strategy. It was not a how-to session. Within > that frame of reference, he used a graphic reminiscent of the OSI > layer model, in which the dev tools -- labeled that way and including > CS3 -- were on the layer above LiveCycle. Workbench was not mentioned > (tho yes, it exists) but Workbench would be irrlevant to the > mainstream press. > > However I make no claim to expertise in LiveCycle -- at all -- and yes > I will be checking on this. Would have anyway. > > > On 10/6/07, Jochem van Dieten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ** Private ** wrote: > > > I didn't say it was a dev tool, Jochem. I said that it is the > > > foundation for these dev tools, architectually. This per the press > > > briefing at MAX. > > > > I'm sure you misunderstood something there. LC is not the architectural > foundation for any (development) tool but LC Workbench. But don't take my > word for it, get a second opinion from someone who has been working with LC > for a while. > > > > Jochem > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Enterprise web applications, build robust, secure scalable apps today - Try it now ColdFusion Today ColdFusion 8 beta - Build next generation apps Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:243762 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
