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Submit form directly from website to designated email address.

Jul 29, 2012 5:20 PM

Categories: Macintosh Tags: #acrobat_9_forms #acrobat-form #acrobat_9_pro #createpdf

I'm sure this has been answered a thousand times, so forgive me. My PDF form works great on my site, but my "submit" button opens a file-save dialog box instead of sending the form data to my email box. I have configured the button with a "mail to:..." URL, and I've followed the Acrobat Pro 9 instructions concerning forms distribution, but I get the same results every time. The solution must be simple, because this is such a common need. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

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1. George Johnson,

Jul 29, 2012 9:18 PM in reply to freemang

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It's hard to say without seeing the form. What exactly are you prompted to save? The URL should be something like:

mailto:someone@example.com

Note there are no spaces and "mailto" is all lower case.

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2. freemang,

Jul 30, 2012 8:33 AM in reply to George Johnson

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Hi George. It's a simple form. A list of 20 questions, each followed by a textbox to capture an answer. The file-save dialog asks where to save the file that looks like this:

Filename+tag.fdf

Incidentally, I've used the mailto:recipient@email.com. Also, I'm sending to a web mail address if that makes a difference.

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3. freemang,

Jul 30, 2012 9:48 AM in reply to George Johnson

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A very simple form. A list of about 20 questions, each followed by a text box to capture an answer. The file-save dialog asks where to save a document that has the following nomenclature:

Filename+tag.Fdf

Again, the preferred action is to send the form or for data directly to a designated email box. Incidentally, I did use the "mail to:recipient@mailbox.com" format. I am sending to a web mail box if that makes a difference. Thanks.

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