Page Extract on Form

Yes, use either the "doc.mailForm()" or "doc.submitForm()" fucntions. Both of these functions have an input for listing the fields you want to submit. There are plenty of posts on this forum dealing with these functions. Do a search and you'll find plenty of info.

There is also a non-programming way to do this. Create a button and add a "SubmitForm" action to the MouseUp event. In the dialog for setting up the submit, use a "mailto:" format for the URL and then select the fields that will be submitted.

Thom Parker
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Hi thomp! Thanks so much for your reply, I really appreciate it. However, I did try all the solutions you gave me and they all worked but I need something else that will hide some of the pages in my form when a user tried to send just one page. I was thinking if: " this.print({nStart:1, nEnd:2}); " can be done also in doc.submitForm() and doc.mailForm() functions? Like it will look for the first page then the last page? I also tried this function:

var t =this.getTemplate("Page1");
t.hidden = true;

but didn't work for acrobat reader. Right now I have this:
this.submitForm({
cURL: "mailto:myemail [at] yahoo [dot] com",
cSubmitAs: "PDF",
cPage: "2"

});

I'm sure that cPage is not right because I've tried it and it didn't send the Page2, but do u have any other programming ideas that I could do something like this in order to send just a particular page?
I also tried doing the FDF:

this.submitForm({
cURL: "mailto:myemail [at] yahoo [dot] com",
cSubmitAs: "FDF"

});

This worked but when I opened the fdf email attachment it gave me this error:
"Acrobat is attempting to connect to http://intranet/forms/PCCPAPform.fdf
If you trust this site, choose Allow. If you do not trust the site, choose Block"

So if I choose Allow, the error was:
"Cannot find 'file:///C|/Documents and Settings/mara/local settings/temporary internet files/OLK12E/PCCPAPform.fdf. Make sure the path or Internet address is correct".
So I'm not really sure if I did something wrong with my coding.

I really hope you could give me another option and could help me with my coding. I really appreciate it! Thanks so much again!

So you want the user to be able to submit an actual page from the PDF?

It doesn't really work this way. You either submit the form data or the whole PDF. As you 've already found, there are functions that can be used to manipulate individual pages. For the most part these functions are for automating creating PDFs or workflows from a privileged environment. Not for general usage in form scripting. Templates can be used in Reader if the document has "Template" usage rights, which are only availible if you own one of the LC servers.

But take heart, there are a couple of solutions.
1. Separate out the form pages into individual PDFs and use them to create a Portofolio. A portfolio is just a fancy way of embedding documents in a PDF. Submitting from an embedded file is exactly the same as submitting from an idependant PDF. So you can submit individual pages this way.

2. Create a dynamic LiveCycle Form. In a dynamic LC form there aren't really pages. There are subforms that map into pages. So you can use code to hide and show subforms. This might work for you.

Thom Parker
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Hi Thom,
I'm trying to use the LiveCycle form to create my pages right now.. It's harder than I thought.. In order to hide the subforms, can I use this code:

var t =this.getTemplate("Page1");
t.hidden = true;

and then I have to save the form as dynamic form instead of static form, right? I'm still on the process of redoing the entire form so I didn't do any of the testing yet. But do u think the 'hidden' script will work for adobe reader? My concern with my form right now is that, some of our users doesn't have the full blown acrobat, they only have readers. So that is why I have to make my form reader-enable, too. And I'm not sure if there's any way I could do that. Thank you so much for all your help! I really appreciate it.

The "getTemplate" fucntion is only for AcroForms that have page templates. It is not for LiveCycle Forms. To learn about hiding and showing subforms in a LiveCycle form, please watch this video.

https://admin.adobe.acrobat.com/_a200985228/p87746471/

Since you have Acrobat 9 Pro, you can apply the rights enabling you need. Look in the Advanced menu

Thom Parker
The source for PDF Scripting Info
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The Acrobat JavaScript Reference, Use it Early and Often
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