Adobe Forms Designed

Hi All,
I need to develop Adobe forms. When I go to Layout editor using transaction SFP, it gives me an error that Adobe Forms designer needs to be installed on desktop. I have SAP GUI installed locally on my machine and probably need to install Adobe Forms designer locally on my machine. Does anyone know where I can download this software from? The one available on service.sap.com is for the server not for the desktop.
Any ideas where I can get it from?
Thank in advance.

Hi,
you need to install Adobe Lifecycle Designer and install it on your desktop. You can download it from service.sap.com Check FAQs of interactive forms
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/adobe?rid=/library/uuid/2a8a0a37-0301-0010-f794-aecd1bb426e0#q-4
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