xfdf files

Hi,

have a look here http://www.fileinfo.com/extension/xfdf

The Adobe Reader should be able to open such files.

Regards

Stefan

It may depend on where the file is from. The company I work with has messages and our tax forms in that format, but they will not open in Mac- not Safari, not Firefox, not Chrome. However, they open in Windows just fine.

I have Acrobat Pro and even tried Adobe Digital Editions. (I had some library books that had to go through there to be converted from mca or cdm or something to pdf or epub).

It must have something to do with the origin of the file and how it was created. Mine will prompt Fusion to open an IE window for it with Acrobat Reader X. Mind you, I have the Mac version, but it only pops a blank browser.

Message was edited by: r4given

It is a companion file to a particular PDF file. It is used to populate a form with data, usually served online via a database.

Here's an explanation.

http://wiki.developerforce.com/page/Adobe_XFDF

On a Mac, you are probably going to need Adobe Acrobat Standard or better (not free), to use it.

sadly I am using Acrobat Pro 8 on my Mac. The files dont' open, they only pop a blank browser window. On Windoows, they open up in reader. frustrating for my co-workers without Fusion or other virtualization software.

I'm using Acrobat Pro v.9.5 and I don't have a problem.

It could be simply an issue of using software older than which the version the file was created with.

Sigh. Maybe it is time to upgrade. thanks for the insight though!

There may be a decent chance that Adobe Reader X (v. 10.1.2) will work. If your reader is older, then that "may" be the problem.

The fact that you notice Windows users are not having a problem has me thinking this.

Haha - actually I downloaded that just to try and it didn't work either. only windoze. My workplace is not all that Mac friendly. 😐

I have the same problem as you, r4given. Just to let you know you are not alone in the universe. One of those times when the Windows world comes back to haunt us Mac users. Annoying, isn't it.

I've the same problem with online forms from danish Costums & Tax.

And I've tried all of the solutions and none of them helps.

So I've unfortunately felt forced to use Boot Camp and partition my Mac HD so I've now Windows installed and running on my Mac as well !!

This of course solves the problem.

So for me it seems that it's the origin of the forms and their actual use (as interactive online forms) that's causing the problem - and therefore danish Costums & Tax ought to look into this problem - but is that going to happen - hardly not !!

This really should be an embarrassment for both Apple and Adobe. What in the heck is wrong with you people that you can't solve this issue?

The problem is that when you download an fdf file, or xfdf file, and it is opened by Acrobat. So far so good, then up pops Safari, why?, I have no idea why it opens Safari, I hate Safari, but that is the only browser that Acrobat seems to think exists. Then, Safari wants permission to open the pdf from an Internet site that the fdf is going to fill in. No matter how many times you say OK, it just keeps asking for permission to open the pdf.

Here is the simple solution, tell Adobe and Apple to get their heads together and FIX this problem that has NOW BEEN AN ISSUE FOR FOUR YEARS!!! This is an example of really poor service.

Now my fix, download the OmniWeb browser, click and download the fdf file like usual, and then right click on that file and open it with Omni browser, and voila!!! A filled in PDF.

How effing hard is it for Apple to make a friggin browser that can actually open the pdf called for in an fdf file? If OmniWeb can do it, I would guess you folks might have a chance too!!!

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