URGENT - Can I predefine form fields dynamically??

Hello,
I am wondering if I can predefine forms (pdf-form-fields) by content coming from a database for example. So the user only needs to validate the information instead of writing it by himself before printing it for example. Can anyone help me please?
Thanks in advance,
M

Martin,
This is not appropriate for the Reader forum. I think it might be
possible if you used xml based pdf forms rather than what is known as
Acroforms/Acrobat forums. Please re-ask in the Acrobat LiveCycle
Designer forum:
Mike

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