Form sending data to incorrect recipient

Did you save the form after changing the email address and before testing it out? Have you tried testing it in the full Acrobat? Are you sure you are changing the correct thing?

Did you use the "Form Distribution" wizard to send out the original form? If you did then you'll need to re-run the form through the Wizard for the new return address.

Thom Parker
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Good question, and yes.

I assume you mean Acrobat and not Reader? Yes, I think so, but I'll try it again.

Yes, that would be be very easy to screw up. I'm sure I did, but I will double-check.

Yes, I did. I thought I had to. What else could I use to send out the form?

Okay, this might be the clincher. Why?

The "Form Distribution" functionality is Adobe's answer to simple forms data handling. The Wizard does a number of things. It creates a collection document for recieving all the returned forms, it adds some special under the covers features to the PDF so it's recognized as being a "Distributed" form, it modifies the "Submit" button on the form to send data to only a single return address, and it add "Reader Enables" the form with Save Rights.

This last one is probably whats tripping you up. The wizard should save the modifidy for distribution form into a new file name, i.e. "_pub_0001.pdf". Because this file is Reader Enabled it cannot be modified beyond filling out the form fields. Trying to modify the form will just cause problems. If you want to change the return address you have to modify the original form and run it through the Distribution Wizard again. You'll also need to transfer the "_dataset_001.pdf" file to the person that recieves the returned form data or they won't be able to collect the responses.

But, you don't have to use the "Distribute Forms" fucntionality at all. You can just email out the original form or post it to the internet. The form itself will work exactly like the "Distributed" form. The difference is that Acrobat won't handle the returned data for you.

Thom Parker
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The Acrobat JavaScript Reference, Use it Early and Often
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Yes, indeed, the last one did trip me up. Thanks for clearing that up.

Is this intimate knowledge, this minutia, actually posted anywhere?

Hmm, I don't know that the minutia of data handling and form distribution is well explained in any one place. The mechanisms are diverse and so the documentation is also diverse. A lot is also implied, or undocumented. This is on the list of topics for www.pdfscripting.com. Hopefully one day, I'll have a good coprehensive reference on data handling.

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/]http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/[/url]