Xml pdf questions

Trying to create a pdf from xml using asp I created the following code. The form appears without the field being populated. I went into designer pull up the pdf added some data and tried to export the data as xml and xdp. The xml shows with no data. Trie to open xdp its say unable to locate template. Is this xml correct? (this is being used in designer to perform the binding <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <TextField1><value>Howard</value></TextField1> After I have binded the field I use the following asp to display the pdf with the one field filled in. Is this xml correct? <% Response.ContentType = "application/vnd.adobe.xdp+xml" response.write "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>" response.write "<?xfa generator='AdobeDesigner_V7.0' APIVersion='2.2.4333.0'?>" response.write "<xdp:xdp xmlns:xdp='http://ns.adobe.com/xdp/'>" response.write "<xfa:datasets xmlns:xfa='http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-data/1.0/'>" response.write "<xfa:data xfa:dataNode='dataGroup'>" response.write "<form><TextField1><value><text>Howard</text></value></TextField1></form>" response.write "</xfa:data>" response.write "</xfa:datasets>" response.write "<pdf href='http://159.83.96.138/prod/myFirstShot.pdf' xmlns='http://ns.adobe.com/xdp/pdf/' />" response.write "<xfdf xmlns='http://ns.adobe.com/xfdf/' xml:space='preserve'>" response.write "<annots/>" response.write "</xfdf>" response.write "</xdp:xdp>" Response.Flush Response.End %>

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Hallo:-)
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BoySetsTheFire wrote:
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