Binding in PDF Forms.

Hi Gurus,
I am working on PDF forms and this is new to me. I wanted to have some knowledge about the Binding in PDF Forms and how do we do it manually.
Please give a small example also of possible.
Thanks
Amit.

Hi
To manually bind data to UI Elements
1. Insert Text Field in body page of Interactive form.
2. Click on Text Field. On right side of adobe designer you will get property tab.
3. In Properties you can bind data to Ui element through Object -> Binding -> Default Binding
4. Click on Triangle Icon an drill across through your required data source.
5. Choose required value attribute whom you want to bind.
Through this way u can manually bind the context to Ui Elements.
Else you can directly drag and drop available attributes under data source to page body.
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