Essential Forms

Our solution for easily and efficiently completing, California Judicial Council Forms and eFiling in Los Angeles, Orange, and San Francisco counties.

43 articles in this collection
Written by Sean McNie and Geoff Moore

What is Essential Forms?

Written by Geoff Moore
Updated over a week ago

June 2022 Essential Forms Update FAQ’s

Written by Geoff Moore
Updated over a week ago

Essential Forms: Video Tutorial - Searching Forms, Opening Multiple Forms

This video describes key features of Essential Forms

Written by Geoff Moore
Updated over a week ago

Essential Forms: Video Tutorial - Legal Spell Check, Export, Auto Backup

This video walks you through essential features like spell check, export and auto backup.

Written by Geoff Moore
Updated over a week ago

Essential Forms: Video Tutorial - Profiles, Shared Data, Legal Solutions Conversion

This video tutorial helps you understand features in Essential Forms

Written by Geoff Moore
Updated over a week ago

Essential Forms: Video Tutorial - eFiling

This video walks you through eFiling with Essential Forms

Written by Geoff Moore
Updated over a week ago

How does an Essential Forms subscription work?

Written by Geoff Moore
Updated over a week ago

How does a County Forms Package work?

Written by Geoff Moore
Updated over a week ago

Does Essential Forms work on a Mac?

Written by Geoff Moore
Updated over a week ago

What Counties' Forms are available on Essential Forms?

Written by Geoff Moore
Updated over a week ago

Does Essential Forms work in the cloud?

Written by Geoff Moore
Updated over a week ago

Does Essential Forms work on a remote drive or network?

Written by Geoff Moore
Updated over a week ago

How often is Essential Forms updated?

Written by Geoff Moore
Updated over a week ago

Do you have a network version of Essential Forms?

Written by Geoff Moore
Updated over a week ago

June 2022 Essential Forms Software Update Release Notes

Written by Sean McNie
Updated over a week ago

For current users of Essential Forms

Does Essential Forms have a User's Manual?

Written by Sean McNie
Updated over a week ago

Why am I receiving an "Maintenance Is Being Performed On The Essential Forms Dataset" error message?

Written by Sean McNie
Updated over a week ago

How Do I Save A Form As PDF?

Written by Geoff Moore
Updated over a week ago

I can't enter my law firm information in the client database assistant – edit firm data window – it's greyed out.

Written by Geoff Moore
Updated over a week ago

How can I change client/matter entries in a previously saved form without re-typing the entire form? What if I need to change some information for a whole group of saved forms; do I have to re-type it?

Written by Geoff Moore
Updated over a week ago

Installing and updating Essential Forms

Written by Geoff Moore
Updated over a week ago

General set-up and networks for Essential Forms

Written by Geoff Moore
Updated over a week ago

Printing help for Essential Forms

Written by Geoff Moore
Updated over a week ago

Usage and configuration help for Essential Forms

Written by Geoff Moore
Updated over a week ago

Common Errors and Functional Problems

Forms Open Completely Blank Or Data Jumbled - Database Corruption

Written by Sean McNie
Updated over a week ago

You are about to create the following blank database <file name> do you wish to proceed "yes" or "cancel"?

Written by Sean McNie
Updated over a week ago

Program Files Downloader.exe/Server/Essential Publishers/Data- “The Parameter Is Incorrect”

Written by Sean McNie
Updated over a week ago

Getting The Error Message Opening A Saved Form: “Failed To Unlock The Save Form Record. Record Locked By Another User, “Ok”’.

Written by Sean McNie
Updated over a week ago

Program Stuck In Packing Databases

Written by Sean McNie
Updated over a week ago

“Invalid Class Type Cast”: Error When Saving A Form

Written by Sean McNie
Updated over a week ago

Error -60

Written by Sean McNie
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Codebase Error -64, Could Not Find <Path> File <Name>

Written by Sean McNie
Updated over a week ago

Codebase Error 630 Optimization File Flashing Failure When Saving Forms

Written by Sean McNie
Updated over a week ago

Codebase Error -61, Permissions

Written by Sean McNie
Updated over a week ago

CBDBENG.DLL is Missing Error When Launching Program

Written by Sean McNie
Updated over a week ago

CodeBase Error -1, Invalid or Unknown Error Code

Written by Sean McNie
Updated over a week ago

Codebase Error -330, "Tag Name Not Found"

Written by Sean McNie
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Error -310 Occurred While Attempting To Open <Data Path>

Written by Sean McNie
Updated over a week ago

Codebase Error -200 File Is Not A Data File

Written by Sean McNie
Updated over a week ago

Codebase Error -30: Determining File Length Database: ..\Forms.dbf

Written by Sean McNie
Updated over a week ago

Program Opens Minimized

Written by Sean McNie
Updated over a week ago

Maximum Users Message

Written by Sean McNie
Updated over a week ago

Catastrophic Failure Running JC Update

Written by Sean McNie
Updated over a week ago