Announcement: IBM Forms 4.0 Released

IBM Forms 4.0 has now been released.  This is the latest release of IBM's 
product suite for designing, running and building enterprise information 
solutions with XForms.

For this release, there are a number of demonstration videos available at 
the link below [1], including forms design based on XML schema as well as 
design experiences for dynamic table operations, wizards and web service 
connections.

[1] 
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/JohnBoyer/entry/ibm_forms_4_0_demonstrations14?lang=en

A discussion of some important features of IBM Forms as well as new 
features in this release is included in the following link [2].

[2] 
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/JohnBoyer/entry/the_forms_business_gets_the_ibm_corporate_promotion57?lang=en

In addition to the IBM Forms Designer, the IBM Forms run-time includes 
both a Webform Server that provides page by page HTML and AJAX to thin 
client web browsers as well as a rich client plugin for intranet 
applications and offline forms processing.  Additional connectors allow 
easy integrations with Websphere Portal Server and Mashup Center as well 
as FileNet and WebSphere business process servers.

For further information, case studies, sample forms and free trial 
downloads, see [1,2,3].

[3] http://www.ibm.com/software/lotus/forms/

Thanks,
John M. Boyer, Ph.D.
Distinguished Engineer, IBM Forms and Smarter Web Applications
IBM Canada Software Lab, Victoria
E-Mail: boyerj@ca.ibm.com 

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