HTTP submit pdf form to PHP script

I have a simple test html form at http://www.radiosport.ca/test/test.html
It use the POST method to send a name to a php script that prints the input data in the $_POST array and from the raw input data

Hi,
Try with a ordinary button and make it a submit button.

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Submit pdf form data to sql database

Where I can find detailed information on the process of sending data from pdf form stored on the website to the sql database stored on web server ?? Where I can find some samples I could use to build my form and related script(s).
Thanks for advice.
Tony

Hi Paul,
Thank you very much for your quick response. I can not retrieve your
attachments, so please send them by email. Thank you.
What does it mean that DSN has to be set up on each machine which will run
the form ??? Does it mean for each person who will use the form ?? or
rather once on the server where the form is hosted ??? It will be a bit
difficult to use if it will have to be installed on each user computers as
some users may not be happy to do it. If this is the case do you have any
solution you would recommend which will collect the data from the form
without asking users to do anything special on their computers ????
Regards,
Tony Pluta
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submit pdf form data to sql database
If you want the form to contact the DB directly you will have to set up a
DSN on each of the machines that will run the form. Note that this wil
only work on Windows machines. Also the form must be launched for the
script to run (you mentioned the PDF was stored on the web server). I have
some samples that show how to deal with a DB but the attachments do not
seem to be working correctly on the forum yet. If you cannot retrieve them
post your email and I will email them to you directly.
Paul

Submit pdf form fields data as customized template

Hi
Is it possible to submit pdf form fields as a customized template?
when the form is submited, I want it to be emailed to me as text form and the form field data would be autopopulated into the text template.
Im not sure but is this how fdf works?
if so, how do i get my form to be submitted as fdf?
please help.
thanks.

Here you go .....the 3 fields at the top are where you enter data. The allfields field is the field that creates your special format and teh submitted data field is what you woudl recieve in the email. Note that i changed th ebinding for the first three fields so that they are not included as separate items in the data file. This shoudl simplify what you recieve. I cam change the format of what is written to the allfields if you need a different distinction. In this example I hardcoded everything ....depending how many fields there are on yours i woudl use a different approach (using some complicated code) but the concept woudl be the same. I woudl find all of the fields on your form and loop through all of these objects in a for loop construct this will reduce th eamount of code dramatically and also allow you to modify the form to add or remove fields as you see fit without having to change the code.
Make sense?
Paul

Submit Pdf form to http w/ credentials (username/password)

Hi!
I developed a form in Adobe LiveCycle, it has a button which submits form with attachments to http site.
No coding involved, just configuration of the button.
Http site requires credentials (username/password). How do I pass those credentials with submission?
Can username/password be added to http header?
Or I can excecute some javascript before submission?
Thanks you!

I got it working
1. WS (in .net) must be asmx service. WS method accepting attachment should have string as a parameter, which will be passed as base-64 encoded string. So to save it as a file it has to be decoded first. I used byte[] ... = Convert.FromBase64String(yourstring).
Keep in mind string <= 2GB
2. In PDF file add WS service as Data Connection (File->New Data Connection ->WSDL File-> wsdl -> etc...). PDF will generate all WS parameters and a button to call WS. Drag and drop data connection on the form OR right mouse click -> generate fields OR set <connect> element of different controls as you wish to match data connection. Let's say control generated and binded to WS input string parameter is called "base64StringDocContent" (name = "base64StringDocContent") and button that submits to WS is called "submitAttachmentBtn" (name="submitAttachmentBtn").
3. Javascript code to send attachment to WS:
//access pdf form
var formDom = event.target;
//attachment id should be unique, can be anything you like
var attachmentId = new Date().getTime() + "";
//prompt user for document and get it
var documentSelected = formDom.importDataObject(attachmentId);
if (documentSelected == true){
 //user selected the document
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 var inputStream = formDom.getDataObjectContents(attachmentId);
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 var vEncodedStream = Net.streamEncode(inputStream, "base64");
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else{
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4. Validation and try and catch should be added where/when needed.
Hope it saves a couple of days for somebody.
Good luck!!!
I am still curious how to work with credentials doing http submission.
If somebody has a solution please post it.

Submit PDF form as PDF The complete document

I'd like to setup a PDF form where I can send the complete PDF document to our web server. I'm just curious how I would do something like this in PHP? What data is being transmitted and how do I allow the web server to capture it? I saw how to do it with HTML, but I'd like to figure out how to get this to work. Thanks!

I'd suggested flattening the form fields, which converts them to regular page contents. There won't be any interactive fields after you do this though. It is possible to flattten just certain fields so that your script would still work if the form is viewed in a compatible PDF viewer, but this would require a custom script.
Here's a link to a free JavaScript-based tool that you can use to flatten the fields: http://www.uvsar.com/projects/acrobat/flattener/
It could be customized to exclude certain fields.

Submit PDF form

I have created a PDF form by using Adobe LiveCycle Designer 8. Now i want to get data from pdf & insert into database(first user login & then insert data of particular user).
i tried by simple button (with control type: submit) & HTTP Submit Button, when i am clicking on button login jsp open (specified in URL) in adobe acrobat professionl not in internet explorer browser why this happen?
is this possible with using buttons & how i get data at server site?
if any other good way for my requirement please post here.

Linda,
Reader cannot save data in forms without being enabled by Acrobat 8 or
9. They cannot submit back a form you create via email. The best way to
handle the issue is to post the form a the net and have the data sent
back to you. This has to be scripted on the server side. Even if you
upgraded to Acrobat 8 or 9, they cannot send back the form to you
automatically if they are not using a supported mail program or if they
perform their mail based tasks in a browser. Which is why for
reliability the form needs to be hosted on the net.
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PDF forms and PHP

Hello!
I've build a PDF Form and, after extending it with Reader Extension, tested it sending form data to a PHP file, where info is being retrieved via $_POST.
The idea is to save the info in a database.
It worked, but it also opens the php file in the browser; I don't want this to happen, all I want is to save the data and that's it.
I used an http submit button from the objects panel.
What do I do to solve it? Should I use Javascript to make it work the way I want?
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Marcos

Can you write a PHP Web Service and consume the data? Thereby you can suppress opening the PHP file in a browser.
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Create HTML Contact Form with PHP script

Hi Everyone
I have designed a contact form in HTML with PHP script but it doesn't seem to be working. The PHP echo message doesn't appear after I submit the form and the e-mail message is not delivered. The url address is http://www.dreamaustraliastudytours.com.au/Test/ContactUs.html. Any thoughts would be greatly apprecipated
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Hi Ben and Murray
Thank you for your input on the php script. You nailed the problem on the head. I have up dated the script and provided it below. I have one more question.
After the end user submits the form I would like them to be directed to another html file - for example successful.html. Would the code be
$insertGoTo = "successful.html";
delete 'Thank you for contacting us. We will be in touch with you very soon.'?
Once again thank you for your advice
Regards
Paul
<?php
if(isset($_POST['email'])) {
 $email_to = "[email protected]";
 $email_subject = "New Inquiry";
 function died($error) {
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 echo "These errors appear below. ";
 echo $error." ";
 echo "Please go back and fix these errors. ";
 die();
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 !isset($_POST['last_name']) ||
 !isset($_POST['email']) ||
 !isset($_POST['telephone']) ||
 !isset($_POST['comments'])) {
 died('We are sorry, but there appears to be a problem with the form you submitted.');
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 $email_message .= "Email: ".clean_string($email_from)."\n";
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$headers = 'From: '.$email_from."\r\n".
'Reply-To: '.$email_from."\r\n" .
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?>
Thank you for contacting us. We will be in touch with you very soon.
<?php
?>

How to generate PDF using FDF file and the PDF form template (PHP)

Hi Folks,
I'm really sorry that I couldn't follow all the valuable discussions going on here, regularly. I need some immediate help.
I NEED A PHP SOLUTION. I'm able to generate FDF files using the PDF Form Template in PHP. So, I have a collection of FDF files, which seeks the PDF template, while opened and populates the template with FDF data. Now if I need to save this PDF file, I have to do it manually clicking SAVE option. But, I need to convert FDF to PDF in bulk. So, I need some PHP based solution. The PHP script takes the PDF template and the FDF file and merges them to generate a complete populated PDF file. I know it's possible, but don't know how. I've seen Adobe FDF Toolkit. But by default it doesn't show any guideline for PHP. Please help me to write this code. I'm a professional coder. I can understand your hints and tutorials. PLEASE HELP GOOD PEOPLE.

The only reason I am responding to this post is because the poster sent me a request through the forum message system asking for my help.
Although I did populate PDFs with FDF data generated by web forms a year or so ago, I have since abandoned that kind of solution. It was a big headache. I found it far more stable and flexible to use html, php and css to populate forms that are almost as nice looking as PDFs.
So my advice is, if you can possibly avoid going the FDF/PDF route, you will be better off.

Email or store submitted PDF form using PHP

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The client PC will have adobe reader installed, so I guess we can embed the PDF form easily. I know PDF form can have Submit button and can submit data (XML) to a URL. But client does not want to place a separate Submit button in the PDF as the entry form has a "Save" button.
Do you have any suggestion? If I'm posting in wrong place or an already answered question I apologize earnestly and please guide me.

Check out the following:
http://www.nk-inc.com/software/fdftoolkit.net/examples/
You can download the open source edition for free:
http://fdftoolkit.codeplex.com
Or search for itextsharp on your favorite search engine
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Host Embed Submit PDF Form Online

I have been scouring the web and apparently I am either asking for something that cannot be done.. or I am terrible at searching. That being said, I was not sure which forum this would best go under so feel free to redirect me as needed.
A client gave me a PDF file (Application for Employment) which has been setup with fields and is Reader Enabled. I would like to host it on their website with a link which preferably takes them to the pdf form embedded in their browser. Then they would ideally be able to fill out the PDF form and click a submit button which would then send it to an email address. I would prefer not to do a mailto solution to avoid the users personal email.
It seems like Adobe eludes to them hosting this functionality, but I can't pin that down. I have also found the website FormRouter which appears to do what we want.. but for a much higher price than we are willing to pay for something that will be accessed once or twice a month.
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On the license, it all depends on the volume that is expected and you should read the EULA for clarification. Better safe than sorry.
If they sent you the form and it is already set for submission (that would be a property of the submit button and depends on if the form is an Acrobat form -- tools menu -- or a Designer form -- forms menu), then all you would need to do is put a standard link into the web site. The form would open in Reader or Acrobat and the client would proceed. The details of the process all depend on what your customer has asked you to do. If it is a submission process, then you would need to modify the PDF.
In any case, even with the PDF embedded (for browsers where possible), the file is basically opening in Reader, Acrobat, or the browser plugin that is loaded by these -- basically opening the PDF in an Adobe product, not really in the browser as such. The actions are then whatever that viewing product is capable of.
My comments were to flag a warning of the process, the potential use of data submission (not requiring enabling the Reader), and the pitfalls of e-mail submission. The latter should really be left to submissions within a controlled environment where you can control the setup of the client e-mail system. In the past MAPI has been required on the user system. Apparently an additional process has been added with AA9, but is subject to lots of problems. There are apparently problems on MACs also, and I don't even know what those are. The only "sure" submission is to a web script. Unfortunately, Adobe has suggested the e-mail (mailto:) submission since AA7, without clarifying the pitfalls. Folks write a form and then have problems, coming here for us to explain what the problem was and the e-mail submission is not recommended for general use. Actually, mailto submission of forms in HTML is subject to a lot of problems also and is generally not recommended in the HTML community for the same reason -- browser problems or variations. I am just providing a warning, the choice is yours. It might work most of the time. When it does not, how much do you expect the customer to come back and blame it all on you!

Cannot submit pdf form online

the problem seems to be that the interactive pdf form that used to open within the browser is now opening outside the browser (both IE8 and Firefox) as a temp file so I can fill it out but when I hit "save for later" or "submit" I get the adobe error "error opening url to submit this form". What setting has gotten set incorrectly? I have been using this site for years with no problem up until recently.

the problem seems to be that the interactive pdf form that used to open within the browser is now opening outside the browser (both IE8 and Firefox) as a temp file so I can fill it out but when I hit "save for later" or "submit" I get the adobe error "error opening url to submit this form". What setting has gotten set incorrectly? I have been using this site for years with no problem up until recently.

Submit PDF form data IMS database.

Hello
I have developed a pdf form using livecycle designer and it has a submit button in it. The form is published to our organization website. What we would like to do is, when the user opens and fills up the pdf form either on web browser / or after downloading to their desktop, users should be able to post the data in the form directly into our IMS database. Our users are not connected to our organization network but just to the internet.
I understand that we need to use a Submit button with 'Submit As' property set to XML. IMS connect is an IBM interface that would read this xml and pass the data to the database. But, what I would like to know is the architecture and how the components communicate here. i.e. for our design document.
I am assuming that we would need to lay out these components on the diagram but not very sure of the order in which the data is flowing from client to the database.
1. Web browser
2. Internet Connection
3. Webserver (this is where the org. website is and the form is located on the website)
4. LiveCycle ES sitting on an application server?
5. Database tier.
Appreciate if anyone could tell me exactly the steps and the data flow.

You cannot use a submit button to invoke a web service. You woudl create your web service to recieve a single parameter (the XML that represents the data on your form). Then create a hidden field (to hold the data) and bind the input parameter to that field. Now using a regular button, add code that will take the data that is in the data dom and dump it into your hidden field:
HiddenFieldName.rawValue = xfa.datasets.data.saveXML("pretty")
Make sure the your hidden field is set for multiline. Now in the next line of code we need to invoke the web service. You can use the invokeBtn supplied by the DataConenction wizard (dropped on your form of course). You can use the command:
invokeBtn.execEvent("click");
This will send the data in the hidden field to the web service. You can code your web service to return a string that indicates that the data was recieved. You can bind that output parameter to another hidden field. Once the web service executes then that field will hold the message string. Now you can put up a message box to the user:
app.alert(hiddenfieldname.rawValue);
When I talk about hidden fields I mean to make the presence invisible not hidden.
Make sense?

Submit pdf form as HTML will attach a tmp file to email

I all,
I'm just trying to submit a simple pdf form as HTML but I always get a "RandomFileName.tmp" file as attachment to the resulting email.
If I open the tmp file with a text editor I see it contains my form fields name and their related values.
But I think the end-user has not all the knowledge to open a strange file name with a tmp extension.
Why do this happen? is it a bug?
I'm using Acrobat X and Thunderbird 24.0 as email client.
Is there a simple way (I don't know javascript) to get all fields/values in the email body?
This task should be really simple but I cannot find any usefull info on adobe website.
TIA for any help or suggestion.
tony

Is there a simple way (I don't know javascript) to get all fields/values in the email body?
This can be done with JS, and it's not too complicated, but you can't generate an email from Reader without any attachments (well, actually you can, but then the amount of data you can put in it is very limited), it has to have either the entire PDF, or a file with the form data, attached to it.

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