Form Inside InDesign

We have manuals for tools we sale, and I put them together with InDesign. These manuals are interactive PDF's. I am wanting to add a Quality Assurance form inside the manuals. So if customer has a problem with a product or service they can fill in this form and click the email button to send this form information to us.
I use Livecycle Designer ES4 to build all forms we use inhouse and to send out to customers. I have also used Acrobat & Indesign for build forms.
The problem I'm having is with Indeisgn when you place a interactive PDF into Indesign (be it from Livecycle or Acrobat) you lose all info for that form. And making a form inside the document using InDesign and adding a email button. When the email button is used to email the form you don't just get that one page you get the complete manual.
I would think there may be a script you can use to have it email just the one page this form is on. I know some javascript and have wrote some scripts, but I'm still new to the script world.
Is there a way to embed this form so that it will work the way I'm needing?
Thanks
HHud5757

Thanks!
I inserted the form but the form I am using is an XML form and Acrobat will not let you insert an XML form. You can add it as an attachment.
The only problem with the attachment is, if you don't have something that info's you that there is an attachment present it could be missed.
I made a quick form from InDesign and exported it to an interactive PDF. Then went and inserted this PDF form into the PDF manual and it worked like I am needing. The only problem is when you click the email button it still emails the complete manual. I have to now figure out how to be able to email only the one page.
I thought I may have to add a link that takes you to this form on our website so it could be completed and sent from there.
Thank you both for the help!

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