Submit Email button

Please forgive me for what may seem like a novice question, but I am a beginner. We have used live cycle to create a form based on a Word document and put it on our website as a fillable .pdf form. When a user fills out the form and clicks the "Submit Email", the form is returned to us as a .xml document. Is there a way to have the form returned to us as a .pdf form rather than a .xml form? (where we simply print the filled out form and enter the information into our database manually. Please advise - we are a not-for-profit company with no knowledge of xml. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks very much.

Yes it is possible ...here is a thread that discusses the issues.
Paul
http://forums.adobe.com/message/2262709#2262709

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New to Adobe Forms and need help with Submit Email button

I am new to Adobe Forms in Windows. I created a form with a submit email button. When users try to click the button, the message is operation cannot be completed. My test user has Adobe Reader 9 installed. I'm at a loss as to how to resolve the issue. Please assist. TIA!

Three different aspects
1. Set the form up to submit the data (XML or FDF), not the full PDF. You can import the data to the PDF on your end.
2. You can turn on Extended Reader Rights, but then limit the use/users to 500 by the EULA. The applicability of this option depends on your intended application. In a small office, it would be fine. For general web use you would likely exceed the limit and be in violation of the EULA.
3. There may be an e-mail problem, one reason that e-mail is not recommended for form submission (even if the manual discusses it). Again, in a controlled environment like an office it will probably work fine, but in a web setup it is best to use a web script. There are 2 problems with e-mail that both depend on the client system (YOU have no control, but will be blamed in any case). First, the client machine has to be set up as an active MAPI client. Many folks do not have this on. Second, some e-mail clients treat PDFs like text and the result is a corrupt e-mail submission, even if it makes to you.
If you have the possibility of web submission, do it. I suggest only having the form data submitted and not the form.

My submit email button if pushed twice puts email body in "to" address

My submit email button if pushed twice puts email body in "to" address????
Any ideas???

Seems odd it there aint a email field in the Object menu.
Im still on 8.2 so havent checked out the latest version. Aint it there if you go Window -> Object, or just hit SHIFT + F7?
Is the full object menu visible so a part of it aint hidden below the screen?
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Using a submit email button and data format

I have been reviewing the following document and have 1 question.
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/livecycle/articles/lc_understanding_submit_tip.pdf
Is there a way to customize the data format using a submit button?
I may have the requirement to have end users submit data through an email submit button, but the client wants the data in the format Fieldname [delimiter of some sort] Fieldvalue, is this possible? Would you need to manually edit the xml in the form to do this? Any pointers would be appreciated.
The only options I see in the attributes of the email submit button are:
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Thank you,

I have discussed this with Lori DeFurio, past Acrobat (and PDF) Developer Evangelist, and most recently, responsible for Customer & Field Enablement, who has informed me that this is possible and directed me to these forums for a resolution.
Has anyone actually accomplished this? Any information is appreciated.
Thank you,

Submit email button will not work

I am trying to fill in a form and send it by email using Ubuntu 8.04 and Reader 8.1.2. I do not get the select email client window. It does work correctly on a Windows machine. It is a form I created in Adobe Professional 7.0. I would like to be able to create pdf fillable forms and have them submit through email using a Linux OS. Did I set something up wrong on the Linux machine, did I setup the form wrong, or is it possible to do this at all? Thanks for any ideas, Matt

Hi Matt,
I tried the same at my end with Ubuntu 8.04 and 7.10 . It works fine for me with form created in Acrobat Professional 7.x.
Can you please try changing your SendMail Preferences by doing Edit > Preferences and then going on to SendMail. Try changing it to Evolution (or other mail client that you are using). Open the form again and click on the submit button.
Please let us know if this works. If this does'nt then kindly mail me the form to vaibhavp at adobe dot com.
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Thanks,
Vaibhav

Submit Email Button needs Email Address

I am using Adobe Livecycle Designer ES@ v9.0.0.2.2.......... on Windows 7 64 bit OS.
I have created a Form and added an Email Submit Button from the Object Library. This added Button is showing a Warning Message that says I must specify an Email Address. The Help states to RClick on the Button and select Pallettes>Object, then proceed to fill in the Email Address Box, etc.
My problem is: When I Rclick on the Button, the Pop Up Menu has nothing about Pallettes>Object or Email Address Box. The Pop Up Menu only contains: Cut, Copy, Paste - Grayed Out - and - Font, Paragraph, Leader and Select All.
In the Object Library there does not appear to be an Email Address Box that I can add and show my Email Address.
Is this a Program Issue or is it something I have not done or not done correctly ??????????????
Can anyone help me on this, Thank You.
Otherwise it did a good job of the rest of the Form.

Seems odd it there aint a email field in the Object menu.
Im still on 8.2 so havent checked out the latest version. Aint it there if you go Window -> Object, or just hit SHIFT + F7?
Is the full object menu visible so a part of it aint hidden below the screen?
Hope it works out.

Captivate 4 - I need to add a Email Button that reads Submit

I looked in the Help feature for Captivate 4 and couldn't find my answer.
So my predecessor put a button on the quiz results page that would allow people to submit their quiz results to the LMS. I am unable to recreate this button. When I look at the button on projects she created, it is showing as an "email button". I have no clue how to add an "email button". I also can't copy/paste the button from one project to another. Nor can I copy/paste the slide from one project to another.
Anyone have a clue how I add a "email button" from scratch?
Here is a screen shot that partially shows the quiz results page, and the properties window for the button. THANK YOU for all the help!!!!!

Hi Rick, thanks for the response. I appreciate it!
So the issue isn't what the buttons are doing on the actual quiz slides, it's needing to add an Email button on the slide that gives the final scoring information (the reporting slide?). The screen shot you have shown me, isn't that the submit button on the quiz slides, not the final scoring slide?
As you can see here, I have the Submit button on quiz slides:
When I look at the properties of this Submit button, it shows as a Text button, not an Email button like the Submit button on the reporting slide is.
Now I know you are probably thinking I should just click the drop down and select "email", but that selection is not there:
Here are screen shots of my Quiz preferences and Reporting preferences:
What I need to create is a Submit button on the reporting slide for the quiz that is an Email button. Like this one:
When I look at the properties of this Submit button, it is an Email button. Notice how the tab says "Email Button" and not "Submit button" like the other properties windows for the other "Submit" buttons.
This is where I'm stuck. When I go to Captivate projects that have a reporting page with a Submit button, I can't copy/paste the button. I tried to do a right click and I don't have a copy option:
When I higlight Submit and go to Edit, I don't see the option to copy the button there either.
So I figured I would copy the slide to the presentation that needs this Submit/Email button and I can't copy/paste the slide either. When I do a right click on the slide, there isn't a copy option:
When I go to to Edit to try to copy the slide, the option isn't there either:
I am really thinking that the Submit button the final reporting slide for the quiz is a Widget of some sort. Hum.
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Submit Email returns filled in PDF document

I has created a fill in form for my website with Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.0, Forms Function which take me to LiveCycle Designer to create the form. When I insert the SUBMIT EMAIL button the guide says I can get either the data back or a filed in form as an attachment. The default condition seems to be just getting the data back as an XML file.
What I want to get back is the filled in form as an attachment. Each response is "one-of-a-kind" and I don't need to manage the data, merge the data, or consolidate the data. I just need to view the completed form and be able to print it off.
How do I change the default setting in SUBMIT EMAIL from data to filled in form attachment?

Thank you for your quick, and helpful response.
I modified my form per your suggestions, sent it to Europe and they were
able to submit it without an error message!
Of course, I received duplicate responses, but at least it worked error
free. Thank you.
Has anyone ever located the root of the Adobe/Lotus Notes problem to
completely eliminate the duplicate address?
Lori Kassuba <[email protected]>
04/23/2009 09:35 AM
Please respond to
[email protected]
To
Kevin Lucas <[email protected]>
cc
Subject
Submit Email returns filled in PDF document
This problem has come up in other forum and it's believed to be a bug in
Lotus Notes. One workaround was to put a space next to the comma after the
address.

New to LiveCycle - Submit Email problem

When I try to distribute a form LiveCycle wants to attach the form to my email. I'm using Yahoo mail. The LiveCycle attachment specifies the folder for the attachment but I've tracked it down to a hidden system folder.
Is there a way to specify the folder that is being used for attachments?
Am I doing something wrong?
TIA

Sure.
I create a simple form with one radio button and an email submit button. I then use the DISTRIBUTE FORM wizard and insert my Yahoo! email address to send the form to myself. The Yahoo! mail interface comes up as normal and asks me to attach the form, giving me the path to the form. I've followed the path to no avail and then realized it may be a path to hidden files and folders.
When I change my view to show hidden files and folders then the form appears and is ready to be attached. Unfortunately, if Microsoft is placing the PDF to be emailed in a temporary folder that is hidden then there's more to this than meets the eye (I expected I should be distributing from the folder I saved the file to!).
I'm figuring I"m missing something in the setup of the file. BTW, I've also tried simply attaching the saved PDF and then emailing. When the email arrives at it's destination and the user opens it the resulting Yahoo! attachment thing happens.
Of course, the user can always save the PDF and resend but doesn't that defeat the purpose of automating via the submit email button?
Any ideas are appreciated.
regards,
denis

Submit By Email button not working in FireFox 25.0.1

If the form is saved to desktop or opened in IE, we are not seeing any issues. However, when clicking on the submit by email button in in FireFox 25.0.1, a pop-up appears to choose the default email program or a web email program. We use Outlook and it is set by default. After checking the Outlook option, the form freezes for about a minute and the email window with the PDF attached never appears.
I'm using the built-in Submit By Email button in Livecycle Designer 9.
<event name="event__click" activity="click">
<submit format="pdf" textEncoding="UTF-8" target="mailto:[email protected]?subject=EBSS User Renewal Request- Approval Needed Request"/>
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If the PDF submits to a server-side script URL it can bypass client-side email software.
Try the online PDF submission examples and see if it works for you in Mozilla FireFox:
http://www.pdfemail.net/examples/
You should also make sure the browser is using the Adobe Reader plugin as the default PDF reader.
http://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/display-pdf-browser-acrobat-xi.html

Submit by email button not working

I have a simple form which has worked fine for the past couple of years, but since updating it with Livecycle Designer ES8.2 recently, the 'submit by email' button is not working for many who have downloaded it.
Works fine when I try it here and it worked fine last year, but not with this latest version of the pdf apparently.
If anyone has a moment could they have a look and see if there's anything obviously wrong? (It has a couple of required fields before the button will work) It's at http://www.mogsport.net/series/2009-SeriesAppForm.pdf
Thanks
Chris
XP Pro SP3, LC ES8.2, Acrobat 9

i have had this problem too. it looks like you are getting the xml data file because the pdf opens as read only in acrobat reader and cannot be saved. one thing that solved the problem for me was to open the file in acrobat pro and use the distribute form wizard. this may just be a roundabout way of doing the reader extension paul mentioned, but in my case it worked.
open the file in acrobat pro (if you have it)
go to forms > distribute form...
when you get to "how do you want to collect responses.." select "manually collect responses in my inbox" from the dropdown menu and click next
then you will get to "how do you want to save your form"... click save a local copy and send it later the click the browse button and select where you want to save the document.
then click finish
go to where you saved the file and it should have the file name with "distributed" after it. send out that file and it should be able to save and return a pdf when the recipient clicks the submit by email button.
from what i remember the first time you go through the dist form process you have to fill in contact info, email etc. whatever email you put for this will be the email the form is returned to when you hit the submit by email button. from what i remember it even overrides the email address programmed into the sumbit by email button. if you want to change the contact info later you can change it in Edit > preferences > identity
hope this works for you

Submit by Email Button Trouble

I have created a form fillable pdf with a Submit by Email button. The problem I am having is that some people I send this to fill out the form, click on the Submit by Email button and nothing happens. It doesn't work at all. Others have no problem with it working. Have you experienced this problem, or can you offer any suggestions how to correct this? I really need for this to work 100% of the time, or I will just need to remove this feature. Any advice is greatly appreciated.

When it doesn't work, do you know what PDF viewer is being used? It won't work with certain non-Adobe PDF viewers, such as the Preview application on the Mac or Google Chrome browser's built-in PDF viewer. It also may not work even if using Adobe Reader if the client doesn't have a propertly set up email client or the email client is otherwise not compatible. It will never work 100% of the time when sending by email.
If you want to increase the reliablility significantly, you should look into setting it up so the form submits to a web server. This has the added benefit of being able to be secure without too much trouble, unlike email.

Submit by email button ignoring specified email address and subject

I have recently upgraded to CS5.5 and I am having trouble with the Submit by Email button in my form.
When I distribute the form the email address and subject specified on the button are ignored. Instead, the form is submitted to my email address with the subject of 'Submitting Completed Form'.
I have tried creating the form a number of different ways (i.e. converting PDF created in inDesign, just in Acrobat from scratch, just in Livecycle Designer from scratch) with no success and the same result. I have found I can change the email address if I go to Acrobat X Pro: Edit > Preferences > Identity but this is not an adequate work-around and does not fix the issue of the subject.
My company develops forms for both internal and external clients that require this functionality. The email subject is used to help identify which form it is and routes it to the appropriate department.
I have searched the web and this forum for answers but have not found an answer.
My question is: How do I get the 'Submit by Email' button to work correctly?
I have created many forms before using CS3 and have never encountered this problem. At the moment the only way I can see to fix the problem is to go back to CS3 which seems ridiculous. I thought later versions of software were supposed to work better not look the same and not work (sorry for the rant, frustration is getting the better of me).
I need to use the Distribute Form as it states in the LiveCycle help:
If you do not use the Distribute feature, form recipients who use Adobe Reader cannot save modifications to most PDF files, including forms filled with data. They must either immediately return their data electronically or print the form and return the paper copy.
I am using Acrobat 10 Pro and Livecycle Designer on Windows 7 64-Bit
Any help will be greatly appreciated.

What you are seeing is the intended behavior and I'm not sure why is has changed.
When you distribute a form, it substitutes the email address you originally set up with the button with the one specified in your identity preference and the subject is set to "Submitting Completed Form". It makes a number of other changes to the document that make the distribution workflow possible. I do know that different code is used if the form is being used in a version of Acrobat/Reader prior to 9.
With an acroform (not XFA), you can save a copy of the distributed form, allowing you to edit the scripts that among other things set the subject line of the email, so that a different subject line text is used. You can then re-enable the form and it should work OK. The problem is knowing exactly what needs to be changed and finding it, and I'm not certain that this is possible with an XFA form. I normally work with acroforms and know where to do it in Acrobat, but things are different in LiveCycle Designer.

Submit by email button

I have created a really awesome form using Adobe LiveCycle. I inserted a "Submit by Email" button in the form which attaches the form (as pdf) to the email and populates my email address in the "To:" Field with Outlook. I tested this thing out a million times and it works perfectly. So i went ahead and sent it out to my distribution list. So far no one has been able to send the attachment. They have all been resulting in faxing it to me. Nothing happens when they click on this button. I was think that this may have something to do with them only having Reader? and not the full version of Adobe? It did work for one other person in my office, but they have the full verison. Any help is appreciated! Thanks

Did you enable the reader extensions? From what you are saying, it
doesn't sound like you have and so those with Reader are having the issues
You may need to take your form into Acrobat and "enable Reader Extensions"
- the way you do this depends slightly on the version of Acrobat you are
running but you should be able to find it in the help system. If not,
write back

Email address in submit to button

I'm asking a very direct and plain question and desire a direct and plain answer. Don't tell me to just use the 'Button Tool', because it is nowhere to be found.
1. I created an adobe fillable form from scratch using AA9 Pro/LiveCycle.
2. I will distribute that form and choose the manually send copy and use my inbox to receive responses.
3. Adobe then creates a distributed form
4. That distributed form contains a "Submit Form" that is adjacent and to the right of the"Highlight Fields" button above the actual form and I NEVER created that button.
5. When that button is clicked it open a dialog and contains a To: , Subject:, and Attachment: at the top of the dialog that is UNEDITABLE.
6. The email address in the To: is incorrect.
7. I need to change it so that whenever I distribute the form in the present and in the future the correct email address to send it back to me is correct
8. What do I need to do to ensure the correct email (my work address) is in the "Submit Form" button?
9. Be direct, succint, and concise.
10. Thank You

Just edit the button using the button tool. You have to do this in the tool you used (Acrobat or Designer). You can not edit a Designer form with Acrobat. Be aware that some folks may have problems with e-mail submission due to their e-mail client setup. If so, you will have to deal with that. If it is a small group of folks who know each other, you can probably deal with it.

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