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Email From PDF Form without Adding the File...

2011-10-24 16:12:53

LampchenKo

Registered: Oct 17 2011

Posts: 16

Answered

Hello... How can I add a button to a PDF form that enables to send an email without adding the form as an attachment? Simply to send a standard Email without attachments but from the form itself. If it can be written from the form itself it would be great...

It can also open a new form that will only be used to sen the email but I think it will be redundant...

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 10.0, Windows

2011-10-24 16:35:21

George_Johnson

Registered: Jul 6 2008

Posts: 1875

Accepted Answer

If it needs to work with Reader, you can't, directly at least. You could set up the form to submit to web server, which can do the job of sending the email.

The app.mailMsg JavaScript method does what you want, but only with Acrobat: http://livedocs.adobe.com/acrobat_sdk/9.1/Acrobat9_1_HTMLHelp/JS_API_AcroJS.88.155.php

2011-10-24 16:56:32

LampchenKo

Registered: Oct 17 2011

Posts: 16

Yes, it needs to work with Reader... Actually, the whole process is to save the file in a specific location with a specific name, and then send a confirmation mail to a variable address that the file has been signed and stored on the network folder... Not all in the same button, but the process has to be done within the form...

Thanks

2011-10-24 18:05:34

Merlin

Registered: Mar 1 2006

Posts: 766

Hi,

see that sample PDF and have a special look for the red button… :
http://abracadabrapdf.net/parking/AcroUsers/MailTo.pdf

;-)

abracadabraPDF.net

2011-10-25 06:57:48

LampchenKo

Registered: Oct 17 2011

Posts: 16

Thanks... This is what I was looking for... Any ideas on the "Save" button that will save the form to a specific location always?

2011-10-25 09:02:27

gkaiseril

Registered: Feb 23 2006

Posts: 4307

"Always" might not always be possible unless you can create a missing directory.

Creating a silent 'Save As' button with location is not a simple task and requires some special installation actions. How to save a PDF with Acrobat JavaScript by Thom Parker.

George Kaiser