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June 2, 2015
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Widget Questions....getting frustrated

  • June 2, 2015
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We currently have a single fillable form that is an online job application.  Currently we use Adobe Forms Central which is being shutdown in July.  I need to find a replacement for a simple task: Static link on our website that takes a potential employee to a .PDF fillable form of our job application which they can submit to us.  Adding the ability to sign the form is a huge bonus, but not required.

I signed up for a 30 day free trial of the Adobe Document Cloud / eSign services.  Taking our document, adding it as a template to the library, I can add the new signature fields and send the document to be "filled out and signed" and that all works great.

So then I move over to Widgets which sounds exactly like what I am looking for, which is a version of the "send to be filled out and signed" but as a link on a webpage instead of an e-mail.  Instead I get something that appears to be almost completely useless.

First, why can I not add signature fields or tweak a Widget form the same way as in the library template to "sign and send"?  You can only upload a form and then it generates a hosted link.

Second, when filling out a fillable form, none of the data is retained from the widget link.  You fill it all out, enter your name and e-mail at the bottom and all the data is dumped and a blank copy of the form is saved with a signature at the bottom.  Lovely.

All I need is the functionality of "Get a document Signed" combined with a widget / website link to the fillable form to be filled out and signed.  Does this exist?  Is there a better Adobe solution to this or do I need to look elsewhere?

--Matt

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Correct answer Allta Media

Have you looked into the alternative mentioned in the Document Cloud blog at JotForm Adds eSign Widget to their Offering? It combines the form data collection with an eSign widget from Adobe Document Cloud.

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June 4, 2015

Have you looked into the alternative mentioned in the Document Cloud blog at JotForm Adds eSign Widget to their Offering? It combines the form data collection with an eSign widget from Adobe Document Cloud.