how are you getting the values from the database? is it in JSON text form?  if so please copy and paste just a sample of the data. also here is a good article on what you are trying to achieve by Stefan Cameron.Scripting Table Columns - Stefan Cameron on Forms (stefcameron.com) 

I believe he is talking programmatically otherwise he would have said "with the file menu".  You are assuming that he says from the file menu which is not stated. lets get his input first. thanks 

try this  

islandgirl23, i made this form so you can visually see the options. in a subform Page1 which has the content positioned, i added 3 subforms   this one below is position content  this one below is flowed content with top to bottom and this one is the one you want, flowed content western text flow dir...

@GirishBedekar with the response I intent to prefill my pdf. We are not using adaptive forms for this. Just pdf.  So REST API cannot be use with PDFs? 

@GirishBedekar the use case is just to get a JSON String from a database. I wanted to use REST API instead of SOAP web service. I also wanted to use Workbench but I do not see a way for workbench to return a JSON string unless it is programming it with JAVA servlets. So using a HTTP submit button is...

Ok so i have my REST API in iis. for testing based on @workflowuser advice was to use an HTTP submit button. so I built something simple. I hardcoded the REST API call and when i click the button I get...an http 405 error.  @workflowuserdo you have any examples on how to actually build the call to a...

thank you WorkflowUser my best wishes for you in 2021!!

@GirishBedekar it is correct for a SOAP web service but how do i make a connection for a REST service? https://server/api/institutions/1/fees/ does not make a connection

I would like to know how to consume web api services built on a .net core web aplication inside livecycle designer. for example: lets say the address is:https://server/api/institutions/1/fees/ inside livecycle designer the current way i am doing it is with WSDL soap web services Please advice @workf...