PerForm
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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
.
The initial version of PerForm was created in 1988 and was the first product released by Canadian software firm Delrina
, which would become best known for its later fax software program, WinFax
.
The electronic forms division of Delrina was sold to JetForm
in 1996. JetForm in turn was bought by Adobe
, and the electronic forms products were officially discontinued in 2004.
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...
. Later versions were designed to work in Windows 3.1, at which point it was succeeded by FormFlow
FormFlow
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 initial version of PerForm was created in 1988 and was the first product released by Canadian software firm Delrina
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...
, which would become best known for its later fax software program, WinFax
WinFax
WinFax is a Microsoft Windows-based software product designed to let computers equipped with fax-modems to communicate directly to stand-alone fax machines, or other similarly equipped computers.-History:...
.
The electronic forms division of Delrina 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 in turn was bought by Adobe
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 discontinued in 2004.