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Message: <blockquote data-quote="andargor" data-source="post: 6801483" data-attributes="member: 7231">I've thrown together an alternative way of extracting the .fdf data for those that don't have Acrobat Pro or that don't want Foxit. It is based on linux, the following is for ubuntu, but a cygwin environment should work on Windows.EDIT: Doh! Newer versions of pdftk make producing an FDF a lot simpler! I've updated the process below. No Perl required.EDIT2: The Windows version of pdftk is available here: <a href="https://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-the-pdf-toolkit/" target="_blank">https://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-the-pdf-toolkit/</a>1) Install the following package:[code]apt-get install pdftk[/code]2) Run the following using your input PDF, the output is the fdf:[code]pdftk input.pdf generate_fdf output output.fdf[/code]4) Import the fdf in an updated version of the PDF sheet: Im/Export > Import an .fdf file5) Profit!ADDENDUM: You can also transfer data directly to a new version of the PDF with this command:[code]pdftk input.pdf generate_fdf output - | pdftk v9.9.9.pdf fill_form - output filled.pdf need_appearances drop_xfa[/code]Where v9.9.9.pdf is the newest sheet from MPMB. Caveats: Since it is directly filled, I do not know if this screws up any data massaging MPMB does with his Import FDF function. Also, javascript calculations seem to be disabled until you save the file from Acrobat Reader DC, so open the file, save it, close it, and open it again; calculations should work then. Question for MPMB: is there a way to identify which fields are user input fields and which are calculated? I would like to tweak my script so that only the input fields are in the fdf so that any changes you make in the new sheets are not overwritten by the old text. E.g. class feature descriptions, etc.</blockquote>

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