Hub

Follow these steps to get started with the Hub prerelease:

1. Install and deploy LiveCycle PDF Generator ES on your server. Download a free trial version of LiveCycle if you do not already have it installed.
2. Download the hub prerelease software
3. Follow the installation and setup instructions for the Hub prerelease

4. Ask questions and share your feedback in the Hub forum

   Please note that your submission of comments, ideas, feature requests and techniques on this and other Adobe maintained forums, as well as Adobe's right to use such materials, is governed by the Terms of Use.

Below you'll find references and links to help you participate in the Hub community.

Online Forum

Ask questions and discuss ideas with other Hub users in the Labs forums.

• Visit the Hub forum

Please note that your submission of comments, ideas, feature requests and techniques on this and other Adobe maintained forums, as well as Adobe's right to use such materials, is governed by the Terms of Use.

Resources

If you want to learn more about releases on Labs as well as other Adobe technologies, visiting a user group or connecting with an Adobe Community Expert is a great place to start.

• Find a user group
• Find an Adobe Community Expert

• FAQ
• System Requirements
• Release Notes

FAQ

What is Hub?

Hub is a client AIR application that connects to LiveCycle ES services for the purpose of generating PDFs or assembling different PDFs into packages. It demonstrates how to connect a client desktop to LiveCycle ES services using LiveCycle Remoting. The drag-and-drop client interface allows the user to upload files, watch the progress and retrieve the content back to the desktop with a single gesture. Hub was developed in response to customer requests for a client connector to Adobe LiveCycle ES.

What can developers do with Hub?

Developers can use Hub to connect to new LiveCycle ES services from the desktop. New processes created with LiveCycle workbench can be exposed to the desktop through Flex Remoting.

What other Adobe products do I need to use Hub?

Hub requires a LiveCycle ES Update 1 to be installed on a server and configured with LiveCycle PDF Generator ES. In addition the following LiveCycle Archive (LCA) files available for download with the HUB should be deployed on the server:

• PDFHubAssembler
• PDFHubPackage
• PDF3DDemo
• PDFHubFileTransformation

Are there other examples of processes that I can use Hub to connect to?

Yes. Other LCAs will be made available on this site to extend the capabilities of Hub. For example security services are good candidates to extend the released capabilities on Labs.

Why is Hub being released on Labs?

Hub is being released on Labs because of increased demand for connecting desktop users to server based processes. This AIR application is an example of what can be done with a single LiveCycle ES solution component. There are many other applications of the technology however, and Adobe will use this forum to provide additional examples of those capabilities.

System Requirements

LiveCycle system requirements are available on Adobe.com. System requirements for the Hub software are as follows:

Windows

• Intel® Pentium® III 1GHz or faster processor, Pentium 4 2GHZ or faster recommended
• Windows Vista® home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or enterprise including 64 bit editions, Windows Vista SP1, Windows XP Tablet PC Edition SP2 and SP3, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows 2000 SP4, Windows 2003 Server
• 512MB of RAM, 1GB RAM recommended

Mac OS X

• Intel Core™ Duo 1.83GHz or faster processor; PowerPC® G4 1GHz or faster processor
• Mac OS X 10.4.11 or Mac OS X 10.5.4 and 10.5.5
• 512MB of RAM

Release Notes

This release of HUB is prerelease software and is designed for evaluation purposes only. The software contained within the installer is not final; but, many portions of the technology are fully implemented and ready for you to try and discuss.