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XDP has no data in Acrobat Reader 9

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2008-07-01 12:13:36
TLD49
Registered: Dec 3 2007
Posts: 11

I have an XDP that utilizes the Reader Rights-enabled PDF template through href, with xml data. When you open the XDP in Acrobat Reader 8.x, it works perfectly ... XML data is displayed in the template's fields.

However, reading the same XDP displays only empty fields when using Acrobat Reader 9, as though its loading and displaying only the template and ignore the XML data.

This is regardless of whether the XDP uses the Adobe Lifecycle 7 generator or the newest AdobeLiveCycleDesignerES_V8.2.1 that comes with Acrobat 9 Pro Extended (e.g. <?xfa generator='AdobeLiveCycleDesignerES_V8.2.1.3144.1.471865' APIVersion='2.8.8118.0'?>). Also, doesn't matter if the PDF template being loaded is Acrobat 8-based Reader Rights Enabled, or Acrobat 9 Reader Rights enabled.

Strangely, an XDP using AdobeLiveCycleDesignerES_V8.2.1 generator and loading a 9.0 reader-rights enabled PDF template merges and displays data just fine in Acrobat Reader 8.x.

Any help is appreciated.

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2008-07-03 13:52:01
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TLD49
Registered: Dec 3 2007
Posts: 11
No takers? I assume didn't give enough info.

It's a basic XDP (following XFA 2.7 spec) that loads an external PDF through href using the pdf element. Here's a sample structure of an XDP that utilizes an Acrobat 9.0 Reader Rights Enabled PDF template.

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' ?>
<?xfa generator='AdobeLiveCycleDesignerES_V8.2.1.3144.1.471865' APIVersion='2.8.8118.0' ?>My Name Goes Here
Another value goes hereThe above loads the PDF template but fails to "merge" the data into the appropriate fields when opening the XDP in Acrobat 9 Reader. All fields are blank as though loading the template directly.

However, in Acrobat 8.1 Reader, identical XDP works fine, assuming any instance of Acrobat 9 Reader or Pro has been removed. Note that this is on Windows XP Pro SP2.

Note that same thing happens when I use an Acrobat 8 Reader Rights template and XDP using 8.0 Livecycle Designer value in generator tag and XFA 2.5 spec. Works fine in Acrobat Reader 8.x, fails in 9.0.

Please, is this a bug with Acrobat 9 Reader (which just came out a few days ago)?

Thanks.
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2009-03-20 08:47:34
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james.jones
Registered: Mar 20 2009
Posts: 1
Was there ever a resolution to this issue? I'm experiencing the same problem.
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2010-01-19 15:59:18
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AlanJordan
Registered: Jan 19 2010
Posts: 3
I created a form in Adobe Acrobat 9 Professional and generated a .pdf file. The .pdf file has an e-mail button. When e-mailed and .xpd file is generated. I wrote an Access program that was able to parse the .xpd file (we can't use an .xml file for security reasons) and all went well. Months went by and then I tried to read the files. No luck. The .xpd files seem to be a blank file, with one carriage return.

The entire program that I wrote is predicated on being able to import the data from the .xpd file. My best guess is that something changed in the way that Adobe creates the .xpd file. Any suggestions or insights will be most appreciated.
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