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Publishing Axiom forms to users

The Axiom form that users interact with is a web representation of the form settings in the source Axiom file. When a user opens the file as an Axiom form, the form web page is automatically generated "on the fly" by the Axiom Application Server based on the form settings in the file. The Axiom form designer does not need to "generate" or "publish" a separate web-enabled file—in this context, "publishing the Axiom form" simply refers to ways in which end users can view the file as a web form.

There are various ways that end users can open form-enabled files as Axiom forms. The exact options depend on which Axiom Client your end users will be using:

• Web Client: When using the Web Client, users are already in the native environment for Axiom forms—the web browser. Users can browse the forms available to them and open them directly as forms.

• Excel Client / Windows Client: When using one of the desktop clients, forms can be opened as either the source spreadsheet file or as a web form. The type of file and the method of access determines how the file is opened.

In all cases, the user must have at least read-only permission to the source file in order to view it as an Axiom form. If the Axiom form is configured to save data, then the user must have the Allow Save Data permission as well.