AFP format to PDF/XML

Hi.
Can someone please let me know if we can convert .afp files into either XML/PDF files?
[Background: Currently, we have the data in .afp file format. We use some third party tool to convert .afp file into a static pdf. The data is not available in the DB. Now the idea is to convert the .afp file into an XML file (if possible) and use this XML file as an input to new interactive PDF]
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
VJ

Hi Vijay,
Did you get the answer of this? I also want to convert .AFP to PDF/XML using LiveCycle.
Thanks,
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