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2tapme
2tapme
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June 19, 2016
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Submitting a Form in Acrobat Pro DC - PDF Complete Document to website

  • June 19, 2016
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I have a webpage that currently allows users to browse to a local folder to upload a pdf file.  I want to also allow users to "SUBMIT" directly from the PDF itself.  I have:

  • Created a form in Acrobat DC
  • Created the button to "Submit a Form"
  • Selected the PDF " The complete Document"

What are the expectations tied to the URL?

I just want to submit this complete PDF directly to a webservice.  Can i do this?

Any insight would be helpful.

Thanks!

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T
Test Screen Name
Legend
June 20, 2016

If you have an existing web script designed to handle POST, give it a try for this purpose. It may work. If not, you may need to parse the headers and see what is different.

T
Test Screen Name
Legend
June 19, 2016

Oh, and while you mention submitting from Acrobat Pro, be aware that if you want your users to submit from Acrobat READER there are many and complex limitations.

T
Test Screen Name
Legend
June 19, 2016

The URL is that of a typical submit target (not a SOAP service etc.). It could be a PHP, ASP, CGI etc. It will receive headers and PDF data; it must parse headers and process the input data by reading it and (presumably) saving it somewhere.  Be aware that if you want the contents of a filled in form this is about the hardest and most awkward way to get that info.

2tapme
2tapmeAuthor
Participant
June 19, 2016

Thanks!  So that makes sense.  So if my website already has an existing POST, when a user manually browses to a local pdf and uploads the file, am i basically just pointing it to the post event? 

Currently, I already have the parsing working when they manually upload the file, so I'm just trying to run it through a similar process..

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