Setting action buttons in PDF forms

This question was posted in response to the following article: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/acrobat/using/WSBB6EF75F-BC3D-4094-B787-FB76DAE1EBDC.w.html

The method that you set up in Nitro is the same as you'd set up in Acrobat, so getting Acrobat won't make any difference. Also, it will not work for some Windows users as well.
The web server method that has been mentioned is available with Adobe's FormCentral. You can distribute a PDF form by email, web server, or any other means and user can open the form in Reader, fill it in, save it, and then submit it.
When submitted, the form data, as opposed to the complete PDF, is securely sent to the FormCentral server. You can configure it to send you an email for each received submission. The responses are saved to a table that you can access any time and export to a file that you can import into a spreadsheet or database. You can also display summary reports and generate PDF copies of filled-in forms. I think it's a bargain for about $12/month. If you already have the form created you can have it up and running with FormsCentral in a matter of minutes. You can set up an unlimited number of forms and receive an unlimited number of responses.
Even if emailing worked reliably with a form you enable with Acrobat, you are limited by the Acrobat license agreement to using data from no more than 500 responses. With a FormsCentral enabled form, there is no such limit. Nitro is not able to enable a form to be savable with Reader.

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