Submit Button - Email & URL

Hello, I'm rather new to working with Adobe LiveCycle Designer. I have installed a sucessful e-mail button to the form, but I would also like to have it enter a webpage after the user had submitted their form. I know that this is possible since I've done this with Acrobat. I'm fine with installing scripts, since my form has a few existing functions. I've searched for the url function - if any, but couldn't locate it.
I do have another somewhat relevant question. For better versality, should I export the file to static version 6 or 7? I would like to know if it'll be able to keep the same functions.
I appreciate the assistance!

Hi,
The command you are looking for is:
app.launchURL("http://www.assurehsc.ie/blog", true);
New features are added all the time to the XFA Specification, so if you save your form for an older version, then some of the features that you build into your form may not work.
You can set the target version of the form in the File > Form Properties > Defaults tab:
But then you should look in the Warnings tab to see if your form will work OK in that taget version. If there are no warnings you are good to go. If there are warnings it will tell you the min version you need to set the target for:
Static forms tend to be smaller in file size. However if you start to show/hide objects or move objects around or have buttons to add objects, then you will need to save your form as Dynamic:
Good luck,
Niall

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best regards,
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You made me think...... wrapping them in sub-forms...
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2) Set the submit button to fire a javascript that submits whole PDF format. See Adobe's Javascript reference guide for instructions.
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You have multiple options to sending whole PDF format.
1) Set the submit button to submit whole PDF format by using a mailto: [email protected] in the submit button action URL.
2) Set the submit button to fire a javascript that submits whole PDF format. See Adobe's Javascript reference guide for instructions.
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I have a problem that looks like I would need some expert help to resove.
I have designed a small Form with Acrobat LiveCycle Designer ES 8.2
The plan is people to fill out the form and submit it to a script on a web page.
Here is the problem.
When I insert a regular HTTPSubmit button. Everithing is working just fine. All th fields are submited, and I can process them from there with my script.
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Finally, let me tell you the reason why I even want to use Javascript instead of the regular HTTP Submit button.
My plan is so people can actually change the location where to submit the form.
From what I read if I use a regluar submit button, the URL must be hardcoded and cannot be changed (selected, by the user dinamically)
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Thank you very much for your help
Please let me know if you need any further information
Regards
Tsvyatko

Hey gays, thanks for answering.
However, looks like I still have problems.
When I insert a regluar HTTP submit button, it asks for the URL or it will give error.
Anyhow, if I leave the URL setting blank, and try to execute the code u mentioned, I get a messege, "submit canceled" and nothing is happening,
And if I enter something in the URL, looks like it still overites the code and submits the form the the hard coeded url.
In addition, the regular submit button does not even allow me to enter code in the click even, so I did enterend in the mose in even,
as to execute the code before the button is clicked.
In addition I also tried to enter the even in a text field exit which I was hoping to use so the user can enter their own url.
In other words.
could please be more specific.
On which even shown I enter the code.
p.s.
Finaly,
in Form Calc
If I enter this on the mouse enter of the button:
form1.SCOPA_p2.HTTPSubmitButton1.event__click.#submit.#target = form1.SCOPA_p2.HTTPSubmitButton1_txt.rawValue;
I get error accessor form1.SCOPA_p2.HTTPSubmitButton1.event__click.#submit.#target is unknown
Any other thoughts
Thanks
Tsvyatko

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They can submit it as an XML file and then you would re-import this back into the form on receipt. It is an extra step, but it does have the advantage that the data being submitted as an XML file is very small.
If you really need/want the form to be submitted as a PDF AND your users have Reader, then the form will have to be Reader Enabled.
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Reader Enable using Acrobat Standard (version 9) or Acrobat Professional (version 8). This will give certain rights, like the ability for users with Reader to save the form and for the form to be submitted as a PDF. However there are licensing restrictions, see EULA.
The other option is to Reader Enable the form using LiveCycle Reader Extensions ES2. This is a server product, which entails additional cost and a cost to Reader Enable each form. It is intended for processing large volumes of forms/large volumes of data.
There is a summary here:
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Form NOT Reader Enabled:
Users cannot save the data they input.
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Form IS Reader Enabled:
Users can save the data they input.
Data can be submitted as a PDF (or XML file).
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