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I've found 2 major differences in how Acrobat 6 vs 5 treats forms and fields. 1) There is a significant programming/debugging functionality incorporated in the interface (autofill, breakpoints, etc.) 2) They've changed the design interface to segment each of the different types of fields as separate types (button text, etc.). It boils down to more of the changes being in the interface rather than the form fields themselves. Aside from form fields, Acrobat 6 can now function fully outside of the browser (in Windows at least) to be able to submit data. Also, I believe that they've implemented a newer version of JavaScript (1.5? vs. 1.2?) Noah Katz -----Original Message----- From: Riopelle, Jodi (J.L.) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 2:54 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [PDF-Forms] 6.0 vs 5.0 PDF-Forms is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com/ __________________________________________________________________ Well I am a programmer and know JavaScript, perl, cgi, etc. So that shouldn't be a problem. My main concern is setting in all the fields for the form - now that's something I haven't done before. And I can find NO documentation on 6.0 to find out if that function has been improved at all. But thanks for the tips. -----Original Message----- From: MacNaughton, Rob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 2:46 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [PDF-Forms] 6.0 vs 5.0 PDF-Forms is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com/ __________________________________________________________________ It's not a simple answer I'm afraid. It's no problem to convert your Word or excel documents to Adobe 5.0 pdf through printing to distiller or using the addins. It only takes a little bit of skill to create form feilds in the pdf for data entry. The real problem is getting the data to a database. I've been studying this important link for 2 months and still find it very problematic. All I now about 6.0 is they want more money for the same functionality in that you will need to get the pro version to make forms & no mention has been made of an upgrade to the ADBC interface. You will need to learn or hire someone who knows javascript and or perl/cgi/sql - good luck Just the facts - Rob -----Original Message----- From: Riopelle, Jodi (J.L.) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 2:23 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: [PDF-Forms] 6.0 vs 5.0 Hi there, I'm new to the list and I have a pretty simple question (I think) I want to create interactive forms from word and excel documents that I currently have. (They will be stored in a database) I own 5.0 and know I can do what I need to do, but I'm curious if I upgrade to 6.0 if there are advantages. If anyone knows of any it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks you Jodi R To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfforms.html To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfforms.html To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfforms.html
