Help with complex Acrobat forms

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Background: I worked with another developer and completed a form for one of our clients but I need to know if the below change requests are even possible and if so if anyone would like to help with finishing the form. I am definitely willing to pay for an experts services as long as this can be done in a timely manner.
What the form is - Our client wants a form that has text fields, drop down boxes and pages where images can be placed into the file and arrows drawn on it to point where the images are located on other images (some images are store layout maps). They would like to send this file out to their store managers, have them fill it in and then they would like the completed forms sent back so all of the information that was filled in (names, store names, addresses, square footage, etc) can be gathered into a database or excel file.
What is completed so far
- Cascading drop down boxes (user clicks on first drop down and whatever is selected changes the second drop down options, etc)
- Most of the text fields for information gathering including city, state, store manager etc
- Metric unit conversion boxes
- Header text fields (read only) are used on several of the pages and are a combination of choices made in the drop down boxes and text fields.
- Page footer info including page number
- The over all layout of the pages is set
Requested changes/additions
Major must have:
- Page Addition - There is a product page in the form (page 10) and the different stores will have a different number of these products to enter into the form so is there a way to add an ADD PAGE button on the page that when pressed will copy the product page to make a new product page? Now the product page has cascading drop down form fields on it so I would want to make sure the form fields are separate iterations of the form fields not just a duplicate of what was on the product page.
- Footer adjustments - If we can do the above of adding pages then is it possible to at that point adjust the footer to reflect the page number changes? The footer shows the current page number then the form name and date.
- Gather info - What is the best way to distribute these forms so that when returned completed the information can be gathered? I tried distributing via email which seems to work ok but the files might end up being too large for email so what is the best way to gather the completed info if say the files were ftp'd back?
Minor:
There are several minor change requests that I know are doable or that if not possible we can disregard. One that I am not sure about is if the color of the arrows in Acrobat can be changed from the default red?
At first I was assuming that the Clients that get the forms needed Acrobat Standard or Pro 8 or 9 because I thought that the only way to add images was to use the Touch-Up Tool under advanced tools and right click to Place images. However I am pretty sure that if Reader Rights is enabled that images can be copy pasted into the file too if this is incorrect please let me know.
If the above is not doable or if there is a better solution other than Acrobat forms to gather client information including allow the client to add images and place arrows then please let me know your thoughts.
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated and again id like to commission this out to anyone who is up for the challenge.
Thanks in advance
Jason

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I don't think this is supported in alter table command. But you can code that inside an if statement which queries systables & syscolumns. Your code should be something like that:
if (select count(*) from sysobjects, syscolumns where sysobjects.id = syscolumns.id and sysobjects.name = 'some_table' and syscolumns.name = 'some_column') < 1
begin
alter table some_table add some_column numeric(12) not null
end
This is an example..
Andreas.

Really need help with basic static forms?!?!

I was thrown into creating forms for our Business Managers and I am not a developer in any way! I am a Recruiter, but somewhat tech savvy (or at least I thought I was).
I am trying to create basic static forms. I started by using Adobe Professional and them moved to LiveCycle Designer because of what I thought were better "editable" options when creating the form. I want to be able to send my manager's forms via e-mail (PDF), they can enter the requesting information in the fields, save a copy for themselves, print, and e-mail to me. We are not using any of the Adobe Server things, I don't want them to submit via an e-mail button on the form. We are a non-profit organization and my managers are using all different versions of reader.
I am getting extremely frustrated because in testing the form everything seems to be working properly including tab order, print, save and everything I want it to do. Then, I send them out for my managers to use, for some Manager's they work great, no problems at all! But then, I keep getting these weird issues from different Managers with the same form. For one of them, what they typed in the field, now looks like it's behind the text box, like when you select Highlight all, you can see what he typed, but then if you click into the text box, you can see what he typed. Another Manager said, two (crucial) fields would not show the text entered when she tries to save or print, but on screen you can see it????
So after the rambling, I guess my questions are: should I be using Live Cycle to create such basic forms or should I be using Adobe? Can anyone recommend a good "FOR DUMMIES" book that will help me figure out what I am doing wrong, and not explain in "IT" language?
This is really getting embarrassing!! Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!!

1. Make sure to set the PDF target version. Goto File -> Form Properties (see the first screenshot attached)
     Find out the minimum Reader version used in your organization and set this value accordingly. If you are not sure, select the least recent version.
2. two (crucial) fields would not show the text entered when she tries to save or print, but on screen you can see it
     This may be due to the visibility settings of the fields. Just make sure that you have selected visible instead of visible (screen only)
     See the second screenshot attached
Hope this may help you.
Nith

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I'm new to GP and interactive forms on EP 7.0 SP15 and running into a problem with submitting an offline form and GP starting the process. The examples were followed on how to set up the callable object with an interactive form. I've got the form set up to be used as a standalone interactive form and starting a process upon completion. I've selected the process which is active and completed the mapping. Went through the steps to manage impersonalized interactive forms. Downloaded the form, entered data and submit. Get the message back that it was received successfully. Went back and checked manage impersonalized... and can see that the form was returned. Go back to Runtime and can't find the process listed anywhere. Where is it going? Is there a way to track it down? Looked at Maintain queues and checked each queue, can't find anything with a timestamp around the time the last form was submitted. Any ideas on how to figure this out would be appreciated.
Thank you,
Kathy

Thanks for the reply! I was able to reset the field calculation order
but have one field that is not populating right away and I have
changed it's order everywhere?

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I have been trying what you share with me above with Version 9 and Version 8. I have two version with me, I
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Hello.
I am trying to convert the online homepage of Bank of America (http://www.bankofamerica.com) into a a PDF file. When the PDF file gets created, not all the background colors and graphics come out (Please see attachment). Does anyone know how to fix this problem? I would like my PDF file to look exactly as the website.
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