Adding attachments to PDF form

I tried everything and looked everywhere and can't find the best solution to this problem. I just need a way for the user to attach documents to a PDF form in Adobe Reader. I have access to LiveCycle and Acrobat so is there way once the extended features are enabled for a user to add attachments to the form in Reader. I have LiveCycle ES 8.2.1. I guess the only possible way is when the user emails the form they can add the attachments then but I just want to see if it can be done by attaching to the actual form.

Hi Roy,
I can't test now, but I've had Paul's example working on a Mac before in Acrobat.
If you are using Reader on the Mac (or Windows), then the form would need to be Reader Enabled using LC Reader Extensions ES on the server.
If you have Reader Enabled the form in Acrobat, then the ability to attach files is not available to users with Reader.
See a summary here: http://assure.ly/etkFNU.
Hope that helps,
Niall

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Adding Metadata to PDF Form
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