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changing email address in submit button

aeslabs
Registered: May 18 2009
Posts: 4

how do i change the email address to which a filled up form is submitted after the Submit Form button is pressed. I have created a form and want to change the email address to which the form is sent after users fill it up. After completion when I hit teh submit button, the form is automatically addressed to one of my personal emails, I want it to be addressed to my company email. Thanks?

suewhitehead
Registered: Jun 3 2008
Posts: 232
nixopax replied on 3/30 with this information in the Acrobat Form forum. Seems to be what you need.
1. Create a button
2. Right click --> Properties
3. Go to the Actions Tab.
4. Select Trigger [Mouse Up] --> Select Action [Submit a form] --> Add
5. Enter a URL for this link: --> mailto:address [at] mail [dot] comThere you go. Also, you can select the fields to submit in the form. If there aren't any forms, change the Field Selection from All Fields, to Only these... and then uncheck all that are selected.
aeslabs
Registered: May 18 2009
Posts: 4
Thanks for your response. I did this, but when i distribute the form, and click this button i made, it still gives me my old email address on clicking this button, i am using a trial version, before i buy the product, does this have anything to do with that maybe??
heatherdebold
Registered: May 26 2009
Posts: 7
I am having the same issue. I am creating multiple fillable forms. I created Buttons on each and set different email address on each of them. The forms are great until I hit the Distribute Form feature. Then is changes the email address that I inputed.

How do I get it to read what I have in the Action tab instead of it changing when I distribute?
aeslabs
Registered: May 18 2009
Posts: 4
I think I know what is going on. The distribute button takes the default email stored in the identity that you entered at the time of installation. Go to acrobat pro, hit edit and go to preferences and then go to the identity selection, you will see the default email that acrobat keeps going back to. One option is to keep on changing this every time you want the email address to change, i tried it and it worked, the other could be to leave it blank and see what happens, i have not tried this yet, see if this works !!
heatherdebold
Registered: May 26 2009
Posts: 7
That seems to work for me. By omitting the email, Acrobat prompted me to fill in my identity when I distributed the form. I was able to change the email to the one I wanted to use.