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Form with dropdown lists using external XML data - Distribution

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Hi all,

I have created a form which has a series of drop down lists that populate dynamically from an external XML file. The option selected in the first list determines what data can be selected in the second, and so on.

This functionality worked well within designer when I previewed the form - the problem I have is when I go to distribute. I (perhaps mistakenly) assumed that when I distributed the form, the external XML file would be absorbed into the main PDF, but this as not the case. Not only that, even if the XML file is in the same location as the published PDF, the dropdowns no longer populate with any data.

Am I doing something wrong? Is there a setting to draw in external XML when a form is published? Is there another method to dynamically populate dropdowns that will provide me with a single PDF as a final product?

Cheers,

Lachlan.

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Level 9

Hello Lachlan,

Before distributing the form have you opened that form in Acrobat and imported the XML and saved it ?

Thanks.

Bibhu.