PDF form looks empty

I Am unable to see filled in text in PDF form

Can you post the form so we can see what you have done?
Paul

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Hi, will my downloadable PDF forms look exactly the same as when I upload but with spaces filled in?

Not sure I understand the question. Are you talking about the "Download Response as PDF" feature (to see the PDF filled out with the filler's data) or the "Download Submission Enabled PDF" (to sent to people to fill out)?
If you imported a PDF in FormsCentral, the Submission Enabled PDF will look exactly the same as the imported PDF plus a submit button
If you designed the form in FormsCentral and save the Submission Enabled PDF it will look very similar to the web form (switch the view in the Design Tab to Page View to see what the PDF will look like)
The PDF doesn't use skip logic or show/hide logic so this mean that the PDF always shows all the form elements
I answered a similar question today. See http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1251981
Gen

How to save PDF form without empty fields ?

Hello,
I try to find how to save PDF forms after a school registration but without empty fields because i have lots of relation in my Form but i haven't.
Is it possible and how ?
Thanks

Hi,
Are you downloading responses as PDF forms after forms are submitted? If so, FormsCentral doesn't provide an option to exclude empty fields and you won't be able to save PDF forms without empty fields.
You can use this form to "vote" on popular feature requests, or to add a new one of your own:
https://adobeformscentral.com/?f=XnF-KJVCovcEVQz9tZHYPQ
Thanks,
Wenlan

PDF form returning empty??

Hi there,
I've made a few PDF forms before, and they've always worked fine but the one I built last week is different. When tested between myself and colleagues at another office it is OK (it is set up to submit the whole completed PDF back to me by email attachment). But I have sent it out to a few other people, they have filled it in, sent it back but it arrives blank?
I have not idea what's happening with it, any suggestions gratefully recieved.
Regards, Roger

Hi Mark,
It was created in Acrobat 8 Proffesional. I think I may have solved the problem now - I hadn't enabled the reader usage rights - It's a long while since I built a form and had completely forgot to do that. Enabled that and asked someone to re-submit the form and there was all the data!
Many thanks for all your help - this forum is always great at giving quick responses to problems and it's thanks to people like yourself.
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How to save Pdf form localy without internet

How to save Pdf form localy without internet?
I thought in the beginning about advanced user rights and pure saving them on adobe reader but i saw legal notes about 500 user who can legaly save it localy and answer to me (bu they can`t answer to my client who paid me for doing this form).
Other thing is to do Air Application which would collect data from Pdf Form and save it (localy without internet) to use it later.
I thought about that second possibility but i can`t find any clue to do it myself.
Any help will be appreciated...

Hi,
Are you downloading responses as PDF forms after forms are submitted? If so, FormsCentral doesn't provide an option to exclude empty fields and you won't be able to save PDF forms without empty fields.
You can use this form to "vote" on popular feature requests, or to add a new one of your own:
https://adobeformscentral.com/?f=XnF-KJVCovcEVQz9tZHYPQ
Thanks,
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Submitted PDF form data are empty

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When I open the PDF in browser and fill in the textbox and click on submit button, the form submitted. But on the server side, "txtName" is always empty. There are no errors but just missing the submitted data. the server side code is:
public class PdfFormHandler : IHttpHandler
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        get
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I should see "Hello " and then a name. But since it's not able to retrieve "txtName", it only prints "Hello".
i found what the problem is and i posted the answer here. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10885969/adobe-pdf-form-submitted-but-request-form-coll ection-is-empty

You could try first flattenening the fields. This converts the field appearances to regular page contents. You can do this with JavaScript, PDF Optimizer, or a Preflight fixup.

Looking to create editable PDF forms with drop downs and text boxes for use on a Mac computer and iPad. Which product do I need to purchase? Do not need anything fancy

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Hi Otto,
the only release of Adobe Reader that work is 7.0.9. Release 8.1 and 9 have the same problem where the data in the dropdown list field are empty.
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Moreno

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HI,
Try deleting this file.
com.apple.Preview.plist
~/Library/Preferences.
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com.apple.Preview.LSSharedFileList.plist
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Looking for an Adobe PDF form desinger

I am looking for someone who is familiar in designing PDF forms. I have a project that I need completed. Please let me know if you are interested.
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Not interested, but simply open the manual (HELP file) and read about creating forms. You can use the tools in the tool menu for an Acrobat form or the forms link to Designer to have a Designer form (no longer editable in Acrobat). Things to watch out for are to submit FDF or XML data files and to not use mail submission, but web script submission. If you have limited distribution, the email format can be used, but is a problem for general distribution of forms.

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I've have checked and its not just this one pdf form, its all pdf forms that behave strange.
It is something that has started to happend recently and it works fine in both IE and Chrome.
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Hey peterlavigne,
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For normal PDF forms, you might need to refer the link given below:
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Send PDF form to e-mail as attachment with a PHP script on the server

Hi,
For several days I've been searching though the internet looking for a solution, a quite simple one in my opinion, but I got a little desperate not getting any result I want.
Okay. The Situation.
I have a PDF form to order sandwiches and drinks.
The PDF has serveral area's and columns where customers fill in the amount of the products they would like to order.
At a position of a field, the kitchen can almost blindly see what products a customer ordered.
Therefore, when someone fills in the form, I want to send the filled PDF by e-mail to the kitchen's e-mail adress. And important: the PDF in the kitchen's mailbox should be completely identical to the form the customer filled in.
So, I have an Order button in my form. I set the action as 'Submit a form'.
In the settings under 'Enter a URL for this link' I used just some PHP mailer script I also use on my website contact form.
IF I check 'HTML' under 'Export Format' the PHP mailer works fine. I receive an HTML e-mail listed the ordered products.
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Who has a working standard PHP script for me what just sends the kitchen an empty mail with the original PDF as attachment?!
There is no need to use any database or other more complex functionality. Just mail the filled PDF.

You can submit whole PDF format as long as you enable usage rights on the PDF.
Normally Adobe Reader users can only submit the data, XFDF, FDF, XDP, XML.
To enable usage rights on the PDF you will need to use Adobe Acrobat Std/Pro.
As for the PHP Script; it depends on your PHP web server capabilities.
The script will be slightly different, if the server uses PHP Mail or PHP PEAR.
Just attach the submission to an email and send.
If the client is submitting the form from a standalone pdf reader app, you can also respond with a success or failure FDF \status message; otherwise, you can redirect to a success / failure URL.
For more information and online examples:
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