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2008-01-15 10:11:16
greenlayk
Registered: Jan 14 2008
Posts: 2

My objective is to create a form that can be populated with data and then have that populated form sent to an email address. I've seen several posts on this subject but none of the replies gets to a solution I can use. If, in LiveCycle Designer, I choose an email submit button I get to add an email address and subject in the field tab. But I don't get to choose the format and the form data is sent in xml format. If I choose button in the Type drop-down, I have the option to choose Submit as a Control Type. On the Submit tab, I can then type in a mailto: etc in the Submit to URL field and set the Submit As drop-down to PDF. But I can't specify a subject so the form arrives with some sort of default characters.
I've previously created a form with a email submit button that allowed the option to set the submit format but after days of looking through forums and help screens I'm no closer to figuring out why that option has disappeared. Is this something that now requires JavaScript to implement?

.greenlayk.

My Product Information:
LiveCycle Designer, Windows
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2008-01-23 06:33:20
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dk3dknight
Registered: Jan 22 2008
Posts: 136
Ah I have a solution for you.

mailto:email [at] blah [dot] net?subject=Subjectsample would be

mailto:bob [at] bob [dot] com?subject=Bob-1 FormI accidentally discovered this one day apparently the ? apparently acts as a separator in mailto.

Ive used this on my AM-304 Manual Suggestion Forms.

So use a button, hit submit and the url would be mailto:name [at] name [dot] com?subject=subjecttake care
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2008-01-23 12:22:38
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cjparsons
Registered: Jan 21 2008
Posts: 7
I too have struggled with finding an answer to my form question. I want to post a form on a web site and have the results emailed to someone who does not own Acrobat Pro. When I use the mailto option, the submit button opens, or tries to open the default mail app of the person filling out the form - this is problematic, if the person uses Yahoo (but their computer is programmed to open Outlook Express).

The other option, I can't remember specifics now, generates an xml file, which I can open, but the owner of the web site cannot. What is the minimum Adobe product the site owner would need to purchase to be able to open the xml document?

I am a web designer and several clients need a low tech, low volume online order form. I keep thinking Acrobat has a solution, but keep running into roadblocks. Surely others need this functionality. Can Acrobat deliver results of on an online form to an email address without launching the form filler-outer's mail app? I've tried formmail apps but the data comes back in a very unstructured format. PLEASE tell me Acrobat is the answer!

THANKS!!!
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2008-01-23 12:40:31
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dk3dknight
Registered: Jan 22 2008
Posts: 136
cjparsons wrote:
I too have struggled with finding an answer to my form question. I want to post a form on a web site and have the results emailed to someone who does not own Acrobat Pro. When I use the mailto option, the submit button opens, or tries to open the default mail app of the person filling out the form - this is problematic, if the person uses Yahoo (but their computer is programmed to open Outlook Express).[b]*If User rights are enabled they should be given 3 options tell them to pick the 3rd option this will save the pdf local allowing them send it through yahoo manually.*[/b]

The other option, I can't remember specifics now, generates an xml file, which I can open, but the owner of the web site cannot. What is the minimum Adobe product the site owner would need to purchase to be able to open the xml document?

[b]XML can be opened by a simple web browser and should also be opened by Microsoft Excel, Im not sure what version is needed to import the xml data.[/b]

I am a web designer and several clients need a low tech, low volume online order form. I keep thinking Acrobat has a solution, but keep running into roadblocks. Surely others need this functionality. Can Acrobat deliver results of on an online form to an email address without launching the form filler-outer's mail app? I've tried formmail apps but the data comes back in a very unstructured format. PLEASE tell me Acrobat is the answer!

[b] First the most ideal soultion is to create a distribution of the form this will create a Master dataset document and a pub slave. The dataset needs someone with Adobe pro and can import the collected pub files. [/b]

THANKS!!!
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