JetForm
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JetForm was the name of a Canadian software manufacturer created by James Bursey that was based out of Ottawa, Ontario, and an electronic form software product of the same name. It once had major offices in the United States, various countries in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. It was founded in 1982, and was listed under NASDAQ as FORMF, under the Pacific Stock Exchange as JTF, and the Toronto Stock Exchange as JFM.
Its eponymous series of products directly competed against other electronic forms software, such as Delrina's PerForm, and FormFlow products.
In September, 1996, Symantec, which had bought Delrina the previous year, sold their Electronic Forms Division to JetForm. JetForm continued to develop the FormFlow series of products under its own name.
Around this time, JetForm bought the naming rights to Ottawa's baseball stadium, naming it "JetForm Park" (now Rapidz Stadium).
On September 13, 2001, JetForm changed its name to Accelio, which was acquired by Adobe in April 2002. The electronic forms products were officially end-of-lifed in 2004. Adobe marketed JetForm more as Adobe Central Output Server, without any major changes. Adobe's successor for the JetForm technology was released June 7, 2007, as Adobe LiveCycle Output ES, part of the Adobe LiveCycle suite.
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JetForm Design allowed for routing and tracking in workflow systems, on-screen form creation, and access to SQL and ODBC-compliant databases. JetForm Filler was used for completing on-screen forms. JetForm also developed XFA, which was later adopted by Adobe into its PDF software.
