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creating web page from a form

oksana77
Registered: Apr 24 2009
Posts: 89

Can I convert my pdf form to a web page?

My Product Information:
Acrobat Standard 8.1, Windows
thomp
Expert
Registered: Feb 15 2006
Posts: 4411
You mean convert it into a Web Page Form, with interactive fields? There's no technical reason why this couldn't be done. Acrobat will convert a PDF into HTML (poorly), but it doesn't convert form fields and I don't know of any third party tool that will do it.

But there is a possiblity. XFA (LiveCycle forms) can be rendered as HTML. But this has to be done from LiveCycle ES forms server.

Thom Parker
The source for PDF Scripting Info
[url=http://www.pdfScripting.com]pdfscripting.com[/url]

The Acrobat JavaScript Reference, Use it Early and Often
[url=http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/javascript.php]http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/javascript.php[/url]

Then most important JavaScript Development tool in Acrobat
[url=http://www.pdfscripting.com/public/34.cfm#JSIntro][b]The Console Window (Video tutorial)[/b][/url]
[url=http://www.acrobatusers.com/tutorials/2006/javascript_console][b]The Console Window(article)[/b][/url]

Thom Parker
The source for PDF Scripting Info
www.pdfscripting.com
Very Important - How to Debug Your Script

oksana77
Registered: Apr 24 2009
Posts: 89
This form has no fields but only links to a list of forms with description and sort option. We essentially would like it to be a web page. When Acrobat converts it to HTML will links and sort function still work?
thomp
Expert
Registered: Feb 15 2006
Posts: 4411
I'm not sure, give it a try.

Thom Parker
The source for PDF Scripting Info
[url=http://www.pdfScripting.com]pdfscripting.com[/url]

The Acrobat JavaScript Reference, Use it Early and Often
[url=http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/javascript.php]http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/javascript.php[/url]

Then most important JavaScript Development tool in Acrobat
[url=http://www.pdfscripting.com/public/34.cfm#JSIntro][b]The Console Window (Video tutorial)[/b][/url]
[url=http://www.acrobatusers.com/tutorials/2006/javascript_console][b]The Console Window(article)[/b][/url]

Thom Parker
The source for PDF Scripting Info
www.pdfscripting.com
Very Important - How to Debug Your Script