Flash in PDF?

Is there any way to get flash content into a form made with LiveCycle designer.
Is there a way to open it in acrobat and have it editable enought to insert a swf if not in LiveCycle?
Short story is I want to drop a colorpicker into the form, and I can't seem to find a way to implement on in Livecycle...
Thanks in advance for any thoughts,
-Ted

Hi Ted,
I have not had much luck getting the .swf to talk to the XFA/AcroForm. I am sure that it can be done - its just that I have not been able to do it. Here is an update: https://acrobat.com/#d=PTBzh-SKqWHFMCH92Mre3w
Thinking about it though I am not sure if it is a good idea to mix the two technologies. I know you can use Flex to create form guides and you can import a swf into Acrobat to create a vehicle for the user to interact with the swf. However in these cases the swf represents the complete user interface.
Where you are putting XFA form objects and swf side-by-side, it means that you have to import an AcroForm into LC Designer, which is going to reduce the functionality.
Instead you could mimic the colour picker in LC Designer. Sample here: https://acrobat.com/#d=JsgRxRQt-J*ZeuMJwuYBjw
It is not as "flash", but will maintain the functionality within the XFA form.
Lastly you may want to consider some restrictions that may apply if swf content needs to communicate outside of the XJA/AcroForm: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/pdfs/acrobat_reader9_flash_security.pdf
Good luck,
Niall

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