Passing user input data to existing pdf

Question

My customer prints business cards, currently the printing requests are submitted by a variety of methods (e-mail,paper napkins, etc.) that create more work and consume to much time. When a request is finalized it is in pdf format and at that point ready to go to press.
I am trying to simplify this process by allowing the person that needs a card printed to fill out an online pdf form that looks exactly like their business card. When completed the form is submitted and their info needs to be passed to an existing pdf (also online) that also looks exactly like their business card. This pdf will be submitted for review and approval and used to go to press.
I have been designing/hosting web sites for years but pdf's are new to me. I purchased Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0.8 and Live Cycle Designer 7.0, I have created both of the pd's described in the 2nd paragraph and used the Designer to build the form, uploaded to server and had the data saved as XML. I am able to import the XML data to the other pdf and it does so beautifully. I did it this way first to familiarize myself with the software. I also purchased a very comprehensive book on Acrobat 7.0 which also covers the Live Cycle Designer to some extent.
I learned that a Java Script would be necessary to accomplish my goal but after scouring the web and submitting my project needs to www.rentacoder.com I have been overwhelmed. The coders that responded were going to use everything except Java Script to achieve the desired results (PHP, Java)and cost ranging from $45.00 to $700.00.
I have downloaded from the Adobe web site the following;
Acobat JavaScripting Scripting Reference
Acrobat JS Guide
I do not write scripts and thought these could help but I can't understand exactly how my script should look.
These are the fields that will be completed by users;
Job Title, Full Name, Address1, Address2, City State Zip, Ph#, Cell#, E-mail Address.
URL to user form -www.tarantulawebdesign.com/bc/twd_form1.pdf
Url to pdf that data will be passed to - www.tarantulawebdesign.com/bc/bc_tmplt.pdf
Any help with my situation will be greatly appreciated!

Answer 1

Hi Steven,
Luckily, you don't even have to write a single line of JavaScript code to get what you want! :-)
Just create a new data connection using an example xml-file. Then bind the form fields to their respective data connection field. Then select iomport xml-data in Acrobat Pro or insert a button (optional) with the following line of code:
xfa.host.importData();
Here's your file, I tuned a bit. You may want to have a look at it:
business-cards.pdf (download via filefactory, which is a bit slow and tricky...).
1) download the file
2) create a new text-document. rename it to something like business-card_data.xml
3) copy & paste the following example business card data:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<form1>
<vcard>
  <Name>John Smith</Name>
  <Position>CEO</Position>
  <Address1>Nowhere 1</Address1>
  <Address2>Nonsense Enterprises Ltd.</Address2>
</vcard>
</form1>
4) Place both files (pdf, xml) in the same directory
5) open pdf, click the button, select the xml
Regards,
Steve