Render Form Guide & Submit Form Guide

Hai all,
Could anyone tell me where can I find the properties or explanation for the Render Form Guide & Submit Form Guide services of Samples-Forms category, in Workbench ES?
Thanks,
Aswani.

Thanks a lot Scott..
Your explanation was really helpful..
I just want to tell you the reason, why I raised such a question.
When I first started to work on the rendering of forms using Livecycle Workbench & Workspace ES, I got to read two different pdf.s..
both named "fggettingstarted"..
which explains clearly the steps, right from creating a form, till rendering the same in workspace..
In the first link mentioned below, it is said to use "Render Form Guide" service & in the second link, "Render Form Guide ES Update 1" service..
Thats where, I got the doubt which one to use?
Please check out with the below links..
Under the topic "Creating an xfaForm variable" in the Chapter "Using a Form Guide in Workspace ES".
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/livecycle/es/fggettingstarted.pdf
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/livecycle/8.2/fggettingstarted.pdf
Thanks!
Aswani.

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