XML import into floating fields issue

Probably missing something obvious, but my searches are coming up blank. Here's the workflow I'm shooting for: -Create form1 in LCD -User fills out form and submits via email the XML data -Create form2 in LCD that uses floating text fields to create a dynamic text document based on the info in form1 -Import XML data from form1 into form2 -Print form2 Most of it works, but there is a subform on form1 that form2 doesn't import the data from. The XML winds up like this: <variable1>Variable 1 Info</variable1> <variable2>Variable 2 Info</variable2> <subform> <variable3>Variable 3 Info</variable3> <variable4>Variable 4 Info</variable4> </subform> In this example, form2 properly imports variable1 and variable2, but ignores variable3 and variable4. Manually removing the <subform> tags yields the desired result. Something in the text field binding in form2, maybe? Thanks in advance, SyddyS

The answer appears to lie in the hierarchy and naming. All forms, pages, subforms, etc. have to be named exactly the same and have the same hierarchical flow for the floating text fields to bind properly to imported data. This kind of blows for my purposes, as "form2" had my text fields spread across multiple pages and multiple subforms. Naming all the subforms the same as the subform in "form1" made the first one work, but none of the subsequent.
If anyone has any alternative thoughts, I'd appreciate it. My workaround is to put ALL of my text fields in form1 on the same level, and then call them out one by one in the scripting to make the ones I want visible or hidden. Wrapping them in a subform just causes too much trouble down the line. Ugly, but functional.
Thanks,
SyddyS

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