Submit by Email results in empty XML

Hi all,
I created a simple Adobe Form with Tx. SFP, added "Submit by Email" button and when I execute it from SFP and click on the button, the attached XML is empty (no info typed in the PDF, only tags).
Already installed the license. What am I missing?
When I create the exact same PDF using Adobe LiveCycle Designer outside SAP, works OK.
Thanks in advance.

Hello Andrés,
I think you have this issue because you use an ABAP-based interface for your form. Only when you use an xml-based interface, the entries are in the xml included when you use the email-button.
When you need the abap-based interface, then you have to attach not the xml but the complete pdf to the email.
Regards,
Holger

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