Features for online forms

At some point in the future will there be the ability to save forms that are created in Adobe FormsCentral and then embedded in websites? For longer forms, this would be a great help so that individuals could complete the form at their own pace.

Well, the whole point is to get away from fillable PDF forms and make all forms available embedded into the website. Which is why I asked if some day the save feature for embedded forms might be possible.

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Is there a save function for online forms?

Hi, I've created an online form which requests quite a lot of information from those who it is sent to. Because of its size, I have made use of the skip logic rules to so that users can quickly skip sections that don't apply to them. Notwithstanding this, the form asks questions which users may need to reseach and come back to so it wouldbe really useful if the form had a save function. Does anyone know if such a function exists and if not, whether there are there imminent plans to develope one?
If not, regreattably I will have to try and find another solution for online information gather that has a save and return function.

hi randy
I wholely support the request for a save feature for online forms, any idea of an ETA for this?
Also to expand on this- the ability to print the web form would be brillant.
a few options for the web forms submit to print, save.
Web forms after/before submission maybe to save as a pdf locally - which then could be printed out.

Strikethrough feature for adobe form

Hello Friends,
I have to enable <b>strikethrough feature</b> in pdf based print form. If anybody has <b>sample code</b> or <b>any relevant links</b>, please let me know.
Points will be rewarded for helpful answers.
Thanks and Regards,
arun.

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Graphical data input for online forms

Is there a field type that allows graphical input data to be used within a livecycle pdf/xml form, i.e. the output from the form will be a series of coordinates the user enters by drawing within the field with a mouse or some other such device?
If not, can the comment tools be used for this purpose? The pencil tool is used to draw anywhere on the form and the coordinates are sent at the point of submission.
I'd be very grateful for comments and suggestions.
P

Hi,
Potential solutions depend on what the user will be using to access the form. If they are using the full version of Acrobat then they can automatically comment / annotate a form. However if they are using Reader then you will have to enable the form for comments. If you are using LC Reader Extensions to enable the form then you can include the option for the user to comment on the form. On the other hand if you are reader enabling through Acrobat then you cannot reader enable a static or dynamic form allowing a user to place comments / annotate a form. With Acrobat you can only enable a flattened PDF to allow Reader comments.
Attached is an example of a solution I implemented which was based on the current mouse position. There was a list of attributes and conditions to which related to the 10 markers. The user could then position the markers based on the SWOT. This was inspired by Thom Parker's fly swatter examples on www.pdfscripting.com. I have an example at http://www.acrobatusers.com/sites/default/files/gallery_pictures/LC%20Picture%20Puzzle.pdf
You might be able to work up a similar solution, where the user clicks a grid and the page coordiantes are assigned to a field. You will proably need to have a constant to convert the page coordiantes to the coordinated system you are working to.
Good luck,
Niall

Does Firefox facilitate my filling out of online forms when the form asks for standard information such as name, address, email, phone number. I just switched over from Goole Chrome which had this feature.

Google Chrome would offer dropdown prompts for this information as I started entering the information. I would simply highlight the correct prompt and hit enter and the information would be entered throughout the online form.

See:
*Tools > Options > Privacy > History: "Remember search and form history"
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Form+autocomplete
*Autofill Forms: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/autofill-forms/
*http://autofillforms.mozdev.org/drupal/content/main-page

How do I reset responses (and summary report data) and use my online form for a new application?

I created my online form, distributed it and captured the responses - worked well. Now I want to use the same form and start over (track the responses separately from the first time). How do I reset the results / responses? Thanks for any help you provide.

Go to the My Forms tab on the main dashboard (were all of your forms are listed). Select your form and hit the duplicate button. This will make a copy of your form and you have the option to include or not include the responses in the copy.
Randy

Submit button for online PDF form doesn't work for some users

Two online forms I've created in LiveCycle Designer 8.2 work fine for me. But when some of my site's users click on the Submit button in either form, it simply flashes and then does nothing. It's a standard Submit button with a Mailto link. The documents are PDF Version 1.7, and I'm using Acrobat Pro 9.4.5 and Reader 9.4. Any suggestions on troubleshooting would be great.

Has this form been enabled with Form Rights for Reader. If the entire PDF is submitted, then the PDF must be Reader enabled to operate on Reader.
Another issue is that an email submit is entirely dependant on the user's system. There must be a local email client installed and registered with the system. Internet email will not work. This is the most likely issue. Althougth there are other things that could be wrong. You might want to consider using the Acrobat.com to distribute your forms. This method gets around the email issue for most users.
Other issues that could cause this problem are the users' version of Acrobat/Reader as well as any kind of funky system/security setup.

Best option for hosting forms online and archiving the completed forms?

Forgive the length of this post, but I feel it necessary to give a little background information into our problem.
We were looking for a simple solution to a seemingly simple problem: Host ~15 safety forms online for field technicians (electricians) to fill out via their netbooks and submit to some sort of repository for archiving with the ability for the technicians to reopen the forms and make additions over the course of the job / week as well as firing an email off to our H&S rep per form submitted.
Acrobat + Remote Desktop Services (SBS 2011 network) + Reader seemed like a good solution and does work, but it's somewhat cumbersome for the less computer literate techs and proving to be more time in support then we are potentially saving going with paperless forms. This is the system we have in place now.
We initially purchased Acrobat Standard and subsequently upgraded to Professional when we found some limitations we weren't expecting in Acrobat Standard. An Adobe Sales rep also suggested that we check out Livecycle Designer 9, which was included with Acrobat Pro which included even more nice stuff. I started re-authoring the forms in LCD9.
The issue now is that I have Dynamic XML forms with flowed content that cannot be submitted by Reader to sharepoint. Why? You can't reader extend livecycle forms with acrobat, which it is bundled with.....
Why exactly adobe has two different and somewhat incompatible forms authoring tools bundled in the same product is beyond me, especially when one of them requires what I would imagine is an expensive server product to enable it's full use?
So it seems I have a choice between having my employer purchase Reader Extensions ES2 to maintain the nice form design with flowed content, purchasing 12 copies of acrobat to put on the netbooks when Reader SHOULD be all that we need or converting all the dynamic XML forms authored in LCD9 into static AcroForms so they can be reader extended and deployed to sharepoint.
We envision our technicians browsing to and logging in to our hosted sharepoint server, selecting the appropriate form template from a drop down list in a doc library or list, which opens the form for completion in the browser and on submit posts the form to a list on sharepoint for completed forms, preferably with some key fields mapped to custom columns in said list AND with the ability for the submitting technician to re-open the submitted form from sharepoint and make additions as the week / job progresses.
What would be the best option given our current situation and needs? With all due respect, I am looking for suggestions from technically oriented or experienced persons, not sales reps that don't fully know the product.

Ok, so I have done some additional reading and I've found out that Livecycle forms can be submitted via reader without reader extensions so long as the submit is via HTTP Post or as XML data only.
This effectively means you can collect the data from the submitted forms for processing, but you can not re-render the form from the form template and the XML without the presumably expensive server component, Reader Extensions, which for all I know, requires other components to run.
This all seems awfully expensive for a solution to host a dozen or so forms and archive the submissions in one place where they can be re-opened and added to.
I don't undestand why it's so prohibitively expensive to submit dynamic PDF forms as PDF vs submitting static PDF forms as PDF, which can be done with Acrobat Pro all by itself at ~$500.

Cannot submit online form for distribution agreement

Hi,
Just trying to submit the online form for a distribution agreement for Adobe Reader installation on our network and the submit button is greyed out.
I have completed all of the mandatory fields, I have javascript enabled on my browser *(ie.9).
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Steve G

Try filling out the form in Reader without using the Reader plug-in in the browser.

I can't register my new nano. The online form asks for serial number but does not supply a box in which to insert it

I can't register my new nano. The online form asks for the serial number but there is no box in
which to insert the number.

Have you tried restarting your computer?
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Need help with required fields for my online form

Hi, I've been mucking around with my online form for a while
and I just can't see what the problem is in the code.
I am trying to make all but two of the form items to be
required upon form validation. However, it doesn't work, nothing is
required now.
I'm using these two ways of doing it (natemail.php is my form
handler).
<form action="../NateMail.php" method="post"
enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded" id="Man Meets Woman
Long Form Opt-in"
onsubmit="MM_validateFormMM_validateForm("date","first_name","last_name","alias","address ","city","prov_state","postal","country","phone","email","birthdate","Sex","marital_status ","other_forums","methods_known","want_learn","coaching","invite_friends","about_myself"," terms_conditions");return
document.MM_returnValue">
...is one way and the other is:
<input name="require" type="hidden" id="require"
value="date,first_name,last_name,alias,address,city,prov_state,postal,country,phone,email ,birthdate,Sex,marital_status,other_forums,methods_known,want_learn,coaching,invite_friend s,about_myself,terms_conditions"
/>
The page is
http://www.vancouversocialboard.com/register.html
Can anyone tell me my error and tell me the proper way to do
this?
Thank you!

> (never did figure out what the 'MM_validateForm code was
supposed to be)
It's a call to a Dreamweaver javascript function that
validates your form.
The function definition should be in the head of the page.
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> On first glance, the problem seems to be that both the
onsubmit event
> and the JavaScript function inside are encapsulated with
double quotes.
> Try wrapping the onsubmit attribute/event in single
quotes instead, like:
>
>
>
onsubmit='MM_validateFormMM_validateForm("date","first_name","last_name","alias"
>
,"address","city","prov_state","postal","country","phone","email","birthdate","S
>
ex","marital_status","other_forums","methods_known","want_learn","coaching","inv
> ite_friends","about_myself","terms_conditions");return
> document.MM_returnValue'
>
>
> [snip]
>
>
>
> No, it didn't work. But I solved it to be acceptable. I
removed the
> 'MM_validateForm and used the Natemail action. My
mistake there was that I
> put
> "require" rather than "required". It comes up with a
different screen when
> form
> items are missing, rather than a pop up video, but good
enough.
>
> thanks
>
> (never did figure out what the 'MM_validateForm code was
supposed to be)
>
>
>

Write Windows forms for online SharePoint 2013

Hi Folks,
I have task to upload the documents in document library in online SharePoint 2013 using Windows form .
Can any one help me how I can do this task writing windows form for online SharePoint 2013
Samar

Try if below can help
using Microsoft.SharePoint;
http://www.codeproject.com/Tips/566370/Developing-Sharepoint-Windows-Forms
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/sharepoint/en-US/bf1a37c5-ed5e-4196-b3c7-3f95c40e4f26/windows-forms-intergrated-with-sharepointis-it-possible?forum=sharepointdevelopmentlegacy

How do I match the printed pdf page breaks with the page breaks from the online form?

The online form is setup to be 4-5 separate pages...each page going to a different person/group when it is printed in a pdf. However, when the form is printed, it prints out all the blanks and the forms are off by about a half page.
Is there any way to not print the blank spaces (I have several boxes hidden based on choices of the user), and to make the printed pdf honor the online page breaks?

Hi;
When you are viewing the "Design" while authoring your form there is a "View" setting that you can access from the "View" menu along the top right, or from the dropdown at the bottom right corner, if you change from "Web View" to "Page View" you can add page breaks there that will affect the PDF.
Page View is an authoring view to design for PDF where Web View is an authoring View to design for web/browser/HTML forms. You can use both so that your form looks good in both web and PDF. Some features have to be added/edited in Web View because they are not supported in PDF such as Attatchments and Skip/Page logic, those are not available to add/edit in Page View. The Page Breaks added in Web View are not used in the PDF, in Page View "Implicit page breaks" are added automatically based on the size of the page in PDF and you can add "Explicit page breaks" using the form field toolbar as you did in Web View (which will only be used in the PDF).
When you ask if there is any way not to print the "blank spaces" you are referring to the questions that had remained hidden based on skip logic right? At this time the entire form is saved/printed to PDF, there is not an option to omit those hidden fields.
I hope that I understood your issue correctly, let me know if I can help further.
Thanks,
Josh

F4 help not working in custom backend service for PD form

Dear All,
Iam working with the Create position HCM PD form and i have a requirement to add two fields, one for the company code and the other is for the cost center and then create the relationship betwee the position and the cost center when the form is submitted.
I have defined a generic service and created an enhancement implementation and linked this generic service to the imppementaion. I have written the logic for the F4 help for the fields in the method GET_HELP_VALUES, i have written the scripting for the drop down field in the form to trigger the F4 help in the form.
When the cost center is being passed to the screen, i would then read the value of the cost center in the form workflow and create the relationship between S and K in the workflow as i am unable to achiev this in the design time of the PD form.
But my current problem in that he values are not getting passed from the method to the field on the screen. I have worked on quite a few scenarios for F4 help and doing validations in the implementation in the PA form and i have seen this functionality working fine.
My problem here is that i am unable to understand why the F4 value help is not working in my form. The standard PD service SAP_PD is also being used in the form to have the dropdown values for the account assignment feature.
Could you please suggest me with some clues to fix my issue? i can share more details for further analysis.
Thanks.
Best regards,
Sridharan

Hi Chris,
Thanks for your inputs. please see my reply to your questions
First....are you sure you have "marked" that field as possible for F4 help?
Reply: Yes
Second...are you populating the help values strictly from that method...ie. not also using do_operations method to do it. If you refer to the documenation, it points out that trying to use both can cause issues.
Reply: i am using only the GET_HELP_VALUES method and nothing written in do_operations.
Third...when you debug your method, do you "see" the help values actually populating and as you say "not coming back to the screen"? I would check this first to make sure that there are actually values being found (ie. the logic within your service is correct).
Reply: i have put the external break-point in this method and when the form in opened for processing by the HR admininstrator,the form openes up and the control is not being sent to the debugger. I have written the scripting in the exit event of the events and scripts as suggested in the SAP help document. SO when i click on the dropdown field in the form, the debugger starts and executes the method and the code executes, then no values are populated on the screen.
Fourth...are you using any generic services for populating help values as well. HCM P&F has a nasty habit of "if one GS fails, they all fail" so often, your service might work fine but an error in another makes yours appear to fail as well....hard to debug and find those kind.
Reply: Yes i am using the generic service mainly for the purpose of F4 help. I do not see any issue with other gneric services as i have implemented a few generic services for PA forms and they are working fine.
Fifth...oops...forgot the obvious one...make sure it isn't a security issue...ie. make sure you have access to read the cost centers you want.
Reply: I dont get any auth error in SU53 while i test the process in R3
Lastly, you said:
"When the cost center is being passed to the screen, i would then read the value of the cost center in the form workflow and create the relationship between S and K in the workflow as i am unable to achiev this in the design time of the PD form."
You actually should be able to do this using an Advanced/Enhanced Generic Service (if this is in fact the step at which you want a true update to occur). Just a thought.
Reply: Could you please give some more information about this, how can i achieve it in advanced generic service.
Appreciate more thougts from you Chris!
Thanks,
Sridharan

Is there a way for a form user to load graphics and text in same field?

I am aware that you can load text into a text field and graphics into an image field. However, I would like to load a document containing text and graphics (e.g., MS Word or RTF) into a single field on a PDF form. Is there any way to do this?

Paul,
I believe that the example of attaching a file that you have provided will solve the problem. I am using LiveCycle Designer, so using the code that is in your example should be no problem. The end-user will use Adobe Reader, so as you mentioned, I will use Acrobat to extend the features so that the form can be used by Reader.
Thanks so much for your help,
Daniel
From: pguerett <[email protected]>
To: Daniel Beinart <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2011 3:03 PM
Subject: Re: Is there a way for a form user to load graphics and text in same field?
It is part of the PDF AcroForm side of things .....Are you using Reader or Acrobat to fill the form. If Reader then you will have to Reader Extend to make this work ....if Acrobat then you simply need to add some code. I have attached a sample that shows you how to do it if you want it.
Paul

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