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Connect to Database from PDF Form – This Time Without SOAP

Posted on August 8, 2017 by Karl Heinz Kremer

I wrote about how to get data from (or to) a database from a PDF form using SOAP a while ago. Using SOAP poses a problem when you want to make such a solution work with the free Adobe Reader. … Continue reading →

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Getting a Serial Number Into a Form Using SOAP

Posted on June 12, 2016 by Karl Heinz Kremer

One request that shows up again and again on the Adobe Forums (or in the past on AcrobatUsers.com) is about how to generate a unique serial number or form number in a PDF file. The scenario is usually something like … Continue reading →

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