XFA / LiveCycle → standard AcroForm

The same form. New PDF technology.

Your LiveCycle PDF only works in Adobe Reader and breaks with web apps, Python, and Node. This converts it to a standard AcroForm master template that looks identical, fills every field from JSON, lets a person review and edit, can be signed, and flattens to a locked final PDF. It is running live below, in your browser.

No XFApdf-lib · same code in Node & the browser20 named fieldspipeline self-test 15/15
Now: XFA / LiveCycle…
Adobe Reader only“Please wait…” in browsersBreaks Python / Node fill
After: standard AcroFormidentical layout
Opens anywhereJSON auto-fillEditable · signable · flattenable

01 Drive the pipeline

Edit the JSON, populate the form, change any field, then flatten. The preview is the real generated PDF, re-rendered on every change.

1 Data source (JSON)

your software sends this
Press “Populate” to auto-fill all 20 fields, exactly how your SaaS would.

2 Review & edit any field

a person can change anything

3 Sign & finalize

○ Blank AcroForm template0 live fields

02 The seven deliverables

Each item is produced by the pipeline above. They light up as you drive it.

✓#1
AcroForm fillable PDF
Standard AcroForm, no XFA
✓#2
Editable source
Template + field definitions
✓#3
List of all field names
0 named fields
✓#4
Sample JSON data
One record, every field
✓#5
Working auto-fill example
Same module runs in Node
✓#6
Sample filled PDF
Editable, values set
✓#7
Final flattened PDF
Locked, non-interactive
Download the real files:AcroForm template.pdffield-map.jsonsample.jsonfilled.pdfflattened.pdf

03 Field map & sample JSON

Deliverables #3 and #4: every field name your software targets, and a sample record that fills them.

All 0 fields

name → type

Sample JSON

one record
{}

04 Test any PDF form

Drop a PDF to see what the pipeline detects. An XFA/LiveCycle form is flagged as the problem; a clean AcroForm has its fields listed. Nothing is uploaded anywhere, it runs in your browser.

Drop a PDF here, or click to choose
Try the LiveCycle sample, or any AcroForm from your machine