HCL Leap contains accessibility features so users with disabilities can create forms and applications.

When given the link to an HCL Leap application, a user is provided with many built in accessibility features.

This tutorial describes how to build a simple survey application with HCL Leap .

This tutorial provides information and lessons about more advanced Leap topics. Basic form design is not covered in this tutorial.

This section describes how to prepare for the installation of Leap.

The following instructions describe how to manually deploy HCL Leap to WebSphere® Application Server .

After you run the HCL Leap installer for WebSphere® Application Server , you must complete the installation by setting up the Leap environment.

The following instructions describe how to upgrade Leap by using the WebSphere® Application Server Administrative console.

The following instructions describe how to upgrade from IBM Forms Experience Builder to HCL Leap .

The following general information describes the requirements for configuring your application server environment.

When you install HCL Leap , a file containing sample configuration properties is also installed. You can configure the properties for optimal performance with your system.

Data for HCL Leap applications is stored within a database. Ensure that you have a backup and restore strategy in place to protect your data.

This topic gives a general overview of the application creation process, from opening the HCL Leap interface to launching a completed application.

Leap allows you to create an application from an excel spreadsheet, automatically creating the widgets and importing the data found in the spreadsheet.

Style the colors, fonts, and other characteristics of the application by creating or importing a custom theme.

Form items are not static after they are added to a form. You can move items around on a single page, duplicate form items, and move items between pages on your form.

When you create a form or application, the following information helps you design an accessible form for users with disabilities.

When you build applications, you can now set the display width of your Leap application. Setting this feature reduces or removes the need for horizontal scrolling when you have an unknown or limited amount of space, such as when the application is displayed in a WebSphere_Portal portlet.

The following information describes the languages formatting features supported by HCL Leap .

Rules help you gather the correct information from users and organize your information after data is entered in a form. You can create composite rules that govern how your form, and the data in your form behaves.

You can add labels to data elements in your application that become the label in the export file.

The following topics describe how to incorporate web services into your HCL Leap application.

You can create and edit formulas to assign values to an item on your HCL Leap form.

You can use specialized form items to style text, echo text back, create dynamic lines, or add HTML.

You can upload a variety of files, such as images, for use with your application. Managing these embedded files is done in the Files section of the Settings tab

Leap's document integration feature lets you use previously built PDF files and populate them with data captured by Leap.

It is often desirable to have an application, or form, transition through a set of phases or stages. At each stage the form might be used by different people in different roles. The form also might be presented in a slightly different manner in each stage, such as having some items or pages hidden, or in a read-only state.

After an HCL Leap application is built it must be deployed. After it is deployed, you can supply users with the URL of the application so they can launch it. After users submit completed forms, you can view the responses.

Create roles for users in your organization so they can work with data that is relevant to them.

Give the users in your organization permission to work with the data relevant to them by assigning them roles.

Setting Stage permissions defines the Create, Read, Update, and Delete permissions for each role in a stage.

HCL Leap applications can share data through services with other Leap applications. To allow other applications access to the data from the application you are designing, you must define the security permissions.

To define who can edit an HCL Leap application, use the design settings in the Access tab.

Using the correct permissions, you can allow anonymous users to access a form.

HCL Leap allows the use of custom CSS themes that can be uploaded into an application to style the user interface to meet customer needs.

The following topics describe how to add services to your Leap applications.

Troubleshooting and support information for the HCL Leap .

The following table contains information to help you troubleshoot your Leap product or applications. The table contains limitations, best practices, and known issues.

The REST API can be used by other programs to communicate with Leap.

The following topics provide reference information about adding services to HCL Leap .

You can use iFrames to embed charts and applications in a web page.

The Embedding API can be used to embed a Leap form directly in another webpage without using an <iframe>. The Leap form will be inserted into the DOM of the hosting page and can be interacted with using the Leap JavaScript API or any custom JavaScript. Additionally, the style of items in the Leap form can be customized by the CSS of the hosting page.

You can apply your own custom Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) to the rendering of your HCL Leap application. To create a custom theme, you must be familiar with the basic concepts of CSS.