Submit as xdp or pdf

Generated a pdf in designer 8.2 and added a submit button, when set "Submit AS" to "XDP", I am able to submit the form in workspace. However, when I set "Submit AS" to "PDF", there's no response after I click the submit button. Nothing happened. What's wrong?
Thanks,
Wayne

Thank you, Jasmin.
Yes, the input datatype is "Document Form". Do I have to have Acobat installed in the workspace side? From my test, the submit works in the machine with acobat installed. Will "Adobe Reader Extension ES" help here?
Thanks again,
Wayne

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import java.util.*;
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Hi I've looked through the forums but haven't found an answer to this particular query: I've created a simple form (text boxes, radio buttons, and a submit button which should send the entire PDF to an email address). I have tried different options:
Reader enabled the form, then saved it and emailed a copy to a friend to test. When he clicked on "submit" he received the error "this operation is not permitted". Unfortunately I didn't ask what version of Reader he has. The form was created in Adobe Acrobat X.
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Submitting forms by email isn't really submitting. In my view it's a useful quick test, but not suitable for production use. For reasons you've already discovered. A particularly bad case is where a user uses GMail (or whatever) but has a WORKING email client that accepts the mail; but then it goes nowhere because they never set it up.
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