Welcome to the prerelease of the Adobe® LiveCycle® Workbench ES Component Development Tool. The Component Development Tool lets you quickly and easily build a custom Java Component ready to be deployed on your LiveCycle ES Server using Adobe LiveCycle Workbench ES. Specifically, the Component Development Tool provides a new type of Project in Eclipse that automatically generates your "component.xml", your Service Classes and an Ant build that emits a JAR file ready to deploy on your server. The Component Development Tool provides a Wizard to graphically create a new LiveCycle Component from scratch, or from existing Java code. It also lets you toggle between the XML view of your component descriptor and a graphical view of all its services and operations.
The Component Development Tool is great for any LiveCycle developer who wants to develop a new custom component for LiveCycle and use it in their LiveCycle Applications. It’s particularly suited to Java developers who are already familiar with Eclipse and need a more rapid way to develop new custom Components for LiveCycle.
The Component Development Tool is free for anyone to use. But it requires you to have access to a LiveCycle server in order to deploy your new Components.
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Download the Component Development Tool
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Follow these steps to get started with the Component Development Tool:
Configure Your System
The Component Development Tool is designed for use as a Plug-in within Eclipse (minimum version 3.4.2) and Java JDK version 1.6.
The tool requires you to set up the following Eclipse frameworks in your Eclipse installation. Before using this tool with Eclipse you will need to install and configure the following frameworks in your Eclipse environment.
- The Eclipse Modeling Framework Project (EMF) version 2.4.2 in your Eclipse environment.
- The Eclipse Graphical Editing Framework (GEF) version 3.4.2 in your Eclipse environment.
- The Web Tools Platform (WTP SDK) into your Eclipse environment.
If you are not already familiar with these frameworks or need help configuring your Eclipse environment, please refer to the more detailed guide Configuring Eclipse for the LiveCycle Workbench ES Component Development Tool.
Installing and Using Component Development Tool
When you have completed installation of the Eclipse frameworks above, you are ready to install the Component Development Tool.
- Download the Component Development Tool
- In Eclipse Open Help > Software Updates.
- Select the Available Software Tab.
- Select Add Site…
- Select Archive…
- Browse and open the Component Development Tool file in your download folder (from step 1).
- Select OK
- Click Install
- Accept the license agreement and click Finish.
- Restart eclipse. Now you should be able to open File > New > Other > Adobe LiveCycle > Component Project.
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Ask questions and share your feedback in the Component Development Tool 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.
Community
Below you'll find references and links to help you participate in the LiveCycle community.
Online Forum
Ask questions and discuss ideas with other Component Development Tool users in the Labs forums.
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.
Adobe Developer Connection
Read tutorials, samples, articles, and other resources to help you learn more about LiveCycle in the LiveCycle Developer Center.
Visit the LiveCycle Developer Center
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.
Product Details
FAQ
- What is the Adobe LiveCycle Workbench ES Component Development Tool?
- LiveCycle Workbench ES Component Development Tool a plug-in for Eclipse that Java developers can use to build Custom Components for LiveCycle (also called, "DSCs").
- Who should try the Component Development Tool?
- This tool is great for anyone already familiar with LiveCycle who wants to extend it by adding their own Services written in Java. These Services can then be used with all of the other Services provided in LiveCycle to build LiveCycle Applications.
- Which platforms are supported?
- Being a plug-in to Eclipse, the Component Development Tool runs on all platforms that support Eclipse. The minimum supported version of Eclipse is 3.4.2.
- Will the source code be made available on Adobe¹s open source site in the future?
- No. This plug-in is a binary distribution only.
- How is it the Component Development Tool related to LiveCycle Workbench ES
- The tool produces the JAR file for your new Custom Component that you can deploy on your LiveCycle server using LiveCycle Workbench ES.
- Where can I post issues and comments?
- Please use the Labs forum to ask questions and post issues/comments.
System Requirements
Any development environment that has Eclipse (version 3.4.2) installed. Please see the guide, Configuring Eclipse for the LiveCycle Workbench ES Component Development Tool for detailed Eclipse requirements.
Release Notes
This release of the LiveCycle Workbench ES Component Development Tool is prerelease software and is designed for evaluation purposes only. The plug-in not final; but, many portions of the technology are fully implemented and ready for you to try and discuss.
