I created a form that is digitally signed and then I added a submit button so the completed PDF form can be sent to a supervisor. It works fine except I cannot open the "pdf" before I send it. Although it looks like a PDF when you try to open before sending (which some people like to do before the send attachments) it doesn't find the file, but if you send it the person you sent it to can open the PDF just fine! I click on the properities of the "PDF" before sending it it only shows it as a label???? Is there a solution to for this problem or am I doing something wrong?
Thanks!

Hi!

We have a form created in LiveCycle 8 (a survey), and need folks to fill in the responses and return it to us. We actually need the data, so XML return format should work fine. However, some of our respondents might not have an email client running (e.g., might be using hotmail or some such). Is there a way around this issue? If it involves 'HTTP Submit Button', could you spell out the instructions (or point me to them). As a disclaimer, I am a LiveCycle newbie, and don't know anything about php scripts... Thank you!

1. Open your form in Designer.
2. Add a Button object
3. Go to Object panel ->Field
4. From Control Type radio buttons select Submit
5. Go To Submit Tab
6. From Submit As dropdown list select PDF
7. In a Submit to URL type mailto:

Michael Hodgson - I tried your first solution and it was exactly what I was looking for. Thank you so much :)

I followed the directions above to change the submit button so it will send in pdf format and it works when I try it with Adobe 7.0 Professional, but on the Advanced menu, there isn't "Enable Usage Rights in Adobe Reader" option any idea how I can get it to work in Reader? I've tried downloading "Extensions" but nothing seems to work.

Thanks Paul. Is there another solution for my problem?

Sorry Paul,

I'm new at this. I have added a "button" and selected "regular" control type. But I don't know how or where to add the javascript because I can't seem to find the click event on button on the "XML source page" or am I even looking in the right place?

I have a form in which I dropped in a standard button and changed it so it will submit as a PDF attachment using "mailto". This works just fine, however the "Subject" of the email is jibberish. Is there a way to specify the subject when creating the submit button in this manner?

Also, can you specify multiple email addresses?

Sorry I meant that with a POST I could send a better response like, use the first and last name in it... sounded like a question lol... I just don't know if both can be done...

Ok so I am almost there... I can now catch the pdf and relay the pdf via the php script... one last thing is that I need to get the first and last name out of the pdf and pass it as well... that way I may insert it in the file name(alread have a time stamp on it)... and to also insert it in the response. any help here would be great ... I'm not sure how to "grab" that data and pass it in the post... js may-be? thank you...
jeremyBass

require("../PHPMailer_v2.0.0/class.phpmailer.php");
///////////////////////////////////////////////////
//////////////////////////////////////////////////
//// this is the catching of the PDF
////
///////////////////////////////////////////////////
//////////////////////////////////////////////////

$folder = "/home/content/*/*/*/*/html/Core/uploads/apps/";
$fn = $folder . date("d-m-Y-His") . '.pdf';# make unique filename
copy('php://input',$fn); # copy raw post data to file

///////////////////////////////////////////////////
//////////////////////////////////////////////////

///////////////////////////////////////////////////
//////////////////////////////////////////////////
//// this is the Emailing of the PDF
////
///////////////////////////////////////////////////
//////////////////////////////////////////////////

// use for Upload folder >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
$mail = new PHPMailer();
$mail->MsgHTML($body);
$mail->AddAddress("*@*.net", "John Doe");
$mail->From = "*@*.org";
$mail->FromName = 'SJRMC Personnel Department';
$mail->Subject = 'Employment Application CC';
$mail->Body = 'Thank you for submiting your application. REPLACE TEXT';


if(!$mail->AddAttachment($fn))
{
echo "There was a problem attaching the pdf.";
echo $mailer->ErrorInfo;
}
$dataResponse_1 = "passed";
if(!$mail->Send()) {
print("&response=error");
} else {
print("
Submitting successful

Redirecting... one moment please");
}
///////////////////////////////////////////////////
//////////////////////////////////////////////////

FYI on 51 of 63

The java would not work at all for the cc:'d email address until "cCC" was changed to "cCc".

Corrected text follows.

var oDoc = event.target;
oDoc.mailDoc({
bUI: true,
cTo: "emailaddress1@gmail.com",
cCc: "emailaddress2@gmail.com",
cSubject: "This is the subject",
cMsg: "This is the body of the message"
});

After this change when opening the file you'd get an error "Operation could not be completed". It would still work and the form would be returned to both email addresses (actually distribution lists) after clicking "submit".

As we needed to get rid of the error message. Changed it around to this and it seems to be working ok.

var oDoc = event.target;
oDoc.mailDoc({
bUI: true,
cTo: "emailaddress1@gmail.com.gov;emailaddress2@gmail.com",
cSubject: "Move/Add/Change Form submission",
cMsg: "The attached Move/Add/Change Form is submitted for your review."
});

thanks to all!

Anyone tell me why the cc: version fails?

I am working in LiveCycle Designer ES and trying to submit a form as a PDF rather than XML. I have attempted to follow the directions posted here but I do not see the "submit as" field anywhere when I insert a button. I can insert a Standard button or an Email Submit Button. When I insert either type, there is no field where I can specify to submit the document as a PDF rather than XML. The Object Palette doesn't have this option.

Ok, I managed to get that to work and chose the submit radio button which yielded the submit tab. I chose to have the form submitted as a PDF and put an email address in the URL field as "mailto:xxxxxx@princeton.edu" where xxxxxx is the actual email address. However, nothing happens when I click on the button.