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July 6, 2023
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Is there an alternative to Adobe Live Cycle for developing fillable forms?

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Is there an alternative to Adobe Live Cycle for developing fillable forms?

 

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Randy Hagan
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Community Expert
July 6, 2023

At its simplest, Adobe Acrobat creates useful and easy fillable forms, and has rudimentary tracking tools for small volumes. For the web there are all kinds of options wrapped around a number of different tools. What kind of fillable forms are you looking to create, and what do you want to do with them?

 

Randy

mptc58Author
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July 6, 2023

It is a form that is posted on our network that departments can download.  It is used to order printing for our in-plant print shop.  They fill it out and click on a "Submit by Email" button at the bottom.  It is designed in such a way that if all the "required" information is not filled out, a red box appears around the field that is missing.  The file comes to me as a .xml file and I import it into the fillable form, assign it a number and send a copy back to the ordering department.  I can then save the form to our computer as a pdf for tracking purposes.

BobLevine
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 7, 2023

If you have a website or intranet you'd be better off with an HTML-based form. You could even use a Google form for what you're looking for.

BobLevine
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 6, 2023

Depends on how complicated you want them. 

mptc58Author
Participating Frequently
July 6, 2023

It is a pdf form with multiple text fields, check boxes and two drop down "Date" fields.  I developed it years ago in Live Cycle and now it needs to be edited. It tried editing in Acrobat but it does not work.

John Mensinger
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 6, 2023

If attempts to edit in Acrobat failed, I don't think there is any other application that can open and edit the existing file. You'll have to rebuild the form anew.