ADOBE ACROBAT WINDOWS 6 RE IMPORTING FDF DATA
From: Volker_Kleinschmidt@no-spam
Subject: Re: Importing FDF Data
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 17:28:57 -0800


James,

this sounds a lot like something you'd want an FDF server for. A PDF form is designed to be filled out by one person and then submitted or printed. Acrobat has some batch processing capabilities, but none involving File-actions such as import FDF.


If you really need this automated, you'd probably be best off whipping up some Visual Basic Script to do this (I presume that's doable, but don't know any details).






















From: JAMES_H_JANSEN@no-spam
Subject: Re: Importing FDF Data
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 07:42:24 -0800

Thanks for the reply, and that is what I was afraid of. I may try writing some type of usable sub-routine/macro to go the next record in the data file, or if all else fails (and I run out of time by 4/15) will do it manually.


Jim Jansen

From: Lisa_ONeal@no-spam
Subject: Re: Importing FDF Data
Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 07:43:00 -0700

Dale
I posted a situation similar to yours - still no fix when I use the JavaScript: importAsFDF("u:\pz.fdf)


A *.BAT file calls Adobe and opens the form. To make this transparent to the end user, I want to populate the fields.


I reset the UPLOAD button's action property to "IMPORT FROM DATA". However, when I try to add the file's name PZ.XFDF it tells me "FILE DOES NOT BEGIN WITH '%FDF-'.


Lisa

From: Lisa_ONeal@no-spam
Subject: Re: Importing FDF Data
Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 08:05:54 -0700

Aandi I tried it and this came back when I pushed the button
File does not begin with'%FDF-'.

My script is importAnFDF("u:\pz.fdf")

Lisa

From: Lisa_ONeal@no-spam
Subject: Re: Importing FDF Data
Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 08:08:14 -0700

Aandi
IT WORKS NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!

I changed the script to be importAnXFDF("u:\pz.xfdf") \

and BAM it loads the data!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lisa