XDP in PDF

Hi, Somes questions on the XML Data Package and Javascript/ActionScript.
1 Q) Is it possible to use the Acrobat SDK to programatically embed the XDP template into a PDF?
2 Q) Is it possible to simulate user's click action (Sending windows messages) on Acrobat generated dialog using javascript or actionscript?

Thanks for the prompt reply.
With regard to the 1st question on the XDP, what i meant is If i have created a XDP template using the Adobe LiveCycle Designer, I can simply save
it as a dynamic XML form (as pdf). Is it possible to create the same dynamic XML form (as pdf) using the Adobe SDK based based on the XDP template (of .xdp extension)?
In short, can i create a dynamic XML pdf form from a XDP template?

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