![]() And even in PDF, every field has a submitName property, which would imply that data submission uses this name instead of the field name. An XSLT file can be used to remap XML data. Some applications like Excel provide name mapping for importing data. If a PDF script or custom program is being used to transfer data, then that script/program can provide automatic renaming. There are of course exceptions to strict field name/data name discussion above. How a name is formed has a direct affect on how well the data can be handled and used throughout a data workflow process. This is not true for other formats, but regardless, the group naming is important for the application that will map this data into a more complicated arrangement, such as multiple spreadsheet pages or a relational database. If the data is exported as XML format (which handles hierarchy), the separator is automatically used to create a hierarchical data arrangement. A "." separator is used in the names of fields in this block to indicate a group relationship. For example, the order form screenshot shown below has several rows of order items. The field name can infer hierarchy, or structure in the data, which is important for more complicated forms/data structures.Most well written data handling applications ensure punctuation and spaces are handled correctly, but this is not always the case. ![]() There are two exceptions to this in the case of PDF forms, the underscore, and the "." (dot). It is good to avoid using punctuation and spaces in names. ![]()
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