Comments on: PDF Forms with Acrobat 8 http://www.michaelnolan.co.uk/2007/03/22/pdf-forms-with-acrobat-8/ What to do with Michael? Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:33:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Mauricio Grande http://www.michaelnolan.co.uk/2007/03/22/pdf-forms-with-acrobat-8/comment-page-1/#comment-14164 Mauricio Grande Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:49:45 +0000 http://www.michaelnolan.co.uk/2007/03/22/pdf-forms-with-acrobat-8/#comment-14164 Im having a problem, I created some forms succesfully but when I send them out and the reply back (thtough the send thru email button) to me I don't get the form filled out instead I just get an XML file, does this mean I have to manually log all the answers from the XML file? Im having a problem, I created some forms succesfully but when I send them out and the reply back (thtough the send thru email button) to me I don’t get the form filled out instead I just get an XML file, does this mean I have to manually log all the answers from the XML file?

]]> By: justFYI http://www.michaelnolan.co.uk/2007/03/22/pdf-forms-with-acrobat-8/comment-page-1/#comment-13848 justFYI Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:59:10 +0000 http://www.michaelnolan.co.uk/2007/03/22/pdf-forms-with-acrobat-8/#comment-13848 Just FYI ... LiveCycle forms don't support XFDF, but they do support standard XML. You can create a form that reads in an XML data set with just a few clicks...the samples that ship with Acrobat show how to do this. Just FYI … LiveCycle forms don’t support XFDF, but they do support standard XML. You can create a form that reads in an XML data set with just a few clicks…the samples that ship with Acrobat show how to do this.

]]> By: iphoneinfos-de http://www.michaelnolan.co.uk/2007/03/22/pdf-forms-with-acrobat-8/comment-page-1/#comment-11082 iphoneinfos-de Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:26:32 +0000 http://www.michaelnolan.co.uk/2007/03/22/pdf-forms-with-acrobat-8/#comment-11082 that's no good information for me :( now i have to rebuild about 20 pdfs, i build one week before using livecycle. bad adobe! that’s no good information for me :(
now i have to rebuild about 20 pdfs, i build one week before using livecycle.
bad adobe!

]]> By: Steve http://www.michaelnolan.co.uk/2007/03/22/pdf-forms-with-acrobat-8/comment-page-1/#comment-3606 Steve Thu, 11 Oct 2007 11:30:39 +0000 http://www.michaelnolan.co.uk/2007/03/22/pdf-forms-with-acrobat-8/#comment-3606 I had no problem with the Koivi script except I can't get checkboxes to work. Text fields work great. I just collect data via HTML forms (which can easily be made prettier that pdf forms with css), create the FDF file via PHP and voila, it all works great...except those danged checkboxes. Still working on those. I had no problem with the Koivi script except I can’t get checkboxes to work. Text fields work great. I just collect data via HTML forms (which can easily be made prettier that pdf forms with css), create the FDF file via PHP and voila, it all works great…except those danged checkboxes. Still working on those.

]]> By: Mike Nolan http://www.michaelnolan.co.uk/2007/03/22/pdf-forms-with-acrobat-8/comment-page-1/#comment-171 Mike Nolan Thu, 19 Apr 2007 08:18:01 +0000 http://www.michaelnolan.co.uk/2007/03/22/pdf-forms-with-acrobat-8/#comment-171 I don't believe that's possible without extra software using LiveCycle forms. I use the standard Acrobat Pro built forms and load up FDF or XFDF into an online hosted version of the form and it works a treat. I don’t believe that’s possible without extra software using LiveCycle forms. I use the standard Acrobat Pro built forms and load up FDF or XFDF into an online hosted version of the form and it works a treat.

]]> By: James http://www.michaelnolan.co.uk/2007/03/22/pdf-forms-with-acrobat-8/comment-page-1/#comment-167 James Wed, 18 Apr 2007 22:01:46 +0000 http://www.michaelnolan.co.uk/2007/03/22/pdf-forms-with-acrobat-8/#comment-167 Hi At work I have adobe acrobat 8 pro, been using livecycle to build the forms we require, for example, I have a submit button on the Form1 and I can receive the XML data by email, then import this xml file into Form2, both Form1 and Form2 have some matching fields so this is quite striaght forward, but what I want to do is host form2 online and automate the importing of the data. My question is; Is this possible and how do I go about it? Kind regards James Hi
At work I have adobe acrobat 8 pro, been using livecycle to build the forms we require, for example, I have a submit button on the Form1 and I can receive the XML data by email, then import this xml file into Form2, both Form1 and Form2 have some matching fields so this is quite striaght forward, but what I want to do is host form2 online and automate the importing of the data.

My question is; Is this possible and how do I go about it?

Kind regards

James

]]> By: Mike Nolan http://www.michaelnolan.co.uk/2007/03/22/pdf-forms-with-acrobat-8/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Mike Nolan Mon, 26 Mar 2007 08:31:53 +0000 http://www.michaelnolan.co.uk/2007/03/22/pdf-forms-with-acrobat-8/#comment-73 You can use Acrobat 8, but you can't use LiveCycle which came with it and is much easier to use to create forms. Unfortunately I don't have a publicly available version of the site but the flow is similar to yours except that the FDF/XFDF goes to the person who is assigned to deal with the particular form they filled in. Loading of the FDF is a little sporadic depending on the machine setup but it works for a fresh install of Acrobat 8 Reader with IE6. For you, depending on how complex the form is it might be easier to recreate the form creation programatically. If you've got a budget then Prince XML can convert HTML to PDF with very very good CSS support. You can use Acrobat 8, but you can’t use LiveCycle which came with it and is much easier to use to create forms. Unfortunately I don’t have a publicly available version of the site but the flow is similar to yours except that the FDF/XFDF goes to the person who is assigned to deal with the particular form they filled in. Loading of the FDF is a little sporadic depending on the machine setup but it works for a fresh install of Acrobat 8 Reader with IE6.

For you, depending on how complex the form is it might be easier to recreate the form creation programatically. If you’ve got a budget then Prince XML can convert HTML to PDF with very very good CSS support.

]]> By: Eric Pollitt http://www.michaelnolan.co.uk/2007/03/22/pdf-forms-with-acrobat-8/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Eric Pollitt Mon, 26 Mar 2007 02:41:56 +0000 http://www.michaelnolan.co.uk/2007/03/22/pdf-forms-with-acrobat-8/#comment-71 Yes, I am trying to do the same thing and have had no such luck finding a solution. Adobe used to support FDF data, then abandoned it for XFDF, and now you're saying that Acrobat 8 is not (fully) compatible / does not support XFDF. This is crazy. Anyhow, I would like to see your example, if you have one online. I am trying to get the following workflow on my Web site: 1. HTML form (so users don't have to Acrobat installed, etc) for users to fill out 2. Some HTML data is used to fill in PDF template which will be emailed to person filling out form. The PDF form is actually a Rental Contract. PDF is a prettier format than ugly HTML form data. So, this is why I'm using PDF. 3. HTML form data comes to us as it already does. So, are you saying that I should create my PDF form in any version of Acrobat less than 8? Thanks! Eric Pollitt Dust Control Technologies http://www.dustboss.com/ Yes, I am trying to do the same thing and have had no such luck finding a solution. Adobe used to support FDF data, then abandoned it for XFDF, and now you’re saying that Acrobat 8 is not (fully) compatible / does not support XFDF. This is crazy.

Anyhow, I would like to see your example, if you have one online. I am trying to get the following workflow on my Web site:

1. HTML form (so users don’t have to Acrobat installed, etc) for users to fill out
2. Some HTML data is used to fill in PDF template which will be emailed to person filling out form. The PDF form is actually a Rental Contract. PDF is a prettier format than ugly HTML form data. So, this is why I’m using PDF.
3. HTML form data comes to us as it already does.

So, are you saying that I should create my PDF form in any version of Acrobat less than 8?

Thanks!

Eric Pollitt
Dust Control Technologies
http://www.dustboss.com/

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