Submitting forms on a fillalble PDF

I have set up a email / Print / Save As buttons on a fillable PDF.  When I click on the email button link, I get the message, "You need to be running inside a web browser in order to submit this form".  What am I missing so that I can make the form emailable from a save PDF? 

miles750 wrote: I could be doing 500 a day. 
Any other suggestions?  My form is really basic as it only has name address and other minor fields to fill in.
Miles
You will definitely be over the limit of what is allowed then.
Unfortunately, there are not many options available. You could set up the form to "submit" the data using email (it will send a data file that needs to be merged with your original PDF) but that can be inherently flawed. Especially if someone is using a web-based email (like gmail or hotmail). Reader would not know that it needs to open a browser and go to any particular email. But if this does not worry you then you can avaoid a limit by doing it this way.
Other ways include using Adobe Livecyle Extensions for Reader. I'm not sure what your financial situation is but it can run into the tens of thousands of dollars to handle forms like this. You can Google around a bit and find a couple of services that will offer to enable forms for a nominal fee but I have no experience in using one so cannot vouch for their dependability or ease of use.

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