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csb102155
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Apr 12, 2012 8:55 PM UTC
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Combining XML and PDF Files

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

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    Employee
    Aug 25, 2020 11:36 AM UTC

    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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    Kalitree
    New Participant
    Nov 9, 2012 8:43 AM UTC

    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.

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    kjaeggin
    Employee
    Apr 13, 2012 1:36 PM UTC

    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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      aks
      Level 3
      Apr 13, 2012 6:13 AM UTC

      Hi,

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

      Thanks

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