Created new form and whenever I try to submit it to a URL I get this error

Question

"An error exits on this page. Acrobat may not display the page correctly. Please contact the person who created the PDF...." I am the person who created and have no idea where to begin to troubleshoot this.
Can anyone point in the right direction. More info: I am filling in s form trhough a browser, in windows, and then submitting the form to a URL for storage in a doc management system using an SQL database. The application is called Laservault, in case anyone has any experience with it.
Thanks
jackie

Answer 1

OK, that helps. In the submit button creation you need to specify the data to be HTML data. Also, the form field names are only for keeping track of the fields. You need to have a body of information (typed or whatever - often a document page produced in your word processor) that you add the form fields too. Then you know what needs to be added. This is the same as creating a form in HTML. You have to create the appearance of the form (what it should look like and the text, etc), then you add the form fields where they are needed.
The submit button should provide the URL for the submission and also the information about the format of the submission, HTML in your case. It is not uncommon with general scripts that you have to have some hidden fields that tell the script other things that are needed. This latter part depends on the script you are using and you need to understand how that script works. You can not generally throw anything at a script, but have to be sure your information has a specific form.
Another useful bit of information is whether you are using Designer or Acrobat directly for creating the form. Also what version of Acrobat are you dealing with? There may be more questions to come, but many are basic so that we can figure out what you are doing. If we can replicate your problem, helping is a lot easier.