Dialogue Live Software

DLF Designer—DLF Designer extends the functionality of Exstream Dialogue Designer so document developers can create Live documents by adding interactive functions, such as editing controls and rules, into any existing or new Dialogue document application. Functionality traditionally included in entire interactive document systems can be included in Live document applications. Live documents can be designed as stand-alone applications or for inclusion in web-based or other types of custom-developed interactive systems.

DLF Output—Dialogue Live Format (DLF) files, or Live documents, are generated by the Dialogue engine just like any other type of document output. Based on XML standards, DLF was designed to support any type of interactive document. DLF embodies the interactive application framework for accessing and feeding external systems, interfacing with workflow systems, controlling presentation, formatting, and editing rules, providing user and content authentication, and containing data and content. DLF output can be produced from a work station, concurrently by the Dialogue engine with other output in high volume, or created on-demand using Dialogue Real-time. DLF files can also be used as input to Dialogue.

DLF Input—DLF Input allows an edited Live document (DLF file) to be used as input to the Dialogue engine for data extraction, to trigger events, create other documents, or be used as content within another document, which could be output in any format (e.g., AFP, PDF, PostScript, etc.).

DLF Fulfillment—DLF Fulfillment supports template processing, allowing users to store an edited DLF file along with an accompanying distribution list, or defined location for one, in a repository for fulfillment processing by Dialogue. For this type of processing, the edited Live document may have some variables and rules that will be resolved in the Dialogue production run.