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April 12, 2012
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Combining XML and PDF Files

  • April 12, 2012
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Hi, I have a form created in Adobe LiveCycle, and I need to be able to take this form and merge it with some PDF forms.  When I go try to "Combine Files into PDF" It says the XML form cannot be combine.  Is there a way around this?  Using the "Create a Portfolio" is not an option.

I have Adobe Pro X

Thanks for any assistance you can give on this matter.

Connie Bretes

    Best answer by Kosta_Prokopiu1

    Hi,
    to explain why you cannot combine the XFA PDF with others:
    Assembling PDFs only works with the same "type" of PDF.
    The most common form of PDFs is what I call the Print-PDF. That is what the majority of PDFs out there are.
    Then there are special variants such as XFA PDFs. These need a plug-in in Adobe Reader or Acrobat to render them in their final form while being opened.
    Because these two are so different, it is not possible to combine them in Acrobat.

    You can "flatten" your XFA PDF (it will not be a form with editable fields afterwards) and create a Print-PDF. Then you can combine them.
    To flatten them you could for example use the "Microsoft Print as PDF" (which probably works better than converting to Word).

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    aks
    Level 3
    April 13, 2012

    Hi,

    First transform xml based form to non-interactive form and then merge.

    Thanks

    K
    Adobe Employee
    kjaegginAdobe Employee
    Adobe Employee
    April 13, 2012

    Dynamic Interactive Forms cannot be combined with other PDFs. You will need either LiveCycle Assembler or LiveCycle Output to flatten the interactive form, and then it can be merged with other non interactive pdfs.

    If you don't have LiveCycle, one thing you can do in Acrobat is print the form to the Adobe Printer, which will create a non interactive version of your form, and this PDF could be combined with other PDFs.

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      Kalitree
      November 9, 2012

      Yes, as kjaeggin said, after you transfter it to a non interactive PDF, then you can merge that PDF with other PDFs using LiveCycle Assembler.

      K
      KingDavid
      March 28, 2014

      Easyest Way to do is Open XML file in adobe Pro and print as a PDF thats gonna transform automaticly to reg pdf file after it will allow you to compbine xml to reg pdf

      ikonow
      ikonow
      May 27, 2014

      What if you need the PDF to remain interactive after its merged?

        radzmar
        radzmar
        Level 10
        May 28, 2014

        You can attach the interactive forms to your regular PDF's, so you'll be able to keep the interactivity.

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        cassied68563467
        September 1, 2015

        I have tried to do this to no avail.

        K
        Adobe Employee
        kjaegginAdobe Employee
        Adobe Employee
        September 1, 2015

        what type of interactive form are you trying to combine? The following document outlines the constraints and rules around combining Form based PDFs. See chapter 4 in this documentation here: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/livecycle/11.0/ddxRef.pdf for LiveCycle Assembler.

        KJ

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        cassied68563467
        September 3, 2015

        Thank you! I decided to just start over!

        Sent from my iPhone

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        Siment1
        January 5, 2016

        Yes, this does the trick. First, I just tried to SAVE the document as a (regular) PDF file and this does NOT work. But if you PRINT (the XML version) to a PDF file, this gets the job done.

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