[Newbie] PDF forms without  XFA structure

Hello.
I'm currently working at an ASP.NET application that, via a third-party component, sends automatically values to different interactive PDF. The problem is that, because of XFA structure, the component can not communicate with form fields of documents created by Adobe Designer 7.
In your knowledge is there a way to create PDF forms WITHOUT XFA in Adobe Professional 7 Environment ?
I thank you for any helps.
Stefano

hi,
use pdfmark and distiller to create the forms in PDF Acroform. Then they are like adobe professional 6 created forms. So, you can proceed as usual.
Steps involved.
1. Save the form as XDP in designer. It is a simple XML file.
2. Parse XDP and convert it into .ps file. Use pdfmark syntax to put the form controls.
3. Use distiller utility to convert the .ps file into .pdf file. ( You can programattically do this . There is a sample in Adobe SDK 7 installation.
Hope this helps. We are right now doing this work around. Please let us know if you find a better or more elegant way.
thanks,
Deiv

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