Making a form template

I would like to make a form template and put it into the forms library such that I can select that instead of a blank windows form. Can anyone tell how that might be done?
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Create and save your Form in VS and then on the menu click (File) and select (Export Template). That will bring up a the
Export Template Wizard which you can follow the directions to have your template created. You should probably read through the links below to familiarize yourself with the choices and types of templates you
can create.
Creating Visual Studio Templates
Export Template Wizard
Develop Faster with Customized Visual Studio Templates
If you say it can`t be done then i`ll try it

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H! I've had absolutely no luck finding this via Google, Adobe, searches, etc. Hoping someone can shed some light here.
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In the Adobe TV tutorial on Acrobat Forms, the narrator mentions that Mac versions don't have a certain feature in their form creation wizard. I'm worried that, although Acrobat 9 is advertised as having a library of template form files, I can't use any of them because of my computer and OS.
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lesliemccoy wrote:
Any ideas or resources where I can get a definitive answer or workaround?
L
You can get a definitive answer right here.
LiveCycle Form Designer (what the folks with Windows use) is not available for the Mac OS.

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I'm making a interactive form or template with Adobe Designer, in which I have one object field and a few text fields.
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Hi expertes!
Customer is actively using XML templates for generating news and other KM content information.
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Hi, Thanx to this Forums professional users
ihave found the way of translating the XML forms template for easy changing the XML forms language using Userid language. So when a user logs on and wants to create a new XML forms(news ect.) they get the form in their own language.
Found in SAP help:
Language-Dependent Resource Files
You can use the default resource files as a template for language-dependent resource files. Note the following naming conventions for language-dependent resource files:
<Preferences location>/<project name>/<project name>_<language key>.xml
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/etc/xmlforms/SAP_DemoNews/SAP_DemoNews_it.xml
You have to create the language-dependent resource files manually (see Activities). You offcourse change the content of the xml
Question:
When we translate the form and test it, the entering template(xml) works perfect and we can generate the xml forms(news) in no time, BUT when displaying the XML forms in "SHOW" modus, it points back to a NON translated XML/XLS form. The translation of the form should also print/show the translated xml forms in SHOW modus also? Is there a way of translating the SHOW, bcs going into the forms builder is too time consuming and we can n ot do this bcs of short timeframe.
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I want to view the results in the form template, rather than in rows and columns, I can print them as .pdf but want to view them online

e.g   DOB:
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You can download the PDF that you are wanting to look at. In safari if there is a link to a pdf you can usually Control Click or Right Click and select to save it to the desktop. From there, you can open the PDF with Acrobat.
If i'm not mistaken, though, PDF's will default to Apple Preview, so if you want PDFs to open with Acrobat by default, you can set it that way by highlighting a PDF then hitting (Apple) I. In the Info pane, expand the "Open With" field, set the program to Acrobat, then tell it to Change All if you want all PDFs to default to Acrobat.
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The data source "....." referenced in the form template is not valid or cannot be found

Greetings,
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Hi Bob,
There are many XML schema files for the data connection, I recommend to check if the references to the XML files have been changed to the new schema files in the manifest file.
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Hi Eperts,
I would like to seek a help from you regarding creating a custom form template on custom BO. could you guide me where i have gone wrong in successfully creating a Print form. I am in dead need of this particular solution for a client. It is hampering my entire scenario......
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Hello
I would like to use PDF Forms with data stored in xfdf files.
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Using data from a spreadsheet, how can I create multiple completed PDFs from a form template?

Note that I am completely new to adobe acrobat.
I have a form template for a completion certificate for students who take a summer workshop where I'm working. It includes data such as their name and the program they completed. I have all the necessary information for each student in an excel spread sheet. Rather than sit here and enter data into the form 300+ times, I want to automate the process. I'd like to be able to specify the spread sheet and either have acrobat just print out all 300, or save them as seperate files so I can print them easily.
Thanks for the help!

Thanks for the response! I'd be interested in writing a script for it (I've actually been researching it a bit already). I'm completely new to Javascript (and scripting) but have a fair level of experience with c/c++ so I feel it shouldn't be too bad. I'll ask here for now, just let me know if I should ask a new question on the scripting forum instead.
I've looked at the Acrobat JavaScript API Reference (http://www.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/devnet/acrobat/pdfs/js_api_reference.pdf) a bit but am having trouble finding a way to read the spreadsheet's data in (I was planning on using a csv file). I found Doc.importTextData(), which can parse a tab delimited file and from the sounds of it fill in the forms automatically (though I would much prefer a c style file interface that lets me write the parsing logic). Every time I try to call importTextData it returns -1 though, which means "Warning: User Canceled File Select". When I call it direct from the JavaScript Debug Console I just get a -1, but when I have it execute when I save I get "NotAllowedError: Security settings prevent access to this property or method.". I did a bit of research on that and modified my script to look like:
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I've also tried running Acrobat as an administrator, but I still get the same error. I could just not be understanding privileges correctly.
My overall plan was:
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