Merge Data by Form

I wish to send a created form to client automatically instead of send manually. Say, I want client to download a form at my website, complete and return the form to me automatically through e-mail. When I gathered the forms, I can transform the form data to an excel file.
Please advise how to do it?
Regards
Rebecca Chung

This is done without any email. A web programmer writes an app, or "script" to install on a suitable web server. The form connects to the server and sends the data. The data then does what is required: save to file or database, generate files, send emails... this is just the same as any other HTML form on the web (but different scripts).
Sending an email from the client is not really practical for commercial purposes, for instance millions of people use web mail and have no email cllient to send a form.

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In the dialog you can select which row to import. If you want to merge the PDF with the spreadsheet you can use the Mail Merge command in the Acrobat panel in Excel (not available in all versions), or a script.

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Can any one tell me the solution to merge data to the adobe form created using adobe life cycle designer. Here i want to merge data in the server side and send the resulting forms to the users

Hi,
You are correct, You can load the Data from ODSA / ODSB to ODSC.
1. Create the ODSC which are include the fileds A,B,C,D,E.
2. Create the Transfermation from ODSA to ODSC> Give the Propermapping with A,B,C,D> Save and Activate the Transfermation.
3. Create the another Transfermation from ODSB to ODSC--> Give the mapppings with A and E only, then save and activate the Transfermation.
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LiveCyle Forms and LiveCycle Designer - Merging data

Hello,
I´m using the following products:
Adobe Professional/Reader/Livecycle Designer = 8
LiveCycle FormServer (Forms) = 7.0
My questions are about using livecycle forms with livecycle Forms. I think this is the right forum because the functionality I´m getting seems to be more designer related.
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In my opinion there are incompatible differences between how a liveCycle 7.1 pdf form and a Livecycle 8 pdf form (saved with version 7) is worked by LiveCycle Forms.
Despite this, there is some bugs in Livecycle Forms when working with PDF files. It woks well with xdp but not with pdf, maybe because a xdp is more simple to work with...
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Forms are forms. They don't change just because you upload them. While it has nothing to do with LiveCycle as such, FC should be able to open your frorm and convert it. In any case, ask such specific questions in teh relevant product forums.
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We have the XFA Forms (.pdf) created in Adobe LiveCycle designer 8.2 ES. We have the following requirement :
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2. We need to merge the populated forms and create a single PDF out of these forms, using standalone Java programs.
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The answer looks quite clear, and the conclusion is essentially simple: Don't use LiveCycle Designer.
Keep in mind that LiveCycle Designer originated as design tool for the according servers (that's way back in JetForms's days). For reasons I still can follow, Adobe decided to thow this design tool after any Acrobat Pro for Windows buyer. And the forms industry is now suffering from the mess that created.
Also, keep in mind that the term "Server" is used here as "service providing application".
Rants aside, was there a specific feature making you chose XFA (aka LiveCycle Designer)? Knowing these reasons can help us finding suitable workarounds.
HTH.
Max Wyss.

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I have LiveCycle Designer 8.0 and I didn't find a forum for it so just point me in the right direction if this is not the place.
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2. We want different colors of the same PDF without actually making the different PDFS, is there a way we can do this through the merging the data? For example: In the XDP file, we specify the color of the border of a rectangle. When the PDF merges with the data, will the PDF be able to change the border of the rectangle with the specified color?
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1. XDP is the file format for merging data with LiveCycle created PDFs (FDF was with Acrobat)? if not, what is the format?
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V

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Merge data in ODS

Hey Folks!
I'm trying to merge data from two InfoSources into one ODS with updaterules. But it doesn't work.
Here is a short description what I want to do:
InfoSource A:
CustID_|_ProduktID_|_Status 
815____|__4711____|__viewed
915____|__4812____|__orderd
InfoSource B:
CustID_|_ProduktID_|_Info
815____|__4711___|__Msg1
915____|__4812___|__Msg2

ODS (the result I want!!!)
CustID_|_ProduktID_|_Status_|_Info
815____|__4711___|__viewed___|_Msg1
915____|__4812___|__ordered___|_Msg2

If I load first InfoSource A and then B I get the following result:
CustID__|__ProduktID__|__Status__|__Info
815_____|__4711_______|__viewed___|__
915_____|__4812_______|__ordered__|__
815_____|__4711_______|___________|__Msg1
915_____|__4812_______|___________|__Msg2
How can I merge the data so that I have only one record for similar CustID and ProduktID??
I have two updaterules, for each InfoSource one. With the first upadteRule I update the DataFields CustID, ProduktID and Status of the ODS
With the second updaterule I update CustID, ProduktID and Info. I got the Information that I overwrite fields that updated by another rule.
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Stephan

Hi,
Just make sure that
CustID and ProduktID
are defined as key fields and
Status and Info
are defined as data fields
and in the Settings of ODS mark the checkbox
Unique data records
You should get the desired result.
Hope it helps.
Cheers
Anurag

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