Alternate product for xml form builder

Hi,
I have just set up my portal environment with different xml forms.
These forms are created with the xml forms builder
I was wondering if there is an alternative for this because I'm experiencing that the xml form builder doesn't have a lot of options...
Can I for example use the adobe pdf forms or the SAP smartforms?
What do I have to do then?  Is it enough to just upload the layout folder to /etc/xmlforms and the content folder to /documents? (my current folders)
Can I also make an iView with a reference to these folders?  How can I make a link between the folder where the content is stored and the form? (in XML form builder via path)
Can anyone give me some advice on this?
Thx
Points will be awarded

Hi,
In this <a href="https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/3633">Blog on XML forms</a>, check out the <b>comments</b>. One of them talks about a business package being available.

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