FormFlow explained
| Type: | Electronic forms |
| Inception: | 1990s |
| Manufacturer: | Delrina |
| Available: | No |
| Last Production: | 2004 |
FormFlow was the name of a line of electronic forms products initially created and sold by Delrina in the early- to mid-1990s.[1] [2] [3]
History
The first product in this line was PerForm, which was designed to work under GEM in DOS.[4] The PerForm PRO and FormFlow products that succeeded PerForm were designed to work on Windows 3.0 and Windows 3.1 respectively.[5] FormFlow later had native support for Windows 95 starting with version 2.0 in 1996.[6]
Delrina was bought by Symantec late in 1995, and the electronic forms division was sold to JetForm in 1996.[7] JetForm, which later changed its name to Accelio, was in turn was bought by Adobe Systems,[8] and the electronic forms products were officially end-of-lifed in 2004.[9]
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Notes and References
- Gerber . Cheryl . May 10, 1993 . Workflow automation choices expand . InfoWorld . IDG Publications . 15 . 19 . 45 . Google Books.
- Arnaut . Gordon . June 22, 1994 . New technologies piggyback on electronic mail's popularity . The Globe and Mail . Bell Globemedia . B21 . ProQuest.
- Karney . James . June 14, 1994 . Delrina FormFlow . PC Magazine . Ziff-Davis . 272–276 . Google Books.
- June 26, 1989 . IBM, Delrina Codevelop Perform DOS, OS/2 Versions of Program . InfoWorld . IDG Publications . 11 . 26 . 23 . Google Books.
- Krohn . Nico . May 21, 1990 . Perform Upgrade Will Run Under Microsoft Windows 3.0 . InfoWorld . IDG Publications . 12 . 21 . 19 . Google Books.
- Vadlamudi . Pardhu . February 19, 1996 . Symantec to unveil FormFlow upgrade with flexible features . PC Magazine . Ziff-Davis . 18 . 8 . 29 . Google Books.
- Bagnall . James . September 11, 1996 . JetForm buys key Delrina assets: Purchase puts Ottawa firm on way to topping $100M in yearly sales . The Ottawa Citizen . D7 . ProQuest.
- Ross . Rachel . February 2, 2002 . White knight Adobe rides to rescue Accelio . Toronto Star . E6 . ProQuest.
- Book: Padova, Ted . Angie Okamoto . 2009 . PDF Forms Using Acrobat and LiveCycle Designer . Wiley . 632 . 9780470478035 . Google Books.
