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May 31, 2017
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Can I upload a fillable PDF form to my website and allow people to email it to me directly from the form?

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Can I upload a fillable PDF form to my website so people can fill it out and email it to me directly from the form?

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Correct answer NKOWA555

Yes, you can add a button with a mouse up javascript event hands off the PDF to the default email program.

Note: Adobe Reader is required to submit the PDF form

Check out the following web tool to help you generate the button action script:

fdftoolkit.net/email-pdf-mailto-generator.aspx

Here's a javascript example:

//Place this script in the buttons mouseUp JavaScript event

//http://www.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/devnet/acrobat/pdfs/js_api_reference.pdf#page=345

//SUBMIT PDF FORMAT WITH ADOBE READER

var url = "mailto:you@domain.com?subject=SUBJECT&body=BODY&cc=&bcc=";

var submitAs = "PDF";//PDF,FDF,XFDF,XDP,XML

this.submitForm({cURL:url,cSubmitAs:submitAs});

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NKOWA555
NKOWA555Correct answer
Inspiring
June 30, 2017

Yes, you can add a button with a mouse up javascript event hands off the PDF to the default email program.

Note: Adobe Reader is required to submit the PDF form

Check out the following web tool to help you generate the button action script:

fdftoolkit.net/email-pdf-mailto-generator.aspx

Here's a javascript example:

//Place this script in the buttons mouseUp JavaScript event

//http://www.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/devnet/acrobat/pdfs/js_api_reference.pdf#page=345

//SUBMIT PDF FORMAT WITH ADOBE READER

var url = "mailto:you@domain.com?subject=SUBJECT&body=BODY&cc=&bcc=";

var submitAs = "PDF";//PDF,FDF,XFDF,XDP,XML

this.submitForm({cURL:url,cSubmitAs:submitAs});