Announcing Two New Classes
for Forms Professionals
teamed with Essociates Group, Inc. to offer forms professionals a unique
opportunity
to expand their skills with practical, hands-on training for these important
tools.
Saturday,
Where:
Imperial Palace Hotel –
Content developers
using any technologies built on JavaScript (Acrobat/PDF, Flash,
Prerequisites:
Some experience
with using JavaScript, or programming experience in another language
Goals:
Participation at
this workshop helps understanding the principles of JavaScript programming, and empowers
the attendee
to be more efficient in developing the "engines" for JavaScript-based applications.
Description:
In this workshop,
we look at the fundamental components of JavaScript, which is called the "Core". Understanding
the Core helps a lot
with the implementation of user interaction and intelligent applications. In particular, we
discuss the
following topics:
• Fundamentals (syntax, types, statements, expressions and operators)
•
Numbers (the
Number object and some math)
•
Date and time
(the Date object, and calculations with date and time)
•
Text (the
String object; how to manipulate text with its methods and Regular Expressions)
• Lists and Data
(the Array object and its use, and dealing with XML)
Notes:
This workshop has hands-on examples, and the attendees will bring along
their own omputers. A local area
network will be provided, and
the attendees must be able to connect to a web server on this network.
This workshop suits users of any JavaScript implementation. Because of
its ease to access the Core functions,
most of
the examples will be shown using Acrobat. The
attendees must therefore have a copy of Acrobat
Professional (7 or 8) installed on their computers (the evaluation copy, downloadable from
Adobe.com, is
acceptable). For users not very familiar
with the Acrobat Forms features, a short introduction
crash-course
will be provided before the workshop
begins.
Class
2: Application Development with Adobe© Acrobat
Friday, May 9. 2008
Imperial Palace Hotel –
Content developers
and form developers who want to create lightweight applications or very
intelligent forms using the PDF platform. Flash
programmers are very welcome.
Prerequisites:
Some programming
experience with JavaScript or another language; Familiarity with the
Acrobat concepts and user interface.
Goals:
Attendees of this
workshop will be learning how to use Acrobat Professional for Rapid
Application Developments and very intelligent forms.
Description:
In this workshop,
we look at the components needed to quickly build applications or very
intelligent forms. We will discuss the following
topics:
• Preparations for an application (analysis, specification)
•
Creating user
interfaces in PDF
•
Interactive
elements of the PDF
•
The Acrobat
event model
•
Handling and
embedding data
•
Building the
"engine"
•
Debugging and
Testing
•
Deployment
Notes:
This workshop has
hands-on examples, and the attendees will bring along their own computers. A local
area network will be provided, and
the attendees must be able to connect to a web server on this network.
Each
registrant is responsible for bringing their own computer with Adobe© Acrobat (either 7
or 8)
properly installed..
Each class:
$ 799.
Both classes:
$1495.
Symposium Discount:
A $100 discount applies from each price
if the attendee is also registered for the
39th Annual Business Forms
Management Association Symposium 2008,
to be held May 4 – 8 at the same location.