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extract form Labels

mlabs
Registered: May 4 2009
Posts: 6
Answered

we work with the DOB for NYC and are looking to MAP their form labels to our DB so we can autopopulate their PDF documents.

i am using a windows xp sp3 machine with abobe acrobat pro 8

my questions is this: in abobe acrobat 8 pro How can i extract the FORM FIELD LABELS so i can see what they are naming their fields.
I dont want the data that would go into the field but the field name itself. i want to creat a text file or a xml file of the field names instead of looking at it one by one.

Thanks to all who respond...

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 8.0, Windows
thomp
Expert
Registered: Feb 15 2006
Posts: 4411
Export data from the form as XML or XFDF. Of course this will export data as well, but it will also give you all the field names. Since it's XML you can use XSLT to transform it into any XML gramar you need.

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mlabs
Registered: May 4 2009
Posts: 6
where do i go to do this in version 8 pro. I am lost.

Thanks
thomp
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Registered: Feb 15 2006
Posts: 4411
Use the "Forms > Manage Form Data > Export Data..." menu item.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.acrobatusers.com/tutorials/2006/javascript_console][b]The Console Window[/b][/url]

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

mlabs
Registered: May 4 2009
Posts: 6
thank you ... the key is that there needs to be data in the field not that the field was blank.
gkaiseril
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Registered: Feb 23 2006
Posts: 4308
See http://forum.planetpdf.com/wb/default.asp?action=9&read=60502&fid=131#164746 for report examples. No data needed.

George Kaiser