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Can a FORM created in ACROBAT contain a drop down LIST that is LINKED to a SQL DATABASE?

Aug 2, 2012 1:04 PM

Tags: #vba #acrobat #pdf #adobe #javascript #acrobat_x

We have an electronic Purchase Requisition form that users use to enter requests to our purchasing dept.

One of the FIELDS on the form is a VENDOR name that we would like to LINK to the VENDOR table in the SQL data base of our accounting software.  If we have to manually enter the validation table into Acrobat, it will be time consuming and difficult to maintain, because we are constantly adding vendors to the accounting system. Is there a way to do this? 

435 Views   3 Replies   Latest reply: lrosenth, Aug 3, 2012 6:09 AM
 
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    1. lrosenth,
    Aug 2, 2012 1:57 PM   in reply to bwindahl
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    Yes it can.

     

    there is a lot of documentation online and in various books about how to do this…

     
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    2. bwindahl,
    Aug 3, 2012 5:58 AM   in reply to lrosenth
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    Could you point me to a site that dexscribes the concept.  I have looked and haven’t found anything

    Thanks

    Bill

     
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    3. lrosenth,
    Aug 3, 2012 6:09 AM   in reply to bwindahl
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    I typed “connect PDF form to SQL” into a search engine and got over 8 million hits….

     
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