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Volker Andres
Jun 2, 2017, 6:20:14 PM6/2/17
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Hi
We create our PDFs with InDesign and work out the forms there. When it is converted to PDF the form fields get a more or less random name. Each time, we create a new field some parts of the name stay the same and some parts change. This leads of course to a problem in the WebViewer, because the value of the fields can not be matched anymore, but I can see they are still existent in the XML.
Do you have any experience with this workflow or could you recommend a tool to automatically rename the fields in the PDF to e.g. an increasing number?
Best Regards
We create our PDFs with InDesign and work out the forms there. When it is converted to PDF the form fields get a more or less random name. Each time, we create a new field some parts of the name stay the same and some parts change. This leads of course to a problem in the WebViewer, because the value of the fields can not be matched anymore, but I can see they are still existent in the XML.
Do you have any experience with this workflow or could you recommend a tool to automatically rename the fields in the PDF to e.g. an increasing number?
Best Regards
Justin Jung
Jun 5, 2017, 7:47:55 PM6/5/17
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Hello,
We don't have experience with this workflow. But sounds like it would be a good idea to automatically rename the fields so that they are consistent when re-converted to PDF
Justin Jung
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PDFTron Systems Inc.
Volker Andres
Jun 6, 2017, 11:49:15 AM6/6/17
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Can you recommend a tool to automatically rename the fields in the PDF to e.g. an increasing number?
Justin Jung
Jun 7, 2017, 4:38:18 PM6/7/17
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There aren't any tools in particular that we recommend. You could always use PDFNet to modify field names.
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