XFA stands for XML Forms Architecture, a family of proprietary XML specifications that was suggested and developed by JetForm to enhance the processing of web forms. It can be also used in PDF files starting with PDF 1.5 specification. XML Forms Architecture was not standardized as an ISO standard
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XPath not working correctly with XFA
I have a dynamic PDF form that has a DropDownList. I'm using iTextSharp to try and modify the values inside the PDF before sending it out to the client. Here's what I'm trying, as per an answer in this question:
PdfReader reader = new…

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How to manipulate the XML data using XPath
I have trouble in manipulating XML file data in Acrobat JS. I already have a XML document and have read it.Now the XML is as below:

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Cannot read generated text of pdf file in Java
I am trying to read the text in Java and it isn't doing well.
Here is my code
PDFTextStripper pdfStripper = null;
PDDocument pdDoc = null;
COSDocument cosDoc = null;
File pdfFile = new File("1.pdf");
PDFParser parser = new PDFParser(new…

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How to create a pdf with tiff or png images with ghostscript?
The use of xfa inside pdf isn’t only for creating forms
Short : I need valid test cases for a new xfa ᴘᴅꜰ reader, but couldn’t found anyone nor I could find how to use ghostscript in order to create such test cases in batch.
The point is I don’t…

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XML parsing error(invalid token) caused by PDF
A colleague of mine filled-in dynamic PDF form, saved and sent it to me. However due to probably some weird symbol used it did not open, neither on colleague's or my PC. It was giving XML parsing error: not well-formed (invalid token) (error code…

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Load PDF to MemoryStream in VB.NET
I'm using this code to read my XFA data to my vb.net application. However, I cannot figure out how to load the populatedPDFFrom to the application.
Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim…

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