Which SDK can be used to "Create and manipulate forms"??

[RamonHerrera@adobeforums.com]

The ability to "Create and manipulate forms" is listed twice (and inconsistently) in this table:

<http://www.adobe.com/devnet/pdf/library/>

(row 11 and row 17).

One of the entries probably refers to AcroForms and the other to XFA forms?

Can someone please clarify?

TIA,

-RFH

[Bernd Alheit]

With Acrobat you can create and manipulate AcroForms and XFA forms (LiveCycle Designer). The PDF Library supports only AcroForms.

[RamonHerrera@adobeforums.com]

Thanks, Bernd.

I have a follow-up question. When I use Acrobat interactively, I can execute these commands:

- "Recognize text using OCR"

followed by:

- "Run form field recognition"

The commands above will create an AcroForm, correct? Is there any way to create an XFA form in a similar fashion?

Last but not least: can the two commands above be performed under "remote control" (i.e., programmatically with the SDK API)?

TIA,

-RFH

[Leonard_Rosenthol@adobeforums.com]

Yes, form field recognition creates an AcroForm. No, there is no way to create XFA this way, as it would offer any benefit.

XFA should be used when it is the right technology for the job - such as when you need dynamic forms, XML-based forms, etc.