Save Existing HFT Files as PDF-based Form Templates

Saving existing .HFT files as PDF-based Form templates is not supported in HotDocs Developer since version 11.2.10. If you need to convert .HFT files it is recommended to install an earlier version of HotDocs Developer to do the conversion.

With HotDocs, you can convert existing Envoy-based form template (.HFT) files into PDF-based form template (.HPT) files. The advantage of PDF-based form templates comes to end-users who want to use the templates to create PDF documents.

If you want to convert an existing .HFT file to a PDF-based template file, first check to see if you have the original source file (for example, the original Omniform file) and use that file instead to generate the PDF-based template. This will maintain the quality of the template.

To convert an HFT file into an HPT file

1. At the HotDocs library window, select the form template you want to convert, and click Edit. HotDocs Automator appears, showing the selected form template. (If the form template isn't included in the library currently showing, open the necessary library. See Open a Library.)
2. Select Save As (File menu). The Save As dialog box appears.

If you change the name of the new template, or change the folder in which the template is saved, you must also rename the .CMP file and move it to the new folder.

3. At the Save as type drop-down list, select HotDocs PDF Template (*.hpt).
4. Click Save. The Convert to PDF dialog box appears.
5. Optionally, provide information for the Title, Subject, Author, and Keywords fields.
6. Click OK. The PDF-based form template is created.
7. You can now open the new template in HotDocs Automator to review and work with the template. (See Edit a Form Template.)