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Getting Livecycle form features in Actrobat for form automation

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2011-01-30 07:32:27
michelleny914
Registered: Sep 1 2009
Posts: 11

Apparently the IAC api's will not work with livecycle forms so I'm in the process of converting our PDF forms back to Acrobat. But this leaves me with other issues such as:
 
1. How can I represent a Date picker field? Are there any free third party (or from Adobe) controls that memick a date picker?
 
2. A few of our forms created in Livecycle use dynamic forms. I.E. Hiding pages until a checkbox is selected for example. Is it possible to get similar results with just Acrobat/reader and javascript?
 

 
Thanks for any suggestion or comments.

My Product Information:
Reader 9.1, Windows
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2011-01-30 10:13:32
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George_Johnson
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Registered: Jul 6 2008
Posts: 1875
1. Here's a free one: http://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/basic-acroforms-toolset

2. It's possible using page templates, but it won't work in Reader unless the corresponding usage right is applied. Unfortunately, this is not one of the usage rights that Acrobat is able to apply. LiveCycle Reader Extension can though.


I looked at your other post and is seems that you're mostly wanting to populate fields with data via IAC. Another approach is to create a data file containing the field/value pairs and then importing it into the form. This should work with IAC and XFA forms.
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