Dynamic Forms in FormsCentral? Is it possible ?

Hy, I'm a complete newby. I've downloaded the Adobe Acrobat XI Pro and this installed FormsCentral as well.
I did this download as I wanted to created a PDF document which I could sent to some partners of us. They could then fill out this pdf and send it back to us.
What I would like to have in the document are drop down field that are dependent on one another. So if you select something in the first drop down field, the second one should only show only fields related to the first selection. (and so on)
A = 1 2 3
B = A B
So if you select A in the first dropdown, the second should show 1, 2 and 3.
If you select B in the first one, the second should show A and B
Is this possible ? Am I using the right product ?
Furthermore, it would be great if these drop down fields could be populated from an external source. (xls, mysql, ...)
Again, is this possible ? Am I using the right product ?
Many thanks

Forms created in Acrobat can do that, but it requires some JavaScript programming. Fortunately, it's not too complicated and there are resources available to help you inderstand how to implement it.
You posted this in the FormsCentral forum, which is for questions about forms that are used with the FormsCentral service. Although PDF forms can be used with FormsCentral, it is just the form data that gets submitted, not the entire filled-in PDF.
If you want users to send you the filled-in PDF, you need to Reader-enable the document in Acrobat (unless all of your users will have Reader 11 or Acrobat). This allows Reader-users to save the form and they can then email it. You can set up a button on the form that initiates an email with the PDF attached, but if this doesn't work (and it won't for some users), the user can manually attach to an email.
As for populating the form from a data file or database, that's possible, but it's easiest if data is converted to a form that Acrobat can easily import, such as FDF, XFDF, or tab-delimited format.
If you have more questions, I would recommend using the Acrobat Forms forum here: http://forums.adobe.com/community/acrobat/forms?view=discussions

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