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Let users choose placement of Submit button on Web Forms!!!!!

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 06 May 2014 18:07:04 GMT

I am getting so sick of this service, I am surprised that Adobe let something like FormsCentral be released without some BASIC features.

First, after taking the time to create a great PDF Form, I learned that you are unable to put javascript code after the Submit button's javascript to redirect the user to a different URL. After trying all sorts of options, I finally gave up and started to convert my PDF Form to a Web Form - cuz my PDF Form was that cool looking.

After playing with conversion tools for several hours, I discovered that my PDF Form was not going to convert to a nice looking Web Form. Next I went to FormsCentral and started creating a Web Form.

At first, I was thrilled with all the great options I can use to create my Web Form until I was ready to test and deploy. I then discovered that the Submit button on a Web Form is placed by Adobe's FormCentral, the user/designer has no say over where the Submit button should be located (you CAN do THIS on a PDF Form). Doesn't that defeat the purpose of FormsCentral? Users being able to CREATE their OWN Web Form?

You should be able to at least choose the submit button and then use the text align icons to choose if you want the submit button on the left side, center or right side or your Web Form.

Please make this feature available ASAP, without it your Web Forms are never going to be able to match the design/UI of a users website, which will prevent designers/developers to implement or even recommend FormsCentral.

Thanks.

Randy

Add redirect to Submit button on PDF Form

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 05 May 2014 22:17:40 GMT

I need someone that knows javascript to help me out!

I have saved the FormsCentral PDF Form locally and opened it up with Acrobat Pro XI, saved it as a copy, and then opened the new document in Acrobat Pro XI. I am able to see the javascript that the FormsCentral Submit button placed in the form.

How can I get the submit button to do what it is supposed to do (below), but then when its completed it should redirect to a different web page that I specify in the javascript code - in the SAME window, not in a new window.

The submit button javascript code looks like this:

var url = 'https://adobeformscentral.com/pdfsubmit?f=bbbbbbbbbbbb';
var qParams = '&os=' + app.platform + '&sl=' + app.language + '&spv=1';
var fIndex = url.indexOf('#FDF');
url = url.substr(0, fIndex) + qParams + url.substr(fIndex);
var charset = 'utf-8';
if (app.language == 'JPN')
charset = 'Shift-JIS';
this.submitForm({cURL:url, cSubmitAs:'HTML', cCharset:charset});

Do I need to add a location.href = "http://mydomain.com/completedpdf"; to make the current window then load the completedpdf web page? And how do I add the command to the end of this javascript?

Or is there some other javascript I should use?

Thank you for your help!

Move Submit button on Web Form?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 06 May 2014 15:45:19 GMT

Ok, so I finally switched over to a Web Form so I could redirect my users to a specific URL after clicking the Submit button (and the submit button was located on the lower RIGHT corner of the PDF Form).

Now, I am not sure if the Submit button is on the Left side of the Web Form I created because of the template I used or if that is the ONLY option. I do not want my Submit button on the left hand side of the page, it should be on the right. How do I move the Submit button to the rightside of the web form? I tried clicking on it and then clicking on the right justified alignment button at the top of the screen, but it did nothing. ???

Direct to a URL after submit?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sun, 04 May 2014 20:52:54 GMT

I have been testing my online PDF Form and have discovered that ALL my testers noticed that when they hit the submit button on the form, the website stays on that page. How do I get it to go to a URL on my site?? Like a thank you page or a next steps page? Actually I would like to make completing this form the first step in registering, so being able to point it to a URL that is hosted by my site would be best.

OR lets say I decide to put that PDF Form in a new pop up window, is there a way that I can make the Submit button submit to FormsCentral, show the Thank You message, I set in the Options menu and then make that form window close? So you are back on the URL you started off on??

Ideas?

Thanks.

Crop/Resize Document Page Size?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sun, 04 May 2014 01:38:30 GMT

So I am using Acrobat Pro XI and I have a PDF form that was 8.5" x 11". When I open the form up and edit everything that needs to be edited, I end up with a lot of white space. So now my document is 8.5" x 5.75" - I need to make this PDF Form this size...why, you ask? Because I want to import it into my FormsCentral account and when it wants to apply the Submit button, it will do it in the proper place (lower right corner).

(If you are familar with FormsCentral: Why can't I move the Submit button anywhere I want it to be on my document?? The four corners is not practical. I had a test user looking for the Submit button!!)

Thanks for your help!!

R23