Merging XML forms (LiveCycle) into PDF Portfolio

This is a topic thats been coming up occasionally since PDF first appeared. Of course it used to be sharing form data between file attachmants. The short answer is no. It's not that can't be done, just that there is no easy and reliable way to do it. Seems like a prettly obvious feature to add for grouping forms. But no. You should do what everyone else does that needs this feature. Put all of your forms into a single Static LC form, or an "AcroForm". Then sharing data isn't a problem.

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Rats! The forms need to be submitted to different departments, so I thought this would be the best way to avoid data entry replication. I'll go back to a single form, then extract pages manually and forward them.

Thanks for your quick reply. Cheers.