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Form data collection question

Nash
Registered: Dec 7 2009
Posts: 2

How to collect data from a pdf package of forms. I have 3 to 4 forms that I've combined into a PDF package, how do I collect data from these forms?
Thanks

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 8.0, Windows
thomp
Expert
Registered: Feb 15 2006
Posts: 4411
What exactly do you mean by collecting the data. Submitting it? Saving it to a disk file?

Of course you can just open up each file individually and "collect" the data the way you normally would. But if you want to automate the process you'll need to write a script. There's an example of this in the Acrobat JavaScript Reference. Look at Example #5 for the entry on "doc.submitForm()".

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]

Thom Parker
The source for PDF Scripting Info
www.pdfscripting.com
Very Important - How to Debug Your Script