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2011-05-08 17:09:21
Jun
Registered: Mar 22 2011
Posts: 10

Can someone tell me what is the set-up that is needed for Acrobat to 'recognize' a returned form to add to responses file?
 
I am on a computer with no e-mail client set-up, yet. I am using my webmail account as my Acrobat ID. Naturally, all of the returned forms go to my webmail account (google mail), which I access using web browsers. As you would expect, returned forms do not show up in the responses file until I open them from webmail inbox using Acrobat Reader, then I have to click 'submit' on my computer. This means that each PDF form has to be 'submitted' twice in order it to arrive at the responses file, which I think is redundant.
 
If I want Acrobat to automatically collect emailed responses, how can I do it?
 
Platform: Windows 7
Product: Acrobat Pro X (Form created in Designer)
 
Thank you

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 10.0, Windows
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2011-05-09 09:34:28
#1
NK-INC.COM
Registered: Apr 17 2010
Posts: 93
You could create a PHP/ASP script to read the entire PDF (Request.InputStream) submitted by the PDF, and send to your inbox using SMTP w/o 3rd party e-mail software.

Note:
Enabling Extended Rights on the form enables the users to submit whole PDF document, otherwise, only users with full acrobat std/pro can submit PDF format.

There is a tool that can create the script, call PDFEmail.net, and all is needed is ASP.net web host and an SMTP Server account.

For more information:
http://www.pdfemail.net/

Regards,

Nick K.
NK-Inc.com
FDF Toolkit .net: ASP.net library for PDF
Email PDFs with PDF Email .net

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2011-05-09 10:25:51
#2
Jun
Registered: Mar 22 2011
Posts: 10
NK-INC.com,

Thank you for the reply. The software you recommended sounds very interesting. I can see the benefit of using it in future projects.

What I am doing currently is using the iPhone to conduct field survey while on the road to collect data using form-enabled pdf apps, such as PDF Expert, then submit filled forms to the office computer, which is the forms tracker.

Because PDF apps currently available for the iPhone or any other mobile devices do not fully support java script, I tend to think that PDFEmail.net is not going to be the solution for my current issue.

The only available option I can find to submit a form from the iPhone is by attaching to email. This is where the problem is, I am trying to overcome..
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