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Lea1337
Registered: Jul 14 2009
Posts: 64
Answered

I have created a form that preferably should be possible for a user who has Adobe Reader to send by E-mail. I've noticed that the standard 'Email Submit button' in LiveCycle attaches the form as an xml file, but I would like to attach it as pdf. From my LiveCycle book I found a solution that allows for the form to be sent as a pdf file, with the following code:

var mail = "mailto: mymail [at] mymail [dot] com?subject=Testing testing";

event.target.submitForm( {
cURL: mail,
bEmpty: true,
cSubmitAs: "PDF",
cCharset: "utf-8"
});

But in order for that to work, it states that one of the following must be true:

1. the form fillers must have Acrobat
2. the form must be Reader extended

I have tested that the submit button works, but I have Acrobat installed, so therefore it's not a problem. For the users who only have Reader though, the button does not work.

I'm not quite sure what the second point above means, the 'Save As' options I have only includes different versions of Acrobat (6/7/8, dynamic, static etc.) My form is per now saved as Acrobat 7 Dynamic XML form, and this obviously does not allow Reader users to send my form by e-mail (as pdf)

Any suggestions?

My Product Information:
LiveCycle Designer, Windows
suewhitehead
Registered: Jun 3 2008
Posts: 232
To add Reader Extended Rights to your Livecycle forms, after you have finished creating the form (this needs to be the last step):
open your form in Acrobat (not livecycle)
On the menu, go to Advanced > Extend Features in Adobe Readerv> click SAVE NOW, name your form and save it.Now when it is opened in Reader, certain properties will be enabled. If your users are using Reader, you will want to do this on all forms before you distribute them.
Lea1337
Registered: Jul 14 2009
Posts: 64
It worked, thanks :-)