Route a Form for Approval

Yes, forms can be routed. In fact Adobe sells a server for this purpose. But routing forms can be as simple as forwarding an email. Or you can build speical functionality into the form for routing it in a specific order. Or you can build you're own sever for managing the process at a higher level.

PDF forms are very flexible and can fit into a huge variety of processes. So, how form routing is done depends a lot on your needs, your skills, and the amount of money/effort availible.

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 looked into the server that Adobe offers, and discovered that my department is not able to put that kind of money into forms at this time. However, I am willing to invest as much effort as is necessary to accomplish this if it is possible. I would be interested in building the special functionality to route the form in a specific order. Could you tell me how I can accomplish this?

If you are already a scripting then I'd say to start here:

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

The article is for email with an AcroForm, but the technique and a lot of the code are the same for LiveCycle forms. The good stuff is in the example file.

If you are not a scripter, then you might want to learn a bit about JavaScript and LiveCycle scripting, and you can also hire someone to do the programming (for a small fraction of the cost of an Adobe server)

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]