Filling multiple instance subform from XFDF

Question

I am trying to figure out how to fill a PDF Form from XFDF file, so that if some group of data occurs more than once, the corresponding PDF subform automatically duplicates itself as many times as it is necessary. I read the XML Forms Object Model and Data Model references (field, value, bind, occur, match, ref and all that stuff) but can you provide a working sample (both PDF and XFDF file) that does the job ?
Also, I intend to do this by calling O2 Solutions' PDF4NET library, but that's another story, first I need to make it work from Acrobat.
Regards,
Goce Smilevski.

Answer 1

You won't be able to get this to work with XFDF. XFDF is a technology used with AcroForms (forms created in Acrobat). AcroForms do not have the capability to have a dynamic number of subform instances based on the data. For that you need an XFA form (a form created in Designer). But the way data is formated in an XFDF file is not compatible with an XFA form, so if you have an HREF to an XFA form in your XFDF and open it, the PDF will open, but there will be not data populated in it.
Chris
Adobe Enteprise Developer Support