Form issues in Acrobat 8

Which 'create a form' option did you choose? There's one option with fixed pages and one with flowable layout. One allows you to add fields and make changes (text boxes, lines, etc.), but you'd have to do a bit of clean-up because the form doesn't exactly come in like the original. With the other option the form comes in similar to (or very close) the original, but you can't change any of the graphics or text already set. You can just add fields.

I don't know if this helps. The form I tried was sent to me as a PDF created in Acrobat 7 so I'm wondering if your error message has something to do with the version in which your original form was created.

Good luck!

DB

I have a different form creation issue:
- if I use the automatic form creation feature in Acrobat I am able to format each field with unique features such as Calculations, etc.
- if I use LiveCycle Designer to build my form I am able to format each field with a different set of unique features such as Date fields with a calendar prompt.

This is fine unless I want a from that combines the best features of both form creation approaches...which is, of course, what I want.

I haven't figured out a way to bridge this divide. Does anyone out there share my frustration? Does anyone know of a fix?

Thanks,

KM

Different issue is best addressed in a new post.

Acrobat forms uses the FDF standard for creating the form field layer and form fields, LiveCycle Designer, developed by JetForms, use an XML form layer for the form layer and field data. These 2 technologies are incompatible and can not coexist in the same form for development or display.