Thanks, Niall. I feel like an idiot sometimes when I'm using the program. If I just tell the program what to do correctly, it works.

Got the variable inserted and connected to the button. Is it o.k. to use the action builder for my "lock form" button I've added instead of putting in the script Paul had?

1. myScript.LoclAllFields("form1");
2. 
   

It seems to work, but I have to test it out now.

Figured it out. I didn't have the properties set correctly! Thanks again for your help. Looks like we're in business now!

Hi Niall - you seem to be the man as Paul has gone so quiet - I don't blame him after everyone asks him the same question 3000 times.  Enough to send anyone crazy      .

I've read every post here going back to 2008 on the subject and still can't believe that it's not a readily available function in Adobe/LC..   Anyway I thought I'd done everything you/Paul told me to - copied the script, set the permissions etc but nothing seems to be locking.    Would it be rude of me to ask you to take a look at my finished form to see what I'm doing wrong?   I am an Adobe virgin so it will be my inadequate knowledge/skills - but after spending more than 10 hours trying to find a solution I've decided to ask nicely for help.

It's a straightforward form that our staff will be filling out with different information on a daily basis and then distributing direct to a distribution list via email - so we want our people to be able to fill in the boxes but then to save it as an unfillable document before it is emailed. 

Is there somewhere I can email it? (or perhaps you could PM me with your email address?  (we are a not for profit search and rescue helicopter for the people of southern Queensland).  So you would be helping a very worthy cause ...

Many thanks in advance...

Thank you Niall.  I will contact you through your website as suggested...

P.S

Thanks SO MUCH!

Best,

Yansy

Oh dear!

It worked!!

I've been trying to do this for EVER.

Thanks a ton Niall.

Best Regards

Yansy

Hi Guys,

I am using Adobe Acrobat X and creating a Forms natively. We do not use LiveCycle.

So I have created a form with several fields, buttons a date picker - some of which I have found online.

The forms that I will be creating will be placed on the Intranet of the Organisation that I work for.

So what I need is for our users to fill out the form online. Press the Submit button. When they press submit the form must lock all the contents. We do not want to contents edited when it reaches its destination. The submit button will also call up the default email program, populate the TO: field with a specified email address and the Subject field with specified text.

Been stuck on this one for a while. I used some simple html with the submit button for a while and that mostly worked except the part about locking the form.

This might be tricky as the user will not have access to save the form online (I assume if the form contents is going to be locked it must be saved somewhere).

So if somneone can java me up a solution i would greatly appreciated.

I have tried a few of the solutions on the previous pages but they won't seem to work.

I add the Java as per link

]http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/9343/adobeforums.jpg

Many Thanks,

Nick

Hi

I have the same problem as Nick using Acrobat X Pro.

I'd like to send a form by email so that the reciever gets a flat pdf.

I tried to fill in what you've suggested but I've never tried to do javascript before so perhaps it's just nonsense:

this.getField(button name).access ="readOnly";
if (choice == 1){

var mail;

var address = "email@email.com";

var ccadd = ccAdd.rawValue; //taken from a field placed on the form

var sub = "xxxx";

var body = "xxxxxx";

mail = "mailto: email@email.com" + address + "?cc=" + ccadd + "&subject=" + sub + "&body=" + body;
this.submitForm({

cURL: mail,

bEmpty: true,

cSubmitAs: "PDF",

cCharset: "utf-8"

});

}

I can't get it to work. I get a syntax error: "missing ) after argument 1" at line 2 (if (choice == 1))

Thank you in advance,

Charlotte

Hey... how do i "print to pdf" on a Mac if i don't see the Adobe Pdf driver

on the menu of printers available?

Thanks!!

Yance

It helps MUCH!

Thank you so much...

I have a PC, so i guess i'll just have to send it to my PC and from there

print to pdf... a pain... but looks like the only solution...

Thanks once again.

Yance

Looking at Paul's script is there a way to perform the lock and then email the locked form to in a one button click? In other words, the user fills in the form, clicks the Submit button that would lock the form and then email it to a user.

Please help!!??

I have exactly the same issue. I was requested to create an invoice template for a client. I created the template using InDesign and Adobe Acrobat to create the form fields.

Once i send the pdf form to my client he should be able to fill in the form with his customer's details and then save and send a locked pdf via email to his customer to be reviewd and payd.

How can i acchive this? I like the option of being able to add a button that can save and send the pdf after the fields have been completed.

my email: nvggraphics@gmail.com

This is exactly the script I'm needing. Can you please email the sample to jhoffman@solutionary.com?

Can you email me the script as well please?  keithsantaana@gmail.com I've been looking for the exact same thing!  Thanks

Hi Niall,

I'm still very new to this but I'm trying to design a fillable pdf form at work for my sales reps to use on their tablets, smartphones or laptops when they are out on the field. The pdf I am trying to design is a sales order write up.  The purpose is so the sales rep can use this form to enter an order, quantity, desciption of product, mail date, expiration date, ect.  I would also like the ability to have the form time and date stamped according to when the sales order was placed.  Once the sales rep has filled up the form, the file needs to be locked/finalized/uneditable and emailed it to me at work.  At the moment I have to deal with sales reps writing their orders down on a piece of paper and trying to decypher their horrible handwriting. Some reps will make the effort to send emails or texts but are so limited with their information that it makes my work difficult to move forward.  By providing the sales reps with a fillable pdf form with drop down menus and items to select from, taking new orders will be a more pleasant experience.

If you could point me to the right direction with links and samples that would be greatly appreciated.

Based on the type of form I'm trying to design, is it possible to create this as a standalone pdf form?

Let me know if you would be able to help me with this.

Best Regards,

Keith