How to Allow Reader Users to Save XML Data and Send?

A huge problem w/ LiveCycle Designer is (this is what I found), by clicking the "Submit via Email" button, the Adobe Reader is trying to connect to the local default email program, like outlook express.
However, public computers are usually banned the users to launch an email program, and users are more likely to check email within a webpage. I noticed a number of students close the Reader after filling out the form but failing to send back the data.
Anyway that I can allow a Reader user to be able to save .xml data file so he/she can attach to web-based email?
Thanks Everybody!

If you have Acrobat there is a subset of Reader Extensions functionality available in there that will allow you to Reader Extend the form to do local saves. The license agreement limits you to 500 uses. If you need more than that there is a server option that is more expensive but has no limits on users.

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The "Submit via Email" tries to launching the local email software, like outlook express. But public computer tends to use internet emails.
I am thinking of creating a button, allowing the reader users to save xml data filled in the form (same as the "submit via email" produces) somewhere.
anyone has a clue?
Thanks a lot!

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Programmatically enable Reader users to save form data.

Hey.
In Acrobat there is a function that makes you able to allow Reader users to enter data in a form, and save it. Its used by going to advanced > Extend features in Adobe Reader.
The form im using is only a template, and this works for that single form only, and since the form im using is only a template the extended features i activate in this way doens't work with the newly created ones created of the template.
I'll explain a bit on what it is that my application is doing.
My application is a webapplication created in .NET 2003 using vb.net and asp.net. The user will on one page fill in a formfield, that will be send to the template once a button is pressed. The form will then load up, with the data posted. Already here i get the error "You cannot save data typed in this form". This error doesnt show up on my developing machine, since i have Acrobat installed, but the others at the office hasn't got it, and they get the error. I can imagine that very few of our customers have Acrobat, so its vital that this will function properly.
Anyway, as the error is shown, i cant type in anything in the form, making it really useless. It has been tested on more than 1 system.
My question is; Can i some how set this properly programmatically in some way?
When i am creating the forms programmatically i'm using ADCpdf, and i've tried with encryption.canFillForms = true, but that didnt work either.
OS: XP pro
Tools: VS .NET 2003, Abobe Acrobat 9 Pro.
Any questions? Please ask.
//Simon

Simon,
LiveCycle Designer and LiveCycle Reader Extensions ES are different products. Reader Extensions ES can reader extend AcroForms, not just XFA forms (XFA forms are the type created with LiveCycle Designer).
LiveCycle is a suite of many products, not just a single product.
> and they say that they believe that the form is saved in a "different" format.
Yes. LiveCycle Designer creates XFA forms and Acrobat creates AcroForms. They are indeed a very different format.
> I'm using Acrobat 9 Pro, but the function is only active in the template, not the form created by the template.
This is correct. Anytime you save changes to a form, the reader extensions are removed and need to be re-enabled. This is by design.
Geo,
He was looking for a way to enable rights programmatically.

How would you read in each line of data and display them to message box?

How would you read in each line of data from the _.txt file_ and display the whole data using an information-type message box?
I know how to display each line of the .txt file data, but I do not know how to display the whole thing.
Here is how I did to display each line of data using the message box:
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;          // Needed for the JOptionPane class
import java.io.*;                         // Needed for file classes
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          // read the remainig categories.
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               categories = inputFile.readLine();
          // Close the file.
          inputFile.close();
}I think I need to change here:
// If a category was read, display it and
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               categories = inputFile.readLine();
          }but I don't know how to.
Could you please help me?
Thank you.

kyorochan wrote:
jverd wrote:
What is not understood about your question is which part of "read a bunch of lines and display them in a textbox" do you not understand.
First thing's first though: You do recognize that "read a bunch of lines and display them in a textbox" has a few distinct and completely independent parts, right?I'm sorry. I'm not good at English, so I do not understand what you said...
What I was trying to say is "How to display the whole lines of .txt file in single dialog box."We know that.
Do you understand that any problem can be broken down into smaller pieces?
Do you understand that your problem has the following pieces?
1. Read lines from the file.
2. Put the lines together into one String.
3. Put the String into the message box.
and maybe
4. Make sure the message box contents are split into lines exactly as the file was.
(You didn't make it clear if that last one is a requirement.)
Do you understand that 1-4 are completely independent problems and can be solved separately from each other?
Do you understand that you have stated that you already know how to do 1 and 3?
Therefore, you are NOT asking "How to display the whole lines of .txt file in single dialog box." Rather, you ARE asking either #2 or #4 or both.
If you say once more "display all the lines of the file in one dialog box," then it is clear that we are unable to communicate with you and we cannot help you.

Allow reader users to save pdf form with data

I want to create a form that an adobe reader user can open and save a copy as a pdf with the data in the form. I know that requires reader extensions - what i can't seem to figure out is if I already have this included and how to do it. I have LiveCycle Designer ES 8.2 - which is the download I end up at when searching LC with reader extensions.
Does anyone have instructions on how to do this or know whether that functionality is available in the version I'm running?

You can add the Reader Extesnion right to save the form with data locally in two different ways.
1. In Acrobat Pro open the form and under the Advanced/Extend Features in Adobe Reader will walk you through a wizard. Once the wixard is finished, save the file and use that one. This technique is limited to 500 users by licence.
2. LiveCycle Reader Extensions Server has a User Interface that allwos you to pick the rights you want. There are no luser imitations to this option.
If you do not have either, option 1 is a lot simpler. You can download a trial copy of Acrobat Pro and try it.
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I own Acrobat Pro X. I use it to create many documents in my law practice. I need to deliver a contract form to a client that the client will use again and again and again... The client only owns Acrobat Reader. I need this to be like a "template" in Microsoft Word. The client needs to be able to fill-in the fillable fields on the document that I have created, then print and save it (e.g. as "Jones.pdf"), then fill it with new data and print and save it again (e.g. as "Smith.pdf"). This process may need to be repeated hundreds or thousands of times. Sometimes the client will need to reopen a document (data set) that was previously saved and printed and see it as it was last printed (so, to load "Jones.pdf" and see it as it was created). Sometimes the client will need to send a "filled" PDF to one of his customers, where the client's customer can print the document, but not change any of the fields (much less the body of the document, of course). So to sum up:
* Attorney creates contract with fillable fields in Acrobat Pro X and sends to client;
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* Client sends locked-down, un-changeable PDF to Client's customer for customer to print, but not change.
All of this needs to be able to happen without the Client ever buying Acrobat. Is this possible? I'm aware of File > Save As > Reader Extended PDF > Enable Additional Features, but I cannot figure out if this will work, since I don't use Reader on my pc.
Surely this scenario is faced by document creators often. However, I tried and failed to find a set of search terms which would reveal discussion threads that were relevant to this query.

I apologize for being unclear. I'll try to clarify the facts.
1. I have written a custom subcontract agreement for one client. This is the only client that I will ever give this particularl document/subcontract. My client will *never* send the data or the document back to me. Once I turn over this document to my client, it is from my perspective, a one-time, one-way transaction.
2. My client
Will be the only person who will ever put data in the fields (using Acrobat Reader);
Will create hundreds or thousands of unique subcontracts using the document that I have created, but the only difference between each will be the data that my client has put in the fields;
Needs to be able save each unique set of data as a unique pdf (jones_1.pdf; smith_2.pdf; etc.);
Needs to be able to email the completed document to his customer in a way that his customer cannot modify the document, but can view it, print it, sign the paper printout and snail-mail it back.
3. My client's customer
Should be able to view and print, but be unable to change anything in the document;
Will not need to sign the document electronically (there will be no digital signatures)
Users of Microsoft Word are familiar with the concempt of templates. When you create a new document based on a template, the content and formatting can be changed in each new iteration made from the template, but the original template is not changed. I could give my client the subcontract as a Word template, but his staff could easily or accidentally change important language that I don't want them to be able to change. For the client's own protection, I want the client only to be able to change data in the fields that I've designated. This sort of scheme is impossible using a Word document or template. I hope it's possible with a PDF.

Allow standard users to save form data

Apologies if this has been asked before, I did a search but didn't find anything.
My client wants me to create a set of PDF forms that their sales team can use. The crucial features are:
Create a PDF with editable form fields
All font, styles and layout cannot be editable by standard users (using free version of Reader)
Users with standard Reader users can open, edit and save these forms including the data they contain
The main thing my client wants to achieve is sending out sales documents that are always nicely formatted (users can't change text size, style, add random pictures, etc.)
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Read the instructions that appear, and then click Save Now.
But the 'Enable User Rights in Adobe Reader' option is greyed out and not clickable. Is there a good solution for how to do this? Am I doing something wrong?

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Enable Reader users to save form data

This question was posted in response to the following article: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/acrobat/standard/using/WS58a04a822e3e50102bd615109794195ff-7e0 d.w.html

Unless the PDF has extended rights applied, users with Adobe Reader X and earlier on a desktop will not be able to save a copy once they've filled in the form fields - and if you apply those rights you will be bound by the 500-response limit in the EULA.
You have three options:
Reader-extend the form using Adobe's enterprise-class LiveCycle ES products, which have no limits on responses but which cost a lot of money.
Use the FDF/XFDF submission route mentioned by Bill - the form would not be Reader-extended and would not be saveable, but the server script can either email the user their data or redirect them to a dynamically-generated version of the same PDF with their information pre-filled. You can create the form in Acrobat but will need server-side programming to handle the data, e.g. via PHP or ASP.
Use a hosted non-PDF system for the form, such as the Plus subscription at Adobe FormsCentral. or create the form directly on your website in HTML (as you would with a contact form). Since you're putting the forms online, switching to an online or cloud-based system wouldn't change the experience for your users but you can get more than 500 responses without the huge price tag of LiveCycle.
Although PDF forms have a lot of benefits, it's important to remember that if all your users are online anyway, there's no reason why you can't do the same thing in HTML. If you're dealing with confidential information it's actually much simpler to use an HTML webform on an SSL server, as the data is only ever passed between the webserver and the user in encrypted format - there's no risk of someone leaving a copy of a filled-in PDF on a public computer, or an email going astray. It's how FormsCentral works.

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Attachments:
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In SharePoint 2013, we can take use of REST API or Client Object Model to access the SharePoint objects like Form Library.
SharePoint 2013 REST API
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/dn450841(v=office.15).aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/b/fromthefield/archive/2013/09/05/working-with-sharepoint-list-data-odata-rest-and-javascript.aspx
SharePoint 2013 Client Object Model
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/fp179912(v=office.15).aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/jj193041(v=office.15).aspx
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http://weblogs.asp.net/jimjackson/opening-and-reading-an-xml-file-in-a-document-library
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