What is the Central Migration Bridge and how does it help the migration process?
The next generation1 of LiveCycle Output ES will include a set of LiveCycle Workbench services collectively known as the Central Migration Bridge. With it, you’ll be able to run both old and new business applications on the same server during the migration period. The services provide access to the core capabilities of Central so that existing data sources, Output Designer templates, and transformation scripts can be used in a LiveCycle context. It will enable a phased migration as follows: 1. Move existing form templates and data transformation scripts to the new LiveCycle server. 2. Develop processes in LiveCycle Workbench using one of the four available Central Migration services: • centralMerge – running jfmerge.exe (Central Print Agent) • centralTran – running jftrans.exe (Central Transformation Agent) • centralXMLImport – running xmlimport.exe (Central XML Import Agent) • centralDataAccess – providing access to selected data in DAT files from within LiveCycle Workbench 3. Modify
