Data Export - please help!

Those are the default names in the data hierarchy. The name of the data is the name of the field. There are two things you can do. First, name your fields appropiately. Second, map your data. The data mode in a LiveCycle form defaults to the form hierarchy. But you can create an XML file that organizes the data the way you want, then attach this to your form, so you don't get those ugly hiearchy names.

But really you need some LiveCycle training. Have you see the tutorials at the official LiveCycle site?
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/livecycle/9.0/designerHelp/index.htm?content=000001.php

You'll also find tutorials and videos on this site.

Thom Parker
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Ken,

I think your issue may be related to a bug in LiveCycle Designer 8.2 where a processing instruction ex. <?templateDesigner StyleID aped3?> gets copied repeatedly into your document. Try updating to Acrobat 9.1 or later to correct the issue. For more details check out the following blog entry:
http://blogs.adobe.com/livecycle/2009/03/post.php

Thanks for the useful help. Mapping the data sounds like it would solve my problem. Could you explain how to create an xml file that organises my data please? Is this easy to do, I have never used xml?!

Thanks again,

Ken

In a LiveCycle form the data organization is "mapped" by adding the XML as a Data Connection. This is done from the menu in the "Data View" window. The specifics of XML grammar go way beyond what I could explain in a forum post. But it's not too difficult. XML is very much like HTML. It's very popular and you'll find loads of info by searching on the web. To see a sample XML layout for your data simply export data from your form as XML.

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.pdfscripting.com/public/34.cfm#JSIntro][b]The Console Window (Video tutorial)[/b][/url]
[url=http://www.acrobatusers.com/tutorials/2006/javascript_console][b]The Console Window(article)[/b][/url]