Adobe Form Requirement on Developer's PC/NB

Hi,
Got question for Adobe Interactive Forms, need help and advice.
1.What do we need to install on developer's PC for ADS ? NW Developer StudioAdobe Design ToolsCAF or NWDS+ADT ?
2.Do we have to connect to JDI ? In another hand, do we need CMS (change management service) ?
3.Do I need local J2EE engine on every developer's PC ?
Need some one's kindly advice, please help.
Tanks,
James

Hi
It all depends how do you going to do developemnt.
If you do disributed development than you'll need NWDI (CMS).
ADS is configured on some of the runtime systems.
for example the one you are going to deploy to.
You don't need to have ADS on every server (developer WebAS) you can use one only and configure every local WebAS to connect to the central ADS server.
For local Interactive forms developement you need:
NWDS + Adobe designer 7.0

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