How to render livecycle forms to html?

Hi,
I read in the adobe livecycle designer help that forms can be rendered to html but was unable to find detailed explanations or a tutorial on how to do this. Is it possible to do it, and if so, how?
Thanks for your help!

LiveCycle Forms ES is the server component of the LiveCycle suite for rendering forms, PDF and HTML. LiveCycle Designer is the tool for designing an .xdp that can be rendered by Forms ES as PDF or HMTL.
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