Test LOT-403: IBM Forms 8.0 - Form Design and Development

Exam 403: IBM Forms 8.0 - Form Design and Development

Exam Competencies

Exam Type: Multiple Choice

Description: Covers IBM Forms 8.0 material as it relates to these competency areas: 

• Understand Underlying technologies
• Form design/layout
• Working with Forms

Understand Underlying technologies

1. XML concepts
2. Xpath refs
3. XML schema
4. XML namespace
5. Basic Understanding of what forms does after design (designer)
6. What's needed from Forms point of view to integrate with Filenet (designer)

Form design/layout

1. Presentation Layer
   1. Alignment and positioning
   2. Tab orders
   3. Build order
   4. Data types (XFDL vs Xforms)
   5. Properties(common)
   6. Different widgets (XFDL vs Xforms)
2. Data instances
   1. Schema Validation
   2. Forms model
3. Using XFDL
   1. Concept
   2. Create computes (includes using functions)
   3. Format
      i. Mandatory Fields
      ii. Add Constraints
   4. Submissions
4. Using XForms
   1. Concept
   2. Create actions
   3. Submissions
   4. Functions (general concepts to use)
   5. Actions and events
   6. Binds
      i. Calculations
      ii. Read Only
      iii. Relevant
      iv. Mandatory fields
      v. Add constraints
   7. Using Signatures
      i. Understand the concept
      ii. ID different types and when to use
   8. Printing
      i. Options (settings)
      ii. Filters
      iii. Orientation
   9. Interoperability
      i. Submissions - XForms
      ii. Submissions - Full Form
      iii. Web services
      iv. Embedded html
      v. Modal Dialogs
      vi. Call IFX's
   10. Using wizards
       i. Table wizard
       ii. Signature wizard
       iii. Creating wizard pages
   11. Working with the designer tool
       i. Views
       ii. Perspectives
       iii. Preferences
   12. Layout relative positioning
       i. Layout relative positioning
   13. Troubleshooting
       i. Forms did not start
       ii. Problems and warnings
   14. Using Form Parts (understand and use the new feature
   15. Designer widgets (XFDL vs Xforms)
5. UFV
   1. Customizing the Forms Interface

Working with Forms

1. Accessibility (proper form design: tab order, hint/help messages)
2. Converting files to XFDL (FileNet, PDF)
3. Upgrading forms from previous versions
4. Customizing the Designer interface( custom hot keys, custom perspective, customize the palette)
5. Creating localized forms (fonts, page size, locale, format)
6. Form locking/Item locking (can lock a form so it cannot be opened in designer, can lock items to canvas so they don't move)
7. Compressing forms (when, why, how)
8. Attachments (XFDL vs forms upload, handling, etc.)