Use of Adobe Intractive forms in SAP

Hi All,
I wanna make use of Adobe intractive forms in one application. when i use transaction SFP and click on the layout tab i get following error message.
Could not start Layout Designer (see long text)
Message no. FPUIFB086
Diagnosis
The forms design tool for developing the form layout could not be started; either it is not installed or there are errors in the installation.
Procedure
Make sure that you have the forms design tool installed on your desktop (the tool is part of the SAPGUI installation).
Also read SAP Note 801524.
I looked for the same issue on SDN and someone resolved it after installing 'SAP JAVA Stack' while some other resolved it by installing 'Adobe life cycle designer 8.0' .I raised an AHD for the same but CCD guyz say that there is nothing like that.
Can anyone suggest solution for this if you have faced same issue.
Thanks!

Hi,
The same kind of issue was faced.
The solution is:
Installation of Adobe Life Cycle Designer.
Regards,
Amee.

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