Form data

The Output service accepts both a form design that is typically created in Designer and XML form data as input. To populate a document with data, an XML element must exist in the XML form data for every form field that you want to populate. The XML element name must match the field name. An XML element is ignored if it does not correspond to a form field or if the XML element name does not match the field name. It is not necessary to match the order in which the XML elements are displayed. The important factor is that the XML elements are specified with corresponding values.

Consider the following example loan application form.

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To merge data into this form design, create an XML data source that corresponds to the form. The following XML represents an XML data source that corresponds to the example mortgage application form.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>  
- <xfa:datasets xmlns:xfa="http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-data/1.0/"> 
- <xfa:data> 
- <data> 
    - <Layer> 
        <closeDate>1/26/2007</closeDate>  
        <lastName>Johnson</lastName>  
        <firstName>Jerry</firstName>  
        <mailingAddress>JJohnson@NoMailServer.com</mailingAddress>  
        <city>New York</city>  
        <zipCode>00501</zipCode>  
        <state>NY</state>  
        <dateBirth>26/08/1973</dateBirth>  
        <middleInitials>D</middleInitials>  
        <socialSecurityNumber>(555) 555-5555</socialSecurityNumber>  
        <phoneNumber>5555550000</phoneNumber>  
    </Layer> 
    - <Mortgage> 
        <mortgageAmount>295000.00</mortgageAmount>  
        <monthlyMortgagePayment>1724.54</monthlyMortgagePayment>  
        <purchasePrice>300000</purchasePrice>  
        <downPayment>5000</downPayment>  
        <term>25</term>  
        <interestRate>5.00</interestRate>  
    </Mortgage> 
</data> 
</xfa:data> 
</xfa:datasets>