CHAPTER 8
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Interactive Features
BIT POSITION
NAME
MEANING
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ExclFKey
(PDF 1.4)
Meaningful only when the form is being submitted in
Forms Data Format (that is, when both the XFDF and ExportFor-
mat flags are clear). If set, the submitted FDF excludes the
F
entry.
(PDF 1.5)
Meaningful only when the form is being submitted in
Forms Data Format (that is, when both the XFDF and ExportFor-
mat flags are clear). If set, the
F
entry of the submitted FDF is a file
specification containing an embedded file stream representing the
PDF file from which the FDF is being submitted.
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EmbedForm
The set of fields whose names and values are to be submitted is defined by the
Fields
array in the action dictionary (Table 8.85) together with the Include/
Exclude and IncludeNoValueFields flags in the
Flags
entry (Table 8.86). Each ele-
ment of the
Fields
array identifies an interactive form field, either by an indirect
reference to its field dictionary or
(PDF 1.3)
by its fully qualified field name (see
consists of all fields listed in the
Fields
array, along with any descendants of those
fields in the field hierarchy. If the Include/Exclude flag is set, the submission con-
sists of all fields in the document’s interactive form
except
those listed in the
Fields
array.
Note:
The NoExport flag in the field dictionary’s
Ff
entry (see Table 8.69 on page
Fields
array and
Include/Exclude flag. Fields whose NoExport flag is set are
never
included in a
submit-form action.
Field names and values may be submitted in any of the following formats, de-
pending on the settings of the action’s ExportFormat, SubmitPDF, and XFDF
flags (see the Bibliography for references):
•
HTML Form format (described in the
HTML 4.01 Specification)
•
Forms Data Format (FDF), which is described in Section 8.6.6, “Forms Data
•
XFDF, a version of FDF based on XML. XFDF is described in the Adobe tech-
nical note
XML Forms Data Format Specification, Version 2.0.
XML is described
in the W3C document
Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.1)
•
PDF (in this case, the entire document is submitted rather than individual
fields and values).