HCLTech Forms
Software Lifecycle
| Product / Version | General Availability | End of Support |
| Forms Server 8.0.x | May 2012 | September 2017 |
| Forms Server 8.1.x | July 2014 | September 2017 |
| Forms Server 8.2.X | April 2015 | |
| Forms Viewer 8.0.X | May 2012 | September 2017 |
| Forms Viewer 8.1.x | July 2014 | September 2017 |
| Forms Viewer 8.2.x | April 2015 | September 2017 |
| Forms Designer 8.0.x | May 2012 | September 2017 |
| Forms Designer 8.2.x | April 2015 | September 2017 |
Supported Software
Forms Server Supported Software:
| Software | Forms Server 8.2.x |
| App Server | WebSphere 8.5.5.x |
| Browser | Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer and Apple Safari |
| Mobile Devices | iOS and Android |
| OS | RHEL 6, SUSE 11, Solaris 10, Windows Server 2012 & 2016, AIX 7.1, IBM i 7.1 |
Forms Viewer Supported Software:
| Software | Forms Viewer 8.2.x |
| OS | Windows 7, 8.1 and 10 |
| Browser | Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer |
Forms Designer Supported Software:
| Software | Forms Designer 8.2.x |
| OS | Windows 7, 8.1 and 10 |
Support Description
Support Includes:
- Access and entitlement to supported versions of the software for upgrade purposes
- Browser currency - support for recent versions of supported browser
- Mobile device currency - support for recent versions of supported device os
- Level of WAI-ARIA support frozen to 8.2.1 & supported browsers only
- Forms Server defect fixes will be provided. HCLTech may reject fix because of technical reasons or because of an untypical effort, based on individual issue analysis.
- Security patches will be provided
- Fixes for printing and globalization issues will be based on the technical viability of existing embedded 3rd party libraries
Earlier Versions of Forms
- HCLTech will accept PMRs for versions of Forms which have gone out of support - but only to the extent that problems are reproducible on supported versions will HCLTech continue problem resolution. And, any defect fixes or security patches will be limited to supported versions of Forms.