Acrobat form data - export as XML - add button

[petrusstone@gmail.com]

Please help - trying to create action button on PDF page - need to export form data to XML not FDF

exportAsXML(); - nothing happens ...

exportAsFDF(); - exports OK but cannot import to my Excel XML map/scheme

[try67]

exportAsXML doesn't work because it doesn't exist.

You can export to XFDF file (using exportAsXFDF), which is an XML representation of the form data.

[petrusstone@gmail.com]

thanks for your trouble, but I can only import XML not XFDF into my MS-Excel schema/map

currently I have to go to Acrobat's menus - More Form Option --> Export Data --> select XML as type

a bit cumbersome for my office staff

was hoping for a javascript that does the same

[try67]

There's no built-in function that does that, but you can write one...

[petrusstone@gmail.com]

not my forte, thanks, hopefully someone will save the day

[Karl Heinz Kremer]

Take a look here, it mentions a package named XFDF2XL, which seems to do what you need. Look for message #12:

Re: Export PDF form data to Excel?

I’ve not used it, don’t know anything about it, but it came up in a Google search.

[Karl Heinz Kremer]

You should be able to convert XFDF to whatever flavor of XML Excel expects with some XSLT transforms.