Livecycle

Connecting to a data source

To merge data with your form, you need to connect to a data source. After you connect, you need to bind the data to a field in your form design.

When you bind the fields in a form design to a data source, you create an association between the form design and the data source that allows you to capture, present, move, process, output, and print information associated with the form design.

1.	Select Edit > New Data Connection.

2.	Select XML Schema and click Next.

3.	If you or your administrator installed the samples that come with LiveCycle Designer ES, locate the schema named Purchase Order.xsd and click Open.

This file is located in \EN\Samples\Forms\Purchase Order\Schema\Schema.

4.	Click Finish.

The data appears in the Data View palette.

The Data View palette displays a hierarchy view of each data source. The top node in the hierarchy represents the data connection and displays the name that you assigned when you created the connection.

Click to continue: Binding the data to fields and table cells

Connecting to a data source