8. Creating HTML Forms

The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps—we must step up the stairs.

—Vance Havner

Now that you’ve learned more about HTML forms, it’s time to put your knowledge to work. You’ll create two HTML forms in this chapter to simulate two real-world projects. In the first exercise, you’ll take an existing PDF form (the SmartDoc Expense Report) and update it for HTML. In the second exercise, you’ll create a new HTML form in LiveCycle Designer from scratch.

Updating the SmartDoc Expense Report

As you saw in Chapter 6, “Introduction,” you must take into account a number of issues when you render the existing SmartDoc Expense Report as an HTML form. There are graphics that need improvement ...

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