Opening .XFDF files without browsing for form

Question

I have created a form that has an email submit button.  The button is opening my email, adding the address and subject, and attaching the .XFDF correctly. The problem I am having is once I receive the email, I  always get this error when I open it:
The File you are attempting to open contains comments or form data that are supposed to be placed on.  This document cannot be found.  It may have been moved, deleted.  Would you like to browse to attempt to locate this document?
I am wondering how I can embed a standard file location (such as C:/forms/title of form) so that I don't have to do this every time.  I know it is possible because my company uses this same form system for our ticketing system and we didn't have to search for the file until and automatic update for Adobe Reader 8 came out.  Any help is greatly appreciated.  Thank you!

Answer 1

It's possible to use JavaScript to submit a form using a mailto type URL and specify that the file specification of the PDF from which the XFDF originated does not get included in the file. For example:
Code:
// Submit as XFDF, but don't include the F key
submitForm({cURL : "[email protected]", bExclFKey : true, cSubmitAs : "XFDF"});
Unfortunately, when Acrobat executes this it does not give the user the same option to save the data file locally so the user can attach it manually to an email message, as it does when you use a "Submit a form" type action.
The problem when you set up a "Submit a form" action in Acrobat is the user interface provides no means for specifying that you do not want to send an F key with the data file (like it should). However, it may be possible to set up such an action with the help of an appropriately configured FDF file that the creator of the form could use to configure the submit button. I haven't confirmed this, but will if you're interested.
In other words, it is possible to set up a submit form action that excludes the file specification, which would solve the problem you're having. If the JavaScript option above won't work for you, the other ~might~ be an alternative.
Cheers
Lorenzo