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How to save an acrobat form to server using javascript?

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2008-03-28 08:42:18
johnsonweb
Registered: Jan 21 2008
Posts: 20

Hi -

I have an acrobat form with a submit button. I use the submit button to run some javascript to validate form fields and then email the entire .pdf form.

After some preliminary testing I've concluded that emailing acrobat forms via a submit button on the form is problematic because you cannot rely on Acrobat being able to find the end user's email client.

So, I believe a more reliable solution is to store the forms in a directory on the webserver.

For this to work I need to make sure that competed forms that are stored in the directory each have a unique name; otherwise I'd be overwriting the form.

Is there an acrobat javascript function that I can use to save the form with a unique name to the webserver?

Thanks!

Jeff
(I'm using acrobat pro v8.1.2 on windows.)

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 8.1.2, Windows
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2008-03-30 11:22:58
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hiddengraphics
Registered: Mar 19 2008
Posts: 39
Do you mean you want acrobat to decide what the name will be? or that you want the files to be sequential in number like, myfile001.pdf, myfile002,pdf...?
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2008-03-30 13:59:53
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johnsonweb
Registered: Jan 21 2008
Posts: 20
When I hit the submit button, I want the pdf form saved to my webserver under a name I choose.

Can I do this with javascript or, perhaps, can I pass control of the form to a PHP script on my webserver?
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2008-03-31 08:55:15
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DocEngineer
Registered: Jan 23 2008
Posts: 10
I would like to know how to do this also, as I am having some issues with saving Forms (original plus data) to any location. I keep getting warning windows in Reader that doesn't allow an end-user to modify save any input data in the form, only print it out.
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