FormFlow
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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 GEM
in DOS
. The FormFlow and FormFlow PRO products that succeeded PerForm were designed to work on Windows 3.1.
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.
Delrina
Delrina was a Canadian software company founded by four individuals, Dennis Bennie as CEO and chairman, Mark Skapinker as president, Bert Amato as executive vice president and chief technical officer and Lou Ryan as executive vice president of world wide sales...
in the early- to mid-1990s. The first product in this line was PerForm
PerForm
PerForm and PerForm PRO were electronic form programs, initially designed to work under GEM in DOS. Later versions were designed to work in Windows 3.1, at which point it was succeeded by FormFlow....
, which was designed to work under GEM
Graphical Environment Manager
GEM was a windowing system created by Digital Research, Inc. for use with the CP/M operating system on the Intel 8088 and Motorola 68000 microprocessors...
in DOS
DOS
DOS, short for "Disk Operating System", is an acronym for several closely related operating systems that dominated the IBM PC compatible market between 1981 and 1995, or until about 2000 if one includes the partially DOS-based Microsoft Windows versions 95, 98, and Millennium Edition.Related...
. The FormFlow and FormFlow PRO products that succeeded PerForm were designed to work on Windows 3.1.
Delrina was bought by Symantec
Symantec
Symantec Corporation is the largest maker of security software for computers. The company is headquartered in Mountain View, California, and is a Fortune 500 company and a member of the S&P 500 stock market index.-History:...
late in 1995, and the electronic forms division was sold to JetForm
JetForm
JetForm was the name of a Canadian software manufacturer created by four consultants that was based out of Ottawa, Ontario, and an electronic form software product of the same name....
in 1996. JetForm, which later changed its name to Accelio, was in turn was bought by Adobe Systems
Adobe Systems
Adobe Systems Incorporated is an American computer software company founded in 1982 and headquartered in San Jose, California, United States...
, and the electronic forms products were officially end-of-lifed in 2004.