E-Mail submit Question

Why yes, there are actually several posts here that describe how to change the XML so that the form sends as PDF. However, the easy way is to use a Regular button, not an email button. Look on the object tab for the button. You'll see that you can set the button to perform a submit action. Click on this radio button and a new "Submit" tab will appear. Enter the url as an email url, like this.

mailto:support [at] windjack [dot] comThom Parker
The source for PDF Scripting Info
[url=http://www.pdfScripting.com]pdfscripting.com[/url]

The Acrobat JavaScript Reference, Use it Early and Often
[url=http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/javascript.php]http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/javascript.php[/url]

Then most important JavaScript Development tool in Acrobat
[url=http://www.pdfscripting.com/public/34.cfm#JSIntro][b]The Console Window (Video tutorial)[/b][/url]
[url=http://www.acrobatusers.com/tutorials/2006/javascript_console][b]The Console Window(article)[/b][/url]

Thank you, that was very helpful. I have one more question regarding the submit button. I also want to be able to control the subject line of the e-mail. I want to pull a field from my form and put it in the subject line, along with some standard text (i.e. "PO for Macy's" - Macy's being the customer name on the form). Can I still do that while submitting a pdf form?

Look at these two articles:

http://www.acrobatusers.com/tutorials/dynamically-setting-submit-e-mail-address
http://www.acrobatusers.com/tutorials/2006/submitting_data

Thom Parker
The source for PDF Scripting Info
[url=http://www.pdfScripting.com]pdfscripting.com[/url]

The Acrobat JavaScript Reference, Use it Early and Often
[url=http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/javascript.php]http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/javascript.php[/url]

Then most important JavaScript Development tool in Acrobat
[url=http://www.pdfscripting.com/public/34.cfm#JSIntro][b]The Console Window (Video tutorial)[/b][/url]
[url=http://www.acrobatusers.com/tutorials/2006/javascript_console][b]The Console Window(article)[/b][/url]

I have looked at these links before. As a matter of fact, I used the code provided in these links on forms I created in Adobe Pro. However, I don't know where to put this code in LiveCycle.

In those articles the submit is done purely though JavaScript. It does not use the built-in submit action. However there is a way to use a script on the MouseDown action to setup the email parameters on a regular email submit button, but this is an advanced scripting topic.

The basic idea is to manipulate the submit parameters in the XML structure of the button. Create an email submit button, fill out all the submission parameters, and then take a look at the underlying XML. You'll be able to see all the properties that need to be changed to make this happen. Including changing it to submit PDF. So just write a MouseDown script to manipulate these parameters.

Thom Parker
The source for PDF Scripting Info
[url=http://www.pdfScripting.com]pdfscripting.com[/url]

The Acrobat JavaScript Reference, Use it Early and Often
[url=http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/javascript.php]http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/javascript.php[/url]

Then most important JavaScript Development tool in Acrobat
[url=http://www.pdfscripting.com/public/34.cfm#JSIntro][b]The Console Window (Video tutorial)[/b][/url]
[url=http://www.acrobatusers.com/tutorials/2006/javascript_console][b]The Console Window(article)[/b][/url]