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working with databases in acrobat dc

New Here ,
Aug 08, 2016 Aug 08, 2016

How can I fill an interactive field or a combo with data from a database ?

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Acrobat SDK and JavaScript , Windows
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LEGEND ,
Aug 08, 2016 Aug 08, 2016

With some difficulty but you could submit to a web process to fetch back filled in keys by returning FDF.

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Community Expert ,
Aug 08, 2016 Aug 08, 2016

Assuming this is an Acrobat form and not a LiveCycle Designer form, you can't do it, at least not directly.

One alternative is to export the values from the DB to a text file and then read that file from the PDF and use it there, but that would require a complex set of scripts.

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Aug 08, 2016 Aug 08, 2016
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As was already indicated, you can use FDF. If your solution only needs to run on Acrobat, and not the free Reader, you can also use SOAP. See here for a simple example: Getting a Serial Number Into a Form Using SOAP - KHKonsulting LLC

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