PDF-Forms is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com/ __________________________________________________________________
Well Forms Designer can do the trick if you are willing to either a) redo your field calculations from scratch or b) invest some time cleaning up the imported forms. Unfortunately, there's no entirely automated fix. There's a section devoted exclusively to converting PDF forms in the Forms Designer documentation. You may find it's not as much work as you originally thought. There's also a section in the online help on Designing PDF forms in Forms Designer. It's important to stick to those guidelines (and avoid scripting directly to the Acrobat object model) if you want to transfer the forms easily into the upcoming Designer. If I were to tackle this problem I think I'd probably convert both the original FormFlow designs and the PDF forms to XFT. I would then use the artwork from the converted FF forms and copy/paste the converted calculations from the converted PDF forms. Some of the PDF scripting may not convert well, so you should try a form or two first to see how much manual work will be involved. This approach will take some effort, but the advantages of maintaining both the artwork and the fields in the same tool may save you overall, in the long run. A lot depends on how often the forms change. If they don't change that often, then the maintenance advantages may not outweigh the initial cost of conversion. I hope this helps. Regards, Rob __________________________ Rob McDougall, Technical Architect Indigo Pacific Limited Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (in order to email me, remove the underscores) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lauterbach.Mark Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 11:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PDF-Forms] Nobody using Forms Designer 5? Hi, Rob Wow, have I learned a lot this morning! I was asked to test this software as a possible replacement to FormFlow 2 - software we are using only to create the artwork for our forms. The artwork then goes for printing and/or for electronic distribution. The electronic versions we offer users are (usually fillable) PDFs created with Adobe Distiller and Acrobat. We do not at present need any database connectivity in our forms though we do use document and field level scripts to add usability enhancements. So what I'm looking for is layout software that can draw boxes, add graphics, and place static text. My initial impression was that Adobe Forms Designer 5 was that software with the added advantage of having the designer export directly to fillable PDF. Now I've learned otherwise. The reason I imported a PDF form is to see how much (if any) of the original document would be altered. I was hoping we could open up an already existing fillable PDF, make changes to the artwork and fields, and then end up with a modified but basically same PDF form. Not so. I did not realize I could import FRPs into AFD (though I will be trying that out soon) but that wouldn't really change much as our fill ability features are added after the fact with Acrobat. Thanks for your reply. Mark To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfforms.html
