Submit FDF Form Data to Web

Is it possible to program a form to send certain fields to a spreadsheet housed on a website upon submitting?
I have created a simple spreadsheet with order number, change amount, and customer name. When sales submits this form to the person entering the order, I would like this information to be sent to my spreadsheet. I thought, if I added a submit button to the form and directed the fdf file to this spreadsheet, that would work. However, everytime I try to test it, I get a "general error" and it displays the web address for my spreadsheet. What am I doing wrong, or is there a better way to accomplish this goal?

Unfortunately, I don't believe my IT department will allow me to do any programming with our web server.
The form is currently set up, so that the salesman just e-mails the entire pdf file to the person entering the orders. I would like to keep that part in tact, and just add some programming or something that will send just the data to either a web page, or even a different mailbox. Is it possible to have the form e-mail the pdf file to one person and a csv file to another person? I just want to get a minimal amount of the data in one location, so that I can easily move it to an Access database.

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Submit pdf form data to sql database

Where I can find detailed information on the process of sending data from pdf form stored on the website to the sql database stored on web server ?? Where I can find some samples I could use to build my form and related script(s).
Thanks for advice.
Tony

Hi Paul,
Thank you very much for your quick response. I can not retrieve your
attachments, so please send them by email. Thank you.
What does it mean that DSN has to be set up on each machine which will run
the form ??? Does it mean for each person who will use the form ?? or
rather once on the server where the form is hosted ??? It will be a bit
difficult to use if it will have to be installed on each user computers as
some users may not be happy to do it. If this is the case do you have any
solution you would recommend which will collect the data from the form
without asking users to do anything special on their computers ????
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submit pdf form data to sql database
If you want the form to contact the DB directly you will have to set up a
DSN on each of the machines that will run the form. Note that this wil
only work on Windows machines. Also the form must be launched for the
script to run (you mentioned the PDF was stored on the web server). I have
some samples that show how to deal with a DB but the attachments do not
seem to be working correctly on the forum yet. If you cannot retrieve them
post your email and I will email them to you directly.
Paul

How to submit a form in a web

Hi, it's my first post in this forum and it's for asking a very rough problem.
I want to log in a web which uses a form to authenticate. The page is: https://cv2008.uab.cat. I want that my program in java logs in and retrieves information from it (e.g. downloading a file). I've been studying the form and it uses POST method and requires to fill the username and password fields. Moreover I've found something interesting in the form:
<input type="hidden" name="lt" value="_c23CA00BA-41D7-8934-6F3E-D754BD70ECBE_kAAFD1C38-B06B-2F6E-776D-92949E17286F" />
                              <input type="hidden" name="_eventId" value="submit" />
but I don't know what to do with it.
Well, about the app, I've been trying to use common httpclient and the.net libs but I couldn't log in.
Here is my last try:
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.NameValuePair;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.PostMethod;
public class HttpClientTutorial {
    public static void main(String[] args){
         HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
         String response = null;
         PostMethod authPost = new PostMethod("https://sac.uab.cat/login?service=https://cv2008.uab.cat/home/");
         NameValuePair[] data = {
                   new NameValuePair("username", "MY_USER"),
                   new NameValuePair("password", "MY_PASS"),
                   new NameValuePair("lt", "_c23CA00BA-41D7-8934-6F3E-D754BD70ECBE_kAAFD1C38-B06B-2F6E-776D-92949E17286F"),
                   new NameValuePair("_eventId", "submit"),
                   new NameValuePair("submit","submit")
         authPost.setRequestBody(data);
         try {
              client.executeMethod(authPost);
              response = authPost.getResponseBodyAsString();
              System.out.println(authPost.getStatusCode());
         catch(Exception e)
              System.out.println("Error");
         authPost.releaseConnection();
         System.out.println(response);
}I'd appreciate any help, thank you!
Kits

Hey malcolmmc,
you were right, that eventId field changes every time I make a client.executemethod(authPost); the problem is that I need to do it to retrieve the value of that field but after I make the authPost.setRequestBody(data); with the information to fill the form, I need to execute the method again and then the value has changed again. So, I need to retrieve the value and "without closing that session" send the form. But I don't know how to do it, I think I'm very close to achieve it 'though!
My code rightnow is:
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.NameValuePair;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.PostMethod;
public class HttpClientTutorial {
     public static String search_lt(String content) {
         String ltValue = "";
         String lt = "lt\" value=\"";
         int i = 0;
         boolean foundIt = false;
         int max = content.length() - lt.length();
         test:
             for(i = 0; i <= max; i++) {
                 int n = lt.length();
                 int j = i;
                 int k = 0;
                 while (n-- != 0) {
                     if (content.charAt(j++)
                             != lt.charAt(k++)) {
                         continue test;
                 foundIt = true;
                      break test;
          if (foundIt == true)
               i = i + lt.length();
               while (content.charAt(i) != '\"') {
                    ltValue = ltValue + content.charAt(i);
                    i++;
          else
               System.out.println("Not Found.");
          return ltValue;
    public static void main(String[] args){
         String response, ltValue;
         HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
         PostMethod authPost = new PostMethod("https://sac.uab.cat/login?service=https://cv2008.uab.cat/sessioCAS/usuari.jsp");
        try {
             response = authPost.getResponseBodyAsString();
             ltValue = search_lt(response);
              NameValuePair[] data = {
                        new NameValuePair("username", "MY_USER"),
                        new NameValuePair("password", "MY_PASS"),
                        new NameValuePair("lt", ltValue),
                        new NameValuePair("_eventId", "submit"),
                        new NameValuePair("submit","INICIAR SESSIÓ")
              authPost.setRequestBody(data);
              client.executeMethod(authPost);
              response = authPost.getResponseBodyAsString();
              ltValue = search_lt(response);
              System.out.println(authPost.getStatusCode());
              authPost.releaseConnection();
             System.out.println(response);
        catch(Exception e) {
             System.out.println("Error");
}{code}
Thank you for the help!

Submit PDF form data IMS database.

Hello
I have developed a pdf form using livecycle designer and it has a submit button in it. The form is published to our organization website. What we would like to do is, when the user opens and fills up the pdf form either on web browser / or after downloading to their desktop, users should be able to post the data in the form directly into our IMS database. Our users are not connected to our organization network but just to the internet.
I understand that we need to use a Submit button with 'Submit As' property set to XML. IMS connect is an IBM interface that would read this xml and pass the data to the database. But, what I would like to know is the architecture and how the components communicate here. i.e. for our design document.
I am assuming that we would need to lay out these components on the diagram but not very sure of the order in which the data is flowing from client to the database.
1. Web browser
2. Internet Connection
3. Webserver (this is where the org. website is and the form is located on the website)
4. LiveCycle ES sitting on an application server?
5. Database tier.
Appreciate if anyone could tell me exactly the steps and the data flow.

You cannot use a submit button to invoke a web service. You woudl create your web service to recieve a single parameter (the XML that represents the data on your form). Then create a hidden field (to hold the data) and bind the input parameter to that field. Now using a regular button, add code that will take the data that is in the data dom and dump it into your hidden field:
HiddenFieldName.rawValue = xfa.datasets.data.saveXML("pretty")
Make sure the your hidden field is set for multiline. Now in the next line of code we need to invoke the web service. You can use the invokeBtn supplied by the DataConenction wizard (dropped on your form of course). You can use the command:
invokeBtn.execEvent("click");
This will send the data in the hidden field to the web service. You can code your web service to return a string that indicates that the data was recieved. You can bind that output parameter to another hidden field. Once the web service executes then that field will hold the message string. Now you can put up a message box to the user:
app.alert(hiddenfieldname.rawValue);
When I talk about hidden fields I mean to make the presence invisible not hidden.
Make sense?

How to open a new web browser after posting form data to web server ?

Hi Experts,
I am using NetBeans 6.5 and I am able to post data to web server using httpconnect and i am also able to open default browser on my mobile using platformRequest(url).
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[url http://ostermiller.org/utils/Browser.java.html]This code seems to use a temporary page that uses javascript to open a new window. Haven't tried it though.

Submit PDF form data to URL without submit button

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Check out the following:
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You can download the open source edition for free:
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How to submit InfoPath form data to multiple SharePoint lists at one time?

Hi,
I'm looking for a way to submit certain data in InfoPath form to separate SharePoint lists at the same time. I have a form that has two views with many data in them. I want to keep these data in separate SharePoint list besides keeping them in the XML. I know that you can submit to a form library using SharePoint document library data connection, but I'm not sure if you can use several data connections for submitting data to multiple SharePoint lists. Is it only possible to do using code? If yes, can anyone show a sample. I have never coded in InfoPath, though I used C# a lot in .Net.
Thank you!Regards,
R.D.M.

This is an old thread but I tripped over a codeless method to do this with OOB InfoPath 2010 and SP 2010.
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Using the Publishing Wizard do the following:
Go to – File then Publish
Select SharePoint Server “ Publish form to a SharePoint Library”
Enter location of your SharePoint or InfoPath Forms Services Site:
accept the default in this field from the first published event
Next screen, keep the default or change it, Form Library, Site Content Type or Admin Approved
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Create a new Action rule on the button
Label the rule to keep it straight
Condition, occurs when button clicked
Add action, Submit data
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Pass form data through web service to session bean

Hello,
i want to create an insert in a database table using a web dynpros that call my method createEntry i a sessionbean. The sessionbean is ok, it worked with a jsp.
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The inputfields of my form are blocked so that i cannot insert the values. This problem only occurs if i bind the inputfields to the attributes of my web service in the view context.
What i already did:
I defined a web service in my EJB Module Project.
I imported this model into my web dynpro.
I bound the elements of the web service into the custom controller.
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I did not bind the result of the web service in any way because i do not need it.
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Hi,
I think you problem is not a Web Service but the fact that Model Context Elements are not created automatically.
>I bound the elements of the web service into the custom >controller.
You made a binding but here you should <b>create</b> the elemnts itself wich means:
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2. Call wdContext.node<You Context Name>.bind(<instance created in previous step>
This step is the same as for RFC Model so if you fill that my explanation is not clear enought go to Adptive RFC Model tutorial (calling BAPI_FLIGHT_GET_LIST) and see the code in wdDoInit() method.
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How do I submit PDF Form data as an XML file rather than as an XFDF file?

Can anyone tell me what I need to do to make this statement work?
var cSubLine = this.getField("SurnameInits").value;
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No file is attached the email that is generated so I assume there is something wrong with the submitForm parameters...If I change XML to XFDF, it works fine.

Try this...
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We are using Acrobat XI in most cases to gather this data and this works well, however we are experimenting with mobile options which are very limiting, and therefore we thought by just gathering the data on a mobile device we could import it into our working windows pdf form, our trials using this concept in a windows environment work, but we stumbled once we found that the submit button does not work in the android reader to send the FDF data.
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FormsCentral can also process submissions from PDF forms, and the forms can either originate from Acrobat or the FormsCentral designer, either the desktop app that comes with Acrobat 11 or the browser-based app. The FormsCentral designer allows you to create PDF forms with simple layouts, whereas Acrobat gives you much more flexibility. Designing a PDF form in FormsCentral can be helpful if you want to be able to use the same form for both a web form and a PDF form, allowing to to take advantage of each type at the same time, but you are not limited to PDF forms that are created by the FormsCentral designer.
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Once you have a PDF form created in Acrobat, you simply import it into FormsCentral and it gets uploaded to the FormsCentral server, where it is Reader-enabled, a submit button is automatically added, and is then downloaded so you can distribute it by placing it on your web site, sending by email, etc. So unlike web forms, FormsCentral does not host them for you.
It is possible to use Acrobat to modify the PDF that you download, first by selecting in Acrobat "File > Save a Copy", opening the copy, and making the changes. This is often done to change the submit button (size, location, other properties) of the submit button that gets added. You can then Reader-enable in Acrobat if needed and distribute the form.
Since it's a normal PDF form that is Reader-enabled, Reader users will be able to open it, fill it in, and save it at any time using Reader for Windows/Mac or Reader for Android/iOS. The latter currently only support submitting via email or to FormsCentral, as opposed to your own web server. Once the user has access to the internet, they can open the form and press the submit button. If the submit is successful, the FormsCentral server returns a response so the user gets some feedback, unlike with email "submits".
Each submission is automatically stored in the responses table, which you and team members can view at any time. An individual response can be downloaded as a filled-in PDF, or you can download the entire table and import the data into a spreadsheet for further analysis. As mentioned earlier, you can set it up so that you and others can receive an email for each submission, and it can include the form data in the body of the email if wanted.
Post again if you have any questions, or go to the FormsCentral forum here. The forum is generally very good, but sometimes questions about PDF forms are not answered entirely accurately, so it's sometime helpful to post here too.

Connecting and sending data to web service

Hi,
I have to implement the functionality in PDF document to connect with the web service and send the form data in xml format on Click event of a button inside the form.
During the initial development and testing I have found that document can only connect with the Web Service from within LiveCycle Designer or Adobe Pro. It doesn't work with the Reader.
After surfing the internet I have come to know that Reader extensions are required along with Adobe Reader to communicate with the web services. Am I right?
Furthermore, what I have to do is to distribute the PDF form to a number of people who will fill the form and submit the form data by clicking the Submit button (which will internally communicate with the web service to send data) on the form. So if extensions are required to communicate with web services from Reader, then what I am assuming is that all those people must have extensions installed on their machines along with Reader.
On some forum I have also read that you only need to install the Extensions on the Designer machine and they are not compulsory to be on every client machine. i.e. Exntesions enable the web services communication features in the PDF form during design time. Is it true?
Thanks in anticipation,
Qarshi

Be careful, your question should be posted in "LiveCycle Reader Extensions" forum. LiveCycle Data Services doesn't deal with these features.
Nevertheless, to use webService calls from a PDF opened in the free Adobe Reader, you need to Reader extend your form.
You can use Acrobat Pro to extend it if the PDF will not be used by more than 500 people.
If you plan to reach more than 500 people, then you must consider LiveCycle Reader Extensions. This limitation is explained in the Acrobat EULA.
The final users only need the Adobe Reader, they won't have to install any extension or plug-in.

I can not type into an FDF form

I am running OS X 10.9.5 with Adobe Reader 11.0.09. I am now unable to type into any FDF forms that I was able to type into prior to updating the OS X and Adobe Reader. I typically have to have only the Adober Reader opening in 32-bit mode with a preference change in the documents section of changing the drop down box for viewing documents in PDF/A mode to never. Any suggestions?

Hi slptech4,
An FDF file is a special file created by exporting form field data from either Acrobat or Reader or it is created with the proper formatting.
If the FDF includes the path to the source form PDF, then either Reader or Acrobat can open the FDF and fill-in the form fields in the source PDF file if the user's system can access the source pdf file by the link within the FDF file. Some PDF files do not include this link or the source PDF is not accessible by the user.
FDF (Forms Data Format) cannot be opened with Adobe Reader because it is data file that needs to be imported to a PDF with corresponding fields or you can use a text editor to open it and read its data.
If the users have Adobe Reader XI and you have created the form with Acrobat, not with LiveCycle Designer, they could fill the form, save it filled and send the PDF to other e-mails. If you have Acrobat X Pro you can Reader Extend it first before distributing it.
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I find URLConnection can do it but can't set the request mothed
to "post",HttpURLConnection can do it but it is an abstract class
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I am working on a project where a pdf form is dynamically filled by user information. So, when the user click Print Application on the web, it will create a pdf with form data and download to the user computer.
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How can save a filled pdf form in pdf format on a certain directory?
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I want to give my clients some instructions to type in an account number that is taken from the pdf, submitted to my web server in php or asp, and generates the information into a text box field...
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I cannot use the typical regular HTML "a href",
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Using an action in <html:link>, presuming that's really refering to an action and not just the href value, which is what I'm not really sure of. It's been a while since I've used Struts. So maybe the action is the href part, and you can put "javascript:void(0);" there?
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