Acrobat forms and shared workspaces

Can acrobat forms be intergrated with shared
workspaces? If so, how?

Good day,
Static forms created with Acrobat or LiveCycle Designer can be shared via an Acrobat.com shared workspace. These files can be shared like any other file.
If I've misinterpreted you question, please let me know and I'll try to get the answer for you.
Kind regards,
David
Acrobat Community Manager
Adobe Systems

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How do I take two separate non numeric fields in a acrobat form and combine the data to display in a third separate field?

How do I take two separate non numeric fields in a acrobat form and combine the data to display in a third separate field?

You have to use custom JavScripting to concatenate the first 2 fields. You cannot use the first 2 calculation options because they force the values of the fields to a numeric value or ignore string values.
Possible scripts for the 3rd field are:
event.value = this.getField("Text1").valueAsString + " " + this.getField("Text2").valueAsString;
or
event.value = this.getField("Text1").valueAsString.concat( " ", this.getField("Text2").valueAsString);
If you do not want change the separator or not show the separator when on or the other field is empty, you will need to add more code to adjust for change.
The above scripts will also concatenate number because the field values are read as strings and not numbers.
There is also a generalized user written function to concatenate up to 3 fields with a separator that adjust for missing data.

Simple Q. how to store/publish acrobat form and "return" as email attachment

New to acrobat.com and wondering if this can be done (with acrobat.com).
I have roughly 20 acrobat forms that I want to be accessible on the internet for about 5 specific people to access via the internet. The goal would be for them to click on the acrobat form, fill it out and then "return" it to me as an email attachment. The forms are not complex or long, typically 5 questions to respond to.
So, I signed up for the free buzz option, uploaded a pdf form and saved it in a shared workspace. I see the file (test.pdf) in the all files section. The downward-pointing triangular arrow next to the file gives me the option of open vs download vs share among other choices. I really just want to open, but when I try that it says"this file is a pdf form. Please download the file and use adobe reader to fill out the form and submit your responses". I then click download it then asks for a location (this will be a problem-source of confusion). I save it to a location but that location already has that file and wants to overwrite it-another problem. I quickly see that this is the wrong solution for me.
So, can this be done with acrobat.com or should I be using something like dreamweaver and a personal web site? Thanks in advance.

Hello there,
Thank you for your post. What you would like to do is most easily achieved using Acrobat desktop software; this is a well-defined workflow, using Acrobat.com to distribute forms and collect responses, and deliver these responses to the Acrobat Tracker, where you can then analyze them and sort the data. If you're on a Windows machine, I recommend downloading a free 30-day trial of Acrobat Pro software, which you can get here:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobatpro/tryout.html
(Unfortunately, there is no trial available for Mac at this time.)
Beyond that, there really isn't a more streamlined way to collect form responses with Acrobat.com; the Acrobat workflow works very well, however, and I encourage you to give it a shot. Here's a video that illustrates how it works:
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/video_workshop/?id=vid0348
Please let me know if you have any further questions about Acrobat.com, and I will be happy to answer them for you.
Best regards,
Rebecca

Acrobat Forms and submit to Outlook Mac 2011

Anyone come across this.
Use Acrobat Pro 9 and have forms set up to use in Reader with a submit button.
Submit button runs a java script which attaches form to an email (see below), resets the form and then closes the form.
This has worked fine with Entourage (Office Mac 2008) however we have just upgraded to Office Mac 2011 with Entourage now being replaced in the suite with Outlook.
Now we can't get any pdf to attach itself to an email - either using the java script which lets us specify an email address, subject line and copy in the email itself OR the standard built in action in Acrobat Pro itself.
Help?
Java script is as follows - feel free to use.
this.mailDoc({
bUI: true,
cTo: "[email protected]",
cSubject: "default subject",
cMsg: "default message"

Sorry folks - haven't looked at this for a while - found the answer on another thread - don't know why it appears answered here but the answer ain't good I'm afraid and it looks like the problem is with Adobe. Some of the answers were as follows:
Office 2011 on Mac is not an officially supported email client for Acrobat 9 and Acrobat X. Thanks.
Outlook (in Mac Office 2011) is not supported?!?! Adobe is not supporting Office, the MOST POPLAR software package available on the Mac? This does not help Adobe and certainly does not help its customers. This is an awful deficency that needs to be fixed.
Adobe was too dumb to go looking up what was happening with Office for Mac. They've only had 3 years to find out. That they were replacing Entourage with Office. There is no such thing as Entourage on PC. They should have known. I think since they got caught flatfooted they will have to add.
Put simply - it now DOES NOT work with Office 2011 for Mac - downgrade Office anyone?

Problem with Acrobat Form and SendMail

I have produced a PDF form and have sent it to myself (at another address) filled it in, making sure that reader rights are enabled
(for clients with just the Acrobat Reader). I then want to send it back to myself. When clicking the submit button this is the message I get -
The SendMail doesn't know how to talk to your default mail client. Please select a different mail application to use.
What do I need to change for this to work?
I am using Acrobat 8 Professional and can attach the pdf form if it helps.
Regards
David Would

Hi,
It's now June 2011 and this problem still exists..that is I am getting the error message :- The SendMail doesn't know how to talk to your default mail client. Please select a different mail application to use.
I am using Adobe Acrobat Pro 9.updated
I want to use Thunderbird. Is it so unsafe?

Forms and Network Resource

I have made several forms using Adobe 9 and distributed them. Most often I get a message in the Tracker that says "you do not have access rights to this network resource". Is Acrobat.com considered a network resource? If so, then how do I change my settings? When the error message appears, I cannot ever stop collecting information or delete the message. Help!

Finally, someone else who has had the same experience! I was finally able to get a bunch of me error listings in the Tracker deleted. I have an alternate email account. I went into Acrobat.com and "shared" the files giving the error posts with that email. Then went into the alternate email, put in some bogus information, and hit the submit button. Later I went back into Tracker and was able to remove the response form the list.
This method did not work for all of the postings. I had three that had been emailed instead of diseminated via Acrobat.com, and those postings have not been able to be deleted yet. But at least a chunk of the junk is gone.
After trying to get some answers on some tricky problems, I get the distinct impression that Adobe is just so darn big, with so many different facets, that it is practically impossible for any tech to have knowledge of how all the different programs work together. Either that or ya just have to suck it up and either pay the big bucks to get more in-depth professional help, of get lucky, like I did with this fix.
Pretty darn hard to get work done when ya have to spend valuable time fereting out solutions to problems that should never have popped up, eh?

How can I click Acrobat Form button from VB (Excel Macro)?

I may be asking in the wrong forum, but I'm at my wit's end and think just about anyone with VB experience would be able to tell me what I'm doing wrong. Is there a forum for interapplication/ VB/ forms questions?
Suffice to say, I know very little about VB (or any of the other languages behind the software), but I've adapted code which has allowed me to get almost everything I need done, thus far.
I'm trying, desperately, to finalize a Macro which enables me to export a lot of Excel info into individual Acrobat Forms and save them all independently. This all works fine, but there is one last thing I've not been able to accomplish: I need to remote click (or 'focus on') a button in the Acrobat form in order to select the icon button (dynamically set image relevant to each individual form, base on excel cell). The button's name, in Acrobat, is 'Photo1' and it is located on the 3rd page of the form. I've several SendKeys commands in order to save each file with a unique, row specific name.
Option Explicit
Private Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "ShellExecuteA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpOperation As String, ByVal lpFile As String, ByVal lpParameters As String, ByVal lpDirectory As String, ByVal nShowCmd As Long) As Long
Private Const SW_NORMAL = 1
Public Const PDF_FILE = "Louisiana_Historic_Resource_Inventory Worksheet.pdf"
Public Sub ClickMe()
    Application.Photo2_Click
End Sub
'this was an attempt to setup a sub which I'd call later...
'all of the below stuff works fine- fills out the form, checks boxes, etc. as necessary
Public Sub Export_Worksheet()
    Dim sFileHeader As String
    Dim sFileFooter As String
    Dim sFileFields As String
    Dim sFileName As String
    Dim sTmp As String
    Dim lngFileNum As Long
    Dim vClient As Variant
    Dim x As Integer
    ' Builds string for contents of FDF file and then writes file to workbook folder.
    On Error GoTo ErrorHandler
    x = 1
    sFileHeader = "%FDF-1.2" & vbCrLf & _
                  "%âãÏÓ" & vbCrLf & _
                  "1 0 obj<</FDF<</F(" & PDF_FILE & ")/Fields 2 0 R>>>>" & vbCrLf & _
                  "endobj" & vbCrLf & _
                  "2 0 obj[" & vbCrLf
    sFileFooter = "]" & vbCrLf & _
                  "endobj" & vbCrLf & _
                  "trailer" & vbCrLf & _
                  "<</Root 1 0 R>>" & vbCrLf & _
                  "%%EO"
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    sFileFields = "<</T(Street Number)/V(---Street_Num---)>>" & vbCrLf & "<</T(Street Direction)/V(---Street_Dir---)>>"
''''''''''''theres a TON of the above correlations, all in the same format
        If vClient(x, 28) = "E" Then
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            sFileFields = Replace(sFileFields, "Cond-Excellent", "Yes")
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            sFileFields = Replace(sFileFields, "Cond-Excellent", vbNullString)
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        If vClient(x, 28) = "G" Then
            sFileFields = Replace(sFileFields, "Cond-Good", "Yes")
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            sFileFields = Replace(sFileFields, "Cond-Good", vbNullString)
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''''''''''''theres another TON of the above replacements, all in the same format
        sTmp = sFileHeader & sFileFields & sFileFooter
        ' Write FDF file to disk
        If Len(vClient(x, 1)) Then sFileName = vClient(x, 1) Else sFileName = "FDF_DEMO"
        sFileName = ActiveWorkbook.Path & "\Exports\" & sFileName & ".fdf"
        lngFileNum = FreeFile
        Open sFileName For Output As lngFileNum
        Print #lngFileNum, sTmp
        Close #lngFileNum
        DoEvents
        ' Open FDF file as PDF
        ShellExecute vbNull, "open", sFileName, vbNull, vbNull, SW_NORMAL
        Application.Wait Now + TimeValue("00:00:04")
        'Application.Photo2.Focus
'PDF_FILE.Photo2.Focus
'Application.Photo2_Click
        'Application.SetButtonIcon "Photo1", ActiveWorkbook.Path & "\Exports\" & "vClient(x, 1)" & "-1.pdf", 0
        'Application.Field.SetFocus "Photo1"
        Call ClickMe
''''above is where i'm trying to click the button, although I'd be just as happy if I could 'focus' on the button.
        Application.Wait Now + TimeValue("00:00:02")
        'Application.SendKeys (vClient(x, 1))
        'Application.SendKeys ("-1.pdf")
        'Application.SendKeys ("{ENTER}")
        'SetForegroundWindowap
        Application.SendKeys ("%fap")
        Application.Wait Now + TimeValue("00:00:03")
        Application.SendKeys (vClient(x, 1))
        Application.SendKeys ("{ENTER}")
        'If Len(vClient(x, 1)) Then PrintLine (vClient(x, 1)) ' Else sFileName = "_Check-Parcel"
        ''If Len(vClient(x, 1)) Then SendKeys = Len(vClient(x, 1)) Else sFileName = "_Check-Parcel" {ENTER}
        ''ShellExecute vbNull, "GetSaveFileName", sFileName, vbNull, vbNull, SW_NORMAL & vbCrLf
'        ShellExecute vbNull, "print", sFileName, vbNull, vbNull, SW_NORMAL
        Application.Wait Now + TimeValue("00:00:02")
        Application.SendKeys ("^w")
        'ShellExecute vbNull, "close", sFileName, vbNull, vbNull, SW_NORMAL
        x = x + 1
    Loop
    Exit Sub
ErrorHandler:
    MsgBox "Export_Worksheet Error: " + Str(Err.Number) + " " + Err.Description + " " + Err.Source
End Sub
I'm pretty sure one of many issues is that I don't know the fully-qualified name of the field/button, or how to properly identify it in the Macro.
I have no doubt that my approach, if it's even possible, is clumsy and unfounded, but I am (obviously) flailing around for anything that can achieve clicking this confounded button. Any help appreciated.

It was a button option - I haven't got access to Acrobat 8 here at home, but it was something like
Add menu item
File - attach to email
When the button was clicked, the email application would open with a new email and the PDF would be attached, so you could enter the recipients email address and send.

Save a pdf form and stored it in a Shared Network Folder

Hey Guys,
Is there a way using ASPX and Adobe LiveCycle Designer ES2 to create a form and when the user clicks on the submit button to save a copy of the form and send it over to a Shared Network Folder?
I know adobe accepts JavaScript and FormCalc scripts only but if someone has done something similar to the scenario I explained I'll be deeply appreciate it if you can share some steps or at least show me the light so I can move a little bit further.
Thanks!

Hi,
Just providing some information in addition to George's reply.
The PDF created by FormsCentral, assuming you are collecting responses online, is configured to enable extended features in Adobe Reader to allow respondents to save the form. To edit the PDF in Adobe Acrobat you must use the File > Save a Copy... menuitem to create a copy of the document that is not Reader-extended.
When you have finished editing the document you should remember to re-configure the PDF for fill-in and save within Adobe Reader.
Regards,
Brian

Acrobat X, Reader, and shared review

My association would like to a volunteer committee of our members, approx. 10-12 people, be able to do a group review of a PDF. All members of the group must be able to see everyone else's comments and add their own.
I understand that Acrobat XI has a shared review capability via Adobe's cloud storage. Does Acrobat X have this same capability? Will our members be able to access a shared review PDF on the cloud by using Reader or must they use Acrobat? And is the use of cloud storage for shared review part of the price of the Acrobat software or is there an additional fee (how much?) for this service?

Hi comm_ncra,
Just saw your tweet, and managed to track down your forum post. Acrobat X does have the same commenting capabilities as Acrobat XI, and folks will be able to comment on your PDF using either Acrobat or Reader.
You may have read about Workspaces on Acrobat.com, which can be used to collect comments for shared reviews. Workspaces will be retired very early next year, but you can still initiate a shared review and then use your own internal server to collect comments: See FAQ: Adobe Workspaces retired for more information about Workspaces end-of-life.
But, you can certainly share your PDF via Acrobat.com, and storage is free.
I hope that helps.
Best,
Sara

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Hi All,
We installed hyperion 11.1.2, Essbase on a AIX server, with reports etc on a windows 2008 server. when logging onto workspace, web analysis and shared services i get the following error message:
Error 404--Not Found
From RFC 2068 Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1:
10.4.5 404 Not Found
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If we re-start the server it sometimes work, but in the morining we have the same issue, can anyone help.
Thanks
Dylan

Hi,
Restart the services. Issue with Oracle Http server. If you restart foundation and other services I can bring workspace up.
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Created a Form in Adobe Acrobat XI and save that form as "Standard" PDF

I created a Form with Adobe Acrobat XI and now I want to add a button for save that form as "Standard" PDF with Java Script or other suitable way. Please help me.
Thank You.

Forms are entirely standard. What do you mean by "standard" in this case. Do you mean "not a form, so that the bits filled in are just permanent parts of the PDF like the other stuff"?

Individual, Creative cloud, single app, Adobe Acrobat Pro X1, Forms and Responses allowed

Dear forum,
Firstly many apologies if this is a stupid question or if it has been answered before, but I'm very new to using FormsCentral only in the past few days.
I purchased an Individual Creative cloud, single app plan at £17.58 per month for only Adobe Acrobat Pro X1, I am able it seems allowed to create forms etc, however are there any responses per form limit for my subscription? when looking at the features for the Adobe Acrobat Pro X1 product it only says FormsCentral is included and does not suggest any limitations. However, I've seen other comments which suggest needing to upgrade, but I have not seen any messages asking me to. I would prefer to know the limitations now rather than doing an important project form and then suddenly see messages appear once 50, or so responses have arrived ?
Any help or guidance would be much appreciated.
kind regards
kevin

Hi,
You get a free subscription with FormsCentral with Acrobat Pro XI. You will only be able to create one form and collect 50 responses. To get more functionality, you'll need to upgrade to basic or plus plan. Please check out Pricing options - Free, Basic, and Plus options | Adobe FormsCentral.
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Wenlan

Problems with Adobe Acrobat 10 and forms

We recently updated to CS5 and are using Acrobat 10 and I'm having issues with creating fillable forms. People with either only Reader or lower versions of Adobe are not able to either type in the form or if they can type, when they print, the text isn't showing up. We didn't have this problem with CS4 so I wonder if there's a glich in CS5? Anyone else have this problem?

I did. I know how to type an email address. I just forwarded the email to the one in your profile.

Fillable form created with Acrobat Pro and sent to iPad by email.

I Create a Fillable form in Acrobat Pro and emailed it to an iPad. I loaded the PDF into Acrobat Reader for iOS. The file is opened, all fields filled and then it is emailed. So far so good. I then exit reader iOS. Later when I come back in and open the file the fields are still filled. If I do this same process on a windows PC Acrobat reader functions exactly the same but will not save the data in the form when the application is exited. This is exactly what I want. How do I get Reader iOS to perform in this manner? It is imperative that the fields in this form be empty every time I open it on the iPad.
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If I open your Form with Reader XI, modify it, then close it, I am prompted to Save. If I select “Don’t Save”, then, of course, the modification is not saved. If I select “Save”, the modification is saved. So it does not appear that any logic has been embedded into the form that clears the modifications prior to Save. Its possible that older versions of Reader do not permit Save, however, a user using the current version of Reader: Reader XI would need to be trained to select the “Don’t Save” button for your workflow to be valid.
With the Mobile Reader, save is implicit. So there is no prompt to Save on close. The modifications are saved automatically.
If you want to start with a reset form each time it is opened, there are a couple alternatives:
Users can duplicate the unfilled form and work with the duplicate each time, thereby leaving the original in its unfilled state.
You can embed some instructions into the form that clear its contents on form open. Note that with this option, the prior content (pre-clear) will still be in the file even though it is not presented to the user. This would be a problem if multiple users were using the same device and the form content were sensitive.
I’ve sent you a version of your form with option 2. implemented that you can try.
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Hello. I have adobe forms and received the alert that it will be ending in July. Then I received an email about Adobe Acrobat XI Pro which can create forms. I signed up for the free trial and when I began to make a new form it brings me back to Adobe Form

Hello. I have adobe forms and received the alert that it will be ending in July. Then I received an email about Adobe Acrobat XI Pro which can create forms. I signed up for the free trial and when I began to make a new form it brings me back to Adobe Forms. My question is, when Adobe Forms ends on July 28th will Adobe Acrobat XI Pro be able to create forms or will it now? and if not, then why is adobe advertising for it still?

What you're calling "Adobe Forms" is really Adobe FormsCentral. The FormsCentral service is indeed going away soon, but you can always create PDF forms (AcroForms) with Acrobat. Acrobat also comes with a desktop version of the FormsCentral desiger, which can be used to create simple PDF forms that can be used apart from the FormsCentral service. So you'll no longer be able to create and host web forms with the FormsCentral service or use PDF forms with the FormsCentral service. You will be able to create standalone PDF forms with Acrobat and simple PDF forms with the FormsCentral desktop app.

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