How-to cfpdfform pre-fill a pdf form

I am trying to pre-populate a pdf form with xml data.
I found an example of how-to extract data from a form called
"cfpdform-xmldata-read.zip",
but I want to pre-populate the form with existing data.
The command I am using is:
<cfpdfform source="TestForm.pdf" action="populate"
xmldata="xmldata.xml" />
It doesn't work, the pdf is just copied over, without filling
the fields.
The data format should be identical.
I am running:
ColdFusion 8.01 Developer's Edition on Linux.
What am I doing wrong?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xfa:datasets xmlns:xfa="
http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-data/1.0/"><xfa:data><form1><grantApplication><page1><Projec tTitle>Foo
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Principal</PIName><Degrees>Foo</Degrees><SSN>1234567</SSN><PositionTitle>Software
Engineer</PositionTitle><Department>Computers</Department><Subdivision>Quality</Subdivisi on><Address>Bannerghatta
Road</Address><City>Bangalore</City><State>Karnataka</State><ZipCode>560029</ZipCode><Ema il>[email protected]</Email><PhoneNum>918051939616</PhoneNum><FaxNum>91803264522</FaxNum><H umanSubjects>1</HumanSubjects><CompNum>321</CompNum><VertebrateAnimals>2</VertebrateAnimal s><AssuranceNum>123</AssuranceNum><FromPeriod/><ThroughPeriod/><BudgetDirectCosts>200</Bud getDirectCosts><BudgetTotalCosts>300</BudgetTotalCosts><SupportDirectCosts>400</SupportDir ectCosts><SupportTotalCosts>500</SupportTotalCosts><OrgAddress>Downtown</OrgAddress><OrgCi ty>Newton</OrgCity><OrgState>WI</OrgState><OrgZipCode>34561</OrgZipCode><Type>2</Type><Org Code>290</OrgCode><IDNumber>98765</IDNumber><District>CapeTown</District><CurrentPage>1</C urrentPage><PageCount>2</PageCount></page1><page2><Description>This
is the description of the
project</Description><CurrentPage>2</CurrentPage><PageCount>2</PageCount></page2></grantA pplication></form1></xfa:data></xfa:datasets>

If you're asking about setting tab stops for a text field, there is not a means to do this. Though you can insert a tab character into a field value programmatically, I've never found a way to do it from the keyboard.

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