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2008-10-14 01:44:57
ClareBear
Registered: Oct 14 2008
Posts: 3
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Hi all, I am quiet new to Adobe and have started using Pro 9 and LiveCycles. I have been creating a simple form that I want to put on our Intranet that allows users to submit to a folder there.

I have followed the instructions for the submit button and set the URL but nothing happens. Do I need to do something on the server side to make it work?

I then tried changing the URL to to another server without using the http again as per the instructions in the help file and I get an error, as it automatically puts in the http//.......

I really don't know what I'm doing wrong, so any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

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My Product Information:
Acrobat Standard 9.0, Windows
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2008-10-14 10:31:31
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George_Johnson
Expert
Registered: Jul 6 2008
Posts: 1876
Are you using LiveCycle Designer to create the form, or Acrobat?

Yes, when you submit a form to a server there needs to be something on the server that does the work of accepting the submitted data, doing something with it, and returning a response to the machine that submitted the data. The URL that you set the form up to submit to would normally be a program on the servers, such as a CGI, ASP, PHP, JSP, etc. type of program. This is a large and often complex topic subject, that is a bit beyond the scope of these forums. If you have a server/network administrator, you might want to ask for guidance.

The other option in a file server environment is to export the form data to a network folder, which seems more in line with what it seems you're describing.

George
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2008-10-14 13:51:03
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ClareBear
Registered: Oct 14 2008
Posts: 3
Thanks George, I originally used LiveCycles, but found that the help file actually related to Acrobat, so tried that also.

I did set up a folder that was shared out to all users and set the url in the submit button to map directly to that folder, which is also on a networked server that allows access to all users, but nothing happened, it was trying to map to a http address, but according to the help I could map directly to the folder.

I asked our network administrator to set up the folder and he also had a look at it, but it didn't make any sense to him why it wouldn't work!

That is why I was hopeing this would work off our Intranet, as I would be using a http address, but quickly reckoned that I would need some server side code, so I'm back to where I started!

I think I may give up on Adobe, it is much more complex that I first thought, and I will have to use another method such as Lotus Notes.
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