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{{short description|Line of electronic form products}}

'''FormFlow''' was the name of a line of electronic forms products initially created and sold by [[Delrina]] in the early- to mid-1990s. The first product in this line was [[PerForm]], which was designed to work under [[Graphical Environment Manager|GEM]] in [[DOS]]. The FormFlow and FormFlow PRO products that succeeded PerForm were designed to work on [[Windows 3.1]].

{{Infobox product

| 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.<ref>{{cite journal | last=Gerber | first=Cheryl | date=May 10, 1993 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QTsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA45 | title=Workflow automation choices expand | journal=InfoWorld | publisher=IDG Publications | volume=15 | issue=19 | page=45 | via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | last=Arnaut | first=Gordon | date=June 22, 1994 | url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/385128799/ | title=New technologies piggyback on electronic mail's popularity | journal=The Globe and Mail | publisher=Bell Globemedia | page=B21|id={{ProQuest|385128799}}}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | last=Karney | first=James | date=June 14, 1994 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7R9dfakD130C&pg=PA272 | title=Delrina FormFlow | journal=PC Magazine | publisher=Ziff-Davis | volume= | issue= | pages=272–276 | via=Google Books}}</ref>

Delrina was bought by [[Symantec]] late in 1995, and the electronic forms division was sold to [[JetForm]] in 1996. JetForm, which later changed its name to Accelio, was in turn was bought by [[Adobe Systems]], and the electronic forms products were officially end-of-lifed in 2004.

== History ==

The first product in this line was [[PerForm]], which was designed to work under [[Graphics Environment Manager|GEM]] in [[DOS]].<ref>{{cite journal | date=June 26, 1989 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lTAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT22 | title=IBM, Delrina Codevelop Perform DOS, OS/2 Versions of Program | journal=InfoWorld | publisher=IDG Publications | volume=11 | issue=26 | page=23 | via=Google Books}}</ref> The PerForm PRO and FormFlow products that succeeded PerForm were designed to work on [[Windows 3.0]] and [[Windows 3.1]] respectively.<ref>{{cite journal | last=Krohn | first=Nico | date=May 21, 1990 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lzsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA19 | title=Perform Upgrade Will Run Under Microsoft Windows 3.0 | journal=InfoWorld | publisher=IDG Publications | volume=12 | issue=21 | page=19 | via=Google Books}}</ref> FormFlow later had native support for [[Windows 95]] starting with version 2.0 in 1996.<ref name=Vadlamudi1996>{{cite journal | last=Vadlamudi | first=Pardhu | date=February 19, 1996 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xT4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA29 | title=Symantec to unveil FormFlow upgrade with flexible features | journal=PC Magazine | publisher=Ziff-Davis | volume=18 | issue=8 | page=29 | via=Google Books}}</ref>

Delrina was bought by [[NortonLifeLock|Symantec]] late in 1995,<ref name=Vadlamudi1996 /> and the electronic forms division was sold to [[JetForm]] in 1996.<ref>{{cite journal | last=Bagnall | first=James | date=September 11, 1996 | url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/240067608/ | title=JetForm buys key Delrina assets: Purchase puts Ottawa firm on way to topping $100M in yearly sales | journal=The Ottawa Citizen | page=D7 |id={{ProQuest|240067608}}}}</ref> JetForm, which later changed its name to [[Accelio]], was in turn was bought by [[Adobe Systems]],<ref>{{cite journal | last=Ross | first=Rachel | date=February 2, 2002 | url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/438410293/ | title=White knight Adobe rides to rescue Accelio | journal=Toronto Star | page=E6 |id={{ProQuest|438410293}}}}</ref> and the electronic forms products were officially end-of-lifed in 2004.<ref>{{cite book | last=Padova | first=Ted | author2=Angie Okamoto | date=2009 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ePUtTfv0q5wC | title=PDF Forms Using Acrobat and LiveCycle Designer | publisher=Wiley | page=632 | isbn=9780470478035 | via=Google Books}}</ref>

==References==

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==External links==

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20031205161810/http://www.adobe.com/products/server/readerextensions/pdfs/jetform_faq.pdf Legacy JetForm/Accelio Form Products FAQ, PDF, accessed November 3, 2005]

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