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Force Acrobat Reader to Search for PDF form when opening FDF file

TimHewitt
Registered: Sep 13 2011
Posts: 1

I have a situation where the original PDF form on a website was deleted. Now when I try to open an FDF file that was created using that form, it tries to find the original PDF file, which is no longer on the web server. I could restore it, but my web server's content management system assigns a system-generated GUID to each new file as part of the URL. So even though I could restore "Form.pdf" to the "Forms" folder, the new file will have a different GUID, and thus a different URL, than the original file that the FDF is looking for.
 
When the FDF doesn't contain a base location for the PDF form, Acrobat Reader prompts you to locate the PDF form. Is there a way to make the Reader do the same when it can't locate the embedded base location? I know I can just export the data into a spreadsheet, but some users would like to look at it on the form.

My Product Information:
Reader 9.0, Windows
try67
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Registered: Oct 30 2008
Posts: 2398
Can't you just edit the FDF and remove the old URL?

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