Adobe LiveCycle Barcoded Forms "Lunch & Learns"

If you have any technical questions about 2D Barcoded forms or would simply like to learn how to use 2D Barcodes with Adobe LiveCycle Designer, feel free to attend one of our informative "Lunch & Learn" sessions:
Every Thursday and Friday in January: "The Fundamentals of Barcoded Forms and PDF417"
Thursdays and Fridays in January at 12:00pm Eastern
https://intercall2.webex.com/intercall2/j.php?ED=88914647&UID=0
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https://intercall2.webex.com/intercall2/j.php?ED=88914822&UID=0

Hi Cristian,
You can find a good amount of detail about the product on the home page at http://www.adobe.com/barcodedforms but for pricing you will have to contact one of the local reps. Also feel free to send me a note ([email protected]). At a high level the licensing works by the number of forms in use.
Datamatrix Barcodes you can be produced with Designer 7.1 and Reader 7.0.5 and above. They could be prepopulated using the Adobe LiveCycle Forms product quite easily.
Most Barcode engines will be able to read Datamatrix, QRCode, and PDF417. The current release of the Stand Alone decoder can read PDF417. The 7.0 decoder can read all 3. These are independent of whether or not the engine is passed a PDF or not. The decoder basically looks for either TIF or PDF files to decode.

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Adobe LiveCycle Barcoded Forms Differences

I am aware there are two offerings of Adobe LiveCycle Barcoded Forms: Adobe LiveCycle Barcoded Forms, and Adobe LiveCycle Barcoded Forms "ST". Does anyone know where I can find a list of differences between the two products? Thank you in advance.

Hi James,
The "ST" version is a stand-alone offering that simply works as a Windows service watching folders for incoming files and decoding them.
The "non-ST" version is integrated with the LiveCycle ES product so that more complex operations can be performed that include other LiveCycle functions.

How do I acquire LiveCycle Barcoded Forms Decoder?

I have seen in various areas of the Adobe website that this is available for purchase as a seperate Enterprise product, but cannot see how to do this. Even downloading a trial at this stage would be very useful to make progress on a project.
This comment from: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Acrobat/9.0/Standard/WSB6B0B0A6-FD16-4d4b-A729-815994F689BF.ht ml
"Note: Acrobat Capture and LiveCycle Barcoded Forms Decoder are standalone products appropriate for enterprise workflows and are sold separately from Acrobat."
As background, we are not developing the barcoded form, we will just receive a form which we will scan, extract the data and save it in an XML file.
Any rapid help would be greatly appreciated!
Regards
JOHN

Adobe® LiveCycle® Reader® Extensions ES2 now includes the Barcoded Forms right and you are licensed to install and use the decoder service is part of that purchase. When you install LiveCycle just be sure to select the Barcoded Forms piece which will include the decoder service.
http://www.adobe.com/products/livecycle/readerextensions/
If you'd like to learn more about when it does need to be licensed, take a look at this blog entry: http://blogs.adobe.com/asktheexperts/2009/06/adobe_livecycle_barcoded_forms.html.

How do i purchase access to LiveCycle Barcoded Forms?

I am currently creating a form in Adobe Livecycle ES2. I want to put a PDF417 2D barcode on the form containing the data of the fields in the form. The customer should be able to use Adobe reader to fill out the form and the barcode should update with the field information. However to do this i need to purchase a license for LiveCycle Barcoded Forms. In order to get this license it seems that I need to purchase Livecycle reader Extensions ES2. However the product is not available online and when contacting Adobe no one knows how I can purchase this product. I have been in contact with: Adobe customer service Denmark, Adobe support Denmark, Adobe sales Denmark, Adobe customer service Sweden, Adobe Support Sweden, Adobe Sales UK, Adobe support UK, Dustin Denmark (Adobe reseller).
Does anyone know how to purchase this product or how much it costs to purchase?
An additional question i have is if there is a product that works in a similar way for Adobe Acrobat X Pro? Or do i also need Livecycle reader Extensions ES2 to unlock user rights for barcoded forms made with Acrobat X Pro?

Ok i give up!
For other Adobe users looking for this product. Please consider that it is impossible or nearly impossible to purchase a license for it! I have contacted the following with no luck:
Adobe customer service Denmark
Adobe support Denmark
Adobe sales Denmark
Adobe customer service Sweden
Adobe Support Sweden
Adobe Sales UK
Adobe support UK
Adobe Sales US (through the phone no. listed on the web page for the product)
Adobe Support US
Dustin Denmark (Adobe reseller)
Avoka (Adobe partner)
4Point (Adobe partner)
Please keep in mind that there are other easier ways to unlock user rights.

A few questions on capabilities of Livecycle barcoded forms

I'm looking at options for automating an existing paper-based form, and have a couple of questions on the capabilities of Adobe barcoded forms:
- Complex validation: There is a section of the form which requires entry of an address history for the last 5 years. The addresses entered must be validated to ensure that there are no gaps or overlaps in the time periods for each address. Is this level of validation possible?
- Some of the information on the form needs to be pre-populated from information available in a database(e.g. for renewal applications). Is it possible to generate part-populated forms on the fly, and send these to users to complete the remainder? (rather than requiring the user to enter all fields)
TIA for any help.
Ian

I believe you're looking at the wrong product, LiveCycle Barcoded Forms is a decoder for decoding information from the paper forms barcode object if it's place on the form.
- Complex Validation: If I understand correctly you want to check the set of entered addresses to make sure that there is no gap in the time line. If so, then yes, this can be done iwth a validation script on the form.
- Form Prepopulation: Yes, this is typically done using LiveCycle Forms (previously known as Form Server).
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SAP Adobe Livecycle barcode printing issue

SAP Adobe Livecycle: The Barcode printing using internal table: Even though the value is not there in the bar code field column of the internal table, for some reason it is printing the bar code for all lines. Does anyone know why?

Iam not sure but this might be the problem .
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WOW ... this is very nice .
I like your idea about using special font to get this effect.
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Adobe LiveCycle Designer Form Emailing Help

I have a survey that has some drop down that users can rate on the form. I was able to get it to work where the user can click on "Submit to Email" button and sends it out as an attachment. All textboxes shown what the user has type in, but the drop down has no value. How can I configure the drop down so that it is in the form?

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Adobe Barcoded Forms and LiveCycle Licensing

If you add a Paper Forms Barcode object to a fill-and-print PDF form using either Designer or Acrobat and the value of the barcode will change while opened within the free Adobe Reader then the PDF form you are distributing needs to be licensed with an Adobe® LiveCycle® Barcoded Forms ES license. I need to create a dynam ic barcode that users can change using Adobe Reader and print the form with barcode intact. It's for use in a pre-K school. Usage will be limited to 200 students per year.(Creating 200 forms that teacher's will fill out). I believe this is my solution, but pricing may be way too high. What are my options and have I been correct so far? There is no server, only a WORKGROUP environment. Thanks.
Tom: Ok, so from the Adobe side, yes, LiveCycle Forms is the only tool that can achieve this. It used to be called Barcoded Forms ES, now it is just Forms ES2. Unfortunately it is a server only product so you would need a server.
Tom: List price is around 85k, so I think it might be a bit more than you guys need unfortunately.
Tom: We don't really have a basic barcoded forms piece for smaller initiatives, unfortunately.
Visitor: Yikes!
Visitor: What are my options?
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Visitor: If I purchase Acrobat Standard(I created the form is Professional) for 5-10 people, that should do the trick as long as the Adobe READER user doesn't change the barcode information, correct?
Tom: Honestly, I'm not sure. Acrobat isn't something I am an expert on.
Tom: You could try Adobe Formscentral as well as using Acrobat.
Tom: Otherwise you'd have to try the Acrobat forums or user community as I don't have a lot of info about it.
Visitor: The forms are printed by the teacher/evaluator and hand-written to be scanned when completed(End of month, etc). A barcode decoder(Kofax Express) will read the barcode and rename the file according to the barcode data.
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Can a Pre-K school receive an educational
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Adobe LiveCycle Designer 7.1 - Barcoded Forms Changes

For those of you that have upgraded to Adobe LiveCycle Designer 7.1 you should notice that there are a few changes to the Paper Forms Barcode object interface.
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=====error===================================
2006-03-07 16:30:17,287 WARN [com.adobe.document.XMLFormService] $$$/com/adobe/document/xmlform/msg.XFA=dataPrep is not a valid attribute of barcode, Attribute not loaded. Line 27066.
2006-03-07 16:30:17,646 INFO [com.adobe.document.XMLFormService] $$$/com/adobe/document/xmlform/msg.timing=!PERFORMANCE! XMLFormFactory.PAexecute() Setup + mpoFormAgentFactory->PAexecute Time: 0.74395 seconds
2006-03-07 16:30:17,646 DEBUG [com.adobe.document.XMLFormService] $$$/com/adobe/document/xmlform/msg.generic=XMLFormFactory::PAexecute mpoFormAgentFactory->PAexecute returned
2006-03-07 16:30:17,646 INFO [com.adobe.document.XMLFormService] $$$/com/adobe/document/xmlform/msg.timing=!PERFORMANCE! XMLFormFactory.PAexecute() Total Time: 0.74427 seconds
2006-03-07 16:30:17,646 DEBUG [com.adobe.document.XMLFormService] $$$/com/adobe/document/xmlform/msg.generic=XMLFormFactory::PAexecute - returning
2006-03-07 16:30:17,662 WARN [com.adobe.formServer.RunTimeContext] class com.adobe.formServer.PA.XMLFormAgentWrapper : mid:29226 tid:2424.2688 sev:w text: dataPrep is not a valid attribute of barcode, Attribute not loaded. Line 27066..
2006-03-07 16:30:17,693 DEBUG [com.adobe.document.XMLFormService] $$$/com/adobe/document/xmlform/msg.generic=XMLFormFactory::PAexecute - entered
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2006-03-07 16:30:17,974 WARN [com.adobe.document.XMLFormService] $$$/com/adobe/document/xmlform/msg.XFA=dataPrep is not a valid attribute of barcode, Attribute not loaded. Line 27066.
2006-03-07 16:30:18,724 WARN [com.adobe.document.XMLFormService] $$$/com/adobe/document/xmlform/msg.XFA=Argument invalid: not supplied/range/etc.
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2006-03-07 16:30:20,787 DEBUG [com.adobe.document.XMLFormService] $$$/com/adobe/document/xmlform/msg.generic=XMLFormFactory::PAexecute mpoFormAgentFactory->PAexecute returned
2006-03-07 16:30:20,787 INFO [com.adobe.document.XMLFormService] $$$/com/adobe/document/xmlform/msg.timing=!PERFORMANCE! XMLFormFactory.PAexecute() Total Time: 3.10126 seconds
2006-03-07 16:30:20,787 DEBUG [com.adobe.document.XMLFormService] $$$/com/adobe/document/xmlform/msg.generic=XMLFormFactory::PAexecute - returning
2006-03-07 16:30:20,818 WARN [com.adobe.formServer.RunTimeContext] class com.adobe.formServer.PA.XMLFormAgentWrapper : mid:29226 tid:2424.2688 sev:w text: dataPrep is not a valid attribute of barcode, Attribute not loaded. Line 27066..
2006-03-07 16:30:20,818 WARN [com.adobe.formServer.RunTimeContext] class com.adobe.formServer.PA.XMLFormAgentWrapper : mid:18458 tid:2424.2688 sev:w text: Argument invalid: not supplied/range/etc..
2006-03-07 16:30:20,818 WARN [com.adobe.formServer.RunTimeContext] class com.adobe.formServer.PA.XMLFormAgentWrapper : mid:12369 tid:2424.2688 sev:w text: PaperFormsBarcode1 'access' attribute should explicitly be set to 'nonInteractive'. Field will be drawn as a boilerplate..
2006-03-07 16:30:20,818 WARN [com.adobe.formServer.RunTimeContext] class com.adobe.formServer.PA.XMLFormAgentWrapper : mid:29461 tid:2424.2688 sev:w text: XFAImageService: Image cannot be resolved for node: PaperFormsBarcode1..
2006-03-07 16:30:20,834 WARN [com.adobe.formServer.RunTimeContext] class com.adobe.formServer.PA.XMLFormAgentWrapper : mid:18177 tid:2424.2688 sev:w text: ImageStore does not contain the key [F[0].pbarcode[0].detail[0].PaperFormsBarcode1[0]]. Hint: The addImage method must be called first..
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