Adding Javascript to a Digital Signature

Hello Everyone,
I have been browsing the forum for the good portion of the last 2 days and have been unable to fix my problem (if it is fixable). I wasn't really sure what forum to post it, but since it mostly a Javascript question and I am not exerienced in Java, I posted it here.
I created a form with Acrobat Pro XI and will be read in Reader X. My goal is to be able to insert a digital signature from the Forms menu on Acrobat and within the Digital Signature Properties, Signed tab, I would like to input Javascript into the "This script executes when field is signed:" section. This script would email the document as a PDF with all of the form fields locked or flattened. If possible I would like to change the name of the document and add specific subject line to the email.
I have tried using the following script bu it errors out on the cSubmitAs.
this.submitForm({cUrl: “mailto:mail@domain”, cSubmitAs: "PDF",})
Any help would be greatly appreciated,
Eric

The option to lock won't be available if there's another unsigned signature field present, which you can hide on the page and make read-only.
A better option though is to preconfigure the signature field so that the lock document option isn't available. For more information, see: http://livedocs.adobe.com/acrobat_sdk/11/Acrobat11_HTMLHelp/JS_API_AcroJS.89.764.html

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