Hi,
We are trying to structure a application form for recruitment purposes.
1. We want the form to have some interactive components so that the users can enter their qualifications, address etc with some validations
2. We need to users to save the form data and submit the form using our online portal (job portal) as a regular file attachment. However, the text data entered in the form must be searchable in this PDF. For example, if I entered London in the City field of the address, a search for london in the document should highlight it. To this end, we are thinking of outputting the form as a regular PDF document with only text.
3. We expect to get about 2000 applications for this.
We are evaluating Lifecycle ES for this and structuring the form is going very well. However, we have concerns about the ability to save forms data or to output the completed form to a searchable pdf document. Any inputs are greatly appreciated.
Regards.
The user downloads your form, fills it in, saves it and submits it to your portal. Your portal, on receipt of the form, exports the data contained to XML, then imports that straight into a SQL database, after which it deletes the interim XML file along with the submitted form. You now have powerful search capabilities far and beyond a simple text search.
The only gotcha with this scenario is checking the submitted data for any SQL code (to prevent a code injection hack). Bear in mind that an LC form is not a real PDF document, but rather an XML file rendered as a PDF document. The distinction is subtle to the end user, but is very important to the developer.
Hope that helps you,
DaveyB
LiveCycle Designer 8.0
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