Chapter 4, Exchanging Data Between an External Application
and a Basic XFA Form
XFA Specification
Localization and Canonicalization
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A container property that provides a picture clause
User selects field,
or field comes
into focus
Template DOM
Form
DOM
(all data
in canonical
form)
ui/picture
User enters data
XML
DOM
XFA app displays form
format/picture
XFA app writes out data,
possibly in response to the user
directing the app to save the data
bind/picture
XFA app
reads in data
Data DOM
(all data in canonical form)
format/picture
User activates
an event that has
a print action
Display
XML
data doc
bind/picture
connect/picture
Web
Web
service
service
interactions
interactions
User activates
an event that has
a submit action
Printer
HTTP server
Web service
Dataflow paths for localizing and canonicalizing data