Importing XML form data, and reading a PDF form in Reader

The title pretty much says it all. My colleagues have the latest in Adobe Reader (9). They would like to import the form data that they receive in their email as an xml attachment. They would like to read the form as it is filled out in their reader.
Please tell me how.

I think they have to have Acrobat to import the data. Reader was not meant to keep data for the user unless Reader Right's are enabled (limited use of form for this typically). The US gov't has done this for years for tax forms at a substantial cost I am sure. The Reader Right's that comes in Acrobat is limited to the number of uses of the form, but the full rights can be negotiated with Adobe for more than 500 uses.
The answer used to be to buy your colleagues Acrobat, it would be cheaper than paying the additional enabling cost. With the limited use of the rights with the current versions, Adobe has made a compromise on there old policy. You might look at PlanetPDF to see if there are some third party applications that would meet your need.

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