Administering IBM® Forms with the FileNet® P8 system is virtually identical to administering FileNet eForms.

The release notes provides a summary of new features and improvements, installation information, and descriptions of known limitations, problems, and workarounds.

There are FileNet® features that are not supported by IBM® Forms. The list below gives descriptions of the features that are not supported by IBM Forms.

The IBM® Forms JavaScript™ API can be used in FileNet®, however the FileNet API cannot be used in the IBM Forms suite of products.

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Prior to installing the IBM® Forms Server – P8 Integrator, review these prerequisites.

To design an IBM® form for use with the P8 Integrator, you must install the IBM Forms Designer. In order to preview forms created in the Designer, you must install either IBM Forms Viewer or IBM Forms Webform Server. Install these products on a separate client computer, rather than onto the server ...

When opening or filling in an IBM® form in FileNet®, there are several FileNet user interface features that are either disabled or unavailable.

If you are experiencing a problem with the P8 Integrator: Refer to the documentation for the task you are performing or the product component you are working with. These topics may contain troubleshooting information for common problems. Refer to the a ...

Several changes have been made to the FileNet® P8 system to accommodate IBM® forms. These include changes to the form template and layout properties in the workflow process.

This section lists what's new for the P8 Integrator and IBM® Forms 8.0.

After installing the IBM® Forms 8.0 P8 Integrator, you must configure it to work in WebSphere® Application Server.

Run the IBM® Forms Server installer to install the files that are required to deploy and run the IBM Forms Server – P8 Integrator with FileNet® Application Engine or Workplace™ XT™.

You can view IBM® forms in FileNet® using either IBM Forms Server – Webform Server or the IBM Forms Viewer. You may also preview the form using the Test Form Template function in FileNet.

Designing forms for use in FileNet® P8 requires that you include navigation buttons within the form, mark form items as "Public", and save the form template in a specific format.

If you already have the IBM® Forms P8 Integrator installed on your system, you must completely uninstall it prior to upgrading to the new version.

When IBM® Forms and FileNet® P8 systems are integrated, the end user experiences no change in functionality, but may notice some differences in how pages are displayed and navigated.

Using IBM® Forms with FileNet® P8 Application Engine or Workplace™ XT™ combines the power of dynamic, intelligent XML forms with workflow and content management.

The following sections identify differences in user experience between IBM® forms and the FileNet® P8 system. They also detail how to develop FileNet applications for use with IBM forms.

Once the P8 Integrator is installed, customize the installation by specifying a Webform Server translator location and a desired way of rendering forms.

Using IBM® Forms with FileNet® allows you to combine the power of dynamic, intelligent XML forms with workflow and content management.

Using IBM® Forms with FileNet® allows you to combine the power of dynamic, intelligent XML forms with workflow and content management.

System requirements Mashup Center 2.0, IBM® Forms Turbo 3.5.1, and IBM Forms Server – Webform Server 4.0. Installation instructions Installing the IBM Forms iWidget: LFLM 4Installing the IBM Forms iWidget Installation, migration, upgrade, and configuration ...

You install the IBM® Forms iWidget into IBM Mashup Center the same way that other iWidgets are installed.

As with all iWidgets in IBM® Mashup Center, you must use the IBM WebSphere® Application Server administrative console to remove the IBM Forms iWidget.