Combining PDFs that have identical user-filled fields in them

I already have a more specific question about this process posted elsewhere here, but I want to back-up a bit and ask this higher-level question.
We have an annual event that requires us to create a number of different PDFs, by category, that have user-filled fields in them. Of course we create these forms and create the user fields. We then send these out, then get them back from multiple users who have completed them. We now want to combine all of these submitted PDFs into a single PDF or portfolio (whatever works!). From what I've read so far on this, the problem we have with combining all these into one document comes from the fact that all these completed forms come back to us, completed by their users -- but since many fields all have the same names (which we of course assigned originally) in the completed PDFs that come back to us, Acrobat seems to read all the fields that have the same field name and override all the entered data in those fields with the user-entered data in only one of them (I assume the first on it comes across). Is that correct? If so, what's a logical work-around for this? Sending out PDFs to each user that have field names that are unique to that user only? That seems kind of archaic, but maybe that's it... Although I'm also guessing that someone will suggest a javascript code to use in our files that may resolve this problem. I can copy and paste code, but I'[m no javascripter, so I'd need to know exactly how to do it... Any ideas? Thank you! - Sean

For Acrobat PDFs, you will need to flatten each form before concatenation. Merging multiple forms together is called concatenation. Warning: Flattening the form fields will make the PDF fields unreadable and unfillable; and it would be wise to save the merged or flattened document under a different file name. There are Visual Studio .net and JAVA developer libraries that can perform these tasks; but you will need programming experience or hire a developer.
For more information visit:
http://www.nk-inc.com/software/fdftoolkit.net/help/2.0/?topic=html/Overload_FDFApp_FDFDoc_ Class_PDFFlatten2Buf.htm
http://www.nk-inc.com/software/fdftoolkit.net/help/2.0/?topic=html/Overload_FDFApp_FDFDoc_ Class_PDFConcatenateForms2File.htm
Also, try searching Google for software that can "Concatenate PDF Forms to file":
https://www.google.com/search?q=Concatenate+PDF+Forms+to+file

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