HTML and Fillable PDF forms

My question is two-fold:
1. How easy is it to convert an existing fillable PDF form to HTML? What tools are needed to facilitate this process? I know Amgraf has a product that enables this, but I'm looking for a solution that perhaps LiveCycle can render. Is this possible within Designer, or does it require a different LiveCycle server component?
2. Let's say I was able to achieve item#1 above... what is the process / script necessary to capture HTML form data and have it populate a blank version of an exisiting fillable PDF residing on a server? I understand there is some intermediate CGI script involved, but unsure how to implement this process.
Thanks,
Shaun

You can use FormsIVS on LC server to see what your form will look like in html.
Save your PDF as a xdp in Designer and copy over to the forms folder that FormsIVS uses.  I just did a search for *.xdp
On my box it is
C:\jboss-4.2.0_mssql2005\server\LC_SERVER\tmp\deploy\tmp262394240426adobe-forms-ivs-jboss. ear-contents\FormsIVS-exp.war\forms
If you have LC server bring up FormsIVS in a browser.  http://LC_SERVER:8080/FormsIVS/
If its your first time, goto Check/Change your preferences and set the admin user name/pwd
then Click on Test your form designs link
Select your form and for Output format select html4.  Click Use EJB or WebService.
What you'll see in your browser is the form rendered by LC in HTML format.  If you wrote script it may not work in HTML rendering.
As for populating a form, you should be able to use FormDataIntegration.Import/Export data or Output service to take xml data and merge it to a blank pdf.  You may want to map a XSD to the form if the structure is complex vs. using the out of the box form structure.  If you have acrobat you can see what that looks like by navigating Forms>Manage Form Data > Export Data.  Not very good if you've got repeating rows.

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