Regarding Adobe livecycle 7.5 ST Output

Hi,
I am using Adobe livecycle 7.5 ST version for decoding the Adobe forms. Sometimes livecycle generates 0 byte file as output.
But when i try to decode the same file in another environment, it decoded successfully.
Can anyone help on this issue?
Vee Gee

I'd have to agree that it is a significant upgrade. Perhaps not for features/benefits but in effort.
I can't provide any specifics because we chose not to convert but I can give you an idea on what tasks you might encounter.
I hope you don't have many forms and very little VBScript or default scripting and don't use the API for presenting forms for filling.
We have lots of forms (150 presentation screens [forms] producing 500+ printed forms via the Central Pro Output Server). All the presentation screens use VBScript and they are presented to the user with a VB program using the API. To get the capabilities we needed we used all the stuff that makes the conversion a major effort.
We would have to learn the software, redo the presentation screens, learn the new data model, learn JavaScript, rewrite, test and debug 100s of lines of scripting and learn the new API and rewrite the presentation program. And then to top it all off we would probably have to purchase the horrendously expensive Reader Extension software.
We don't have the staff, time or money for that effort. Besides, we are still in the process of converting forms from our older systems and doing a conversion in the middle of the conversion just doesn't make sense.
All the postings for help in these forums also makes me extremely leary. At least Adobe has put staff to actually helping customers that post here. To begin with that wasn't occurring.

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