Forms Extension™
Add digital document support to static XFA, dynamic XFA and PDF AcroForms
Adobe PDF Library Add-on
Forms Technology
Forms Extension™ is a software module that allows applications built using the Adobe PDF Library to work with PDF AcroForm and XFA form documents. When the Forms Extension is installed, it loads when the Library initializes.
Perfect for Adobe PDF Library users who need additional forms support, you can embed form functionality into your own applications, process PDFs containing XFA content and conditionally prevent form editing.
Forms Extension is licensed separately from the Adobe PDF Library, but the licensing arrangements for the Extension match those provided for the Library. Full information is on our Pricing & Licensing page.
Forms Extension™ Features
With the Forms Extension installed with Adobe PDF Library, you can:
Render XFA PDFs
Render an XFA PDF form document as it would any other PDF document. The Library can generate all the pages in the document. Effectively the XFA form is rendered as a PDF AcroForm file.
Generate Annotation Appearances
Every annotation included in a PDF document features an optional entry that describes what the annotation will look like (appearance) when the document is rendered in a viewer. If the value is not provided in the PDF file when opened in Adobe Acrobat, Acrobat will fill in the appearance, based on what the value should be.
Render PDF AcroForms
Render PDF AcroForm form documents, including the appearances for form fields. Without the Forms Extension, Adobe PDF Library can open PDF AcroForm documents but it does not render them accurately.
Add Bar Codes
Render a wide variety of bar codes specified in the forms data including PDF417, Data Matrix and QR codes. When XFA and AcroForms are flattened into regular PDF documents, bar codes are rendered as bitmaps.
Flatten XFA PDF and AcroForms
Convert XFA and AcroForms into standard PDFs, turning interactive field data into PDF page content.
Import & Export Forms Data
Import content from a source file into an XFA or AcroForm form document, or export content from the fields in an XFA or AcroForm form document to a file. FDF, XML, and XFDF files can be used to import data into AcroForm documents or export data from those documents.
