Make email submit button create an xml, not pdf

Do not use the email submit button. Instead, add an ordinary button, and on the "Object -> Field" tab set the "SubmitAs" option to "XML".On the submit tab use the "mailto:me [at] myurl [dot] com" format in the "Submit to URL" entryHere's a link to a post with a different strategy. You can find several posts on this topic by searching the form for "Submit XML"

http://www.acrobatusers.com/forums/aucbb/viewtopic.php?id=13540

I tried creating a Submit button yesterday using the method suggested. In this case, I was trying to do just the opposite of my original question, I was trying to make the form come in as a PDF, not an xml. WHen I brought my form up in Acrobat, the submit button worked although it still insisted on xml even though I had define PDF. But when I brought it up in Adobe Reader, my submit button doesn't do anything at all. Any ideas what might be my problem? I must still be missing some kind of step. Thanks much.

In order to submit as PDF from Reader, the form has to be enabled for Save Rights. This is option is on the Advanced menu in Acrobat Professional 8.0. It's called "Enabled Usage Rights in Adobe Reader..."

If the button is set to submit PDF, it should submit PDF. The only two things that could be wrong are a bug in Acrobat or a mistake on the button setting. Please check over your work and try it again. Make sure you're not trying to use two different submission strategies at once.

If the issue persists, there may be a problem with Acrobat. In that case, please post the form somewhere we can get to it.

If you use the "Distribute Form..." option on the Forms menu in Acrobat Professional, Acrobat will automatically change your button to submit PDF by email and enable Reader Usage Rights.

When I enabled usage rights, that fixed it. Thanks much. I should have remembered that.