Fillable form Submit to email button attaches filled "static" form not fallible form

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October 30, 2019
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Created a fillable form

Created the Submit button that attaches the pdf and not just the xml

Question is I need the button to attach the "static" filled (not fillable form) form as if I had printed (say to a pdf printer driver) and attached to email.

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Thom Parker

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You want it flattened before submit. Unfortunately this is not an option on submit. You could do this with a script, but flattening presents something of a conumdrum when done from a script inside a PDF. Especially if this form is to be used within Reader, which does not allow flattening.

An alternative is to convert all the fields to Read Only.

If this doesn't work, then please explain the exact workflow you would like to accomplish. For example, who will be using this form, and on what tools? Why do you want it flattned? Perhaps we can provide an alternate method.

Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScriptingUse the Acrobat JavaScript Reference early and often

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csheward1@tampabay.rr.comAuthor

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Thanks for your reply Thorn,

I've been trying to figure this out for a while now.

Workflow:

I create fillable form (LiveCycle Designer, but want to know the idea works before investing in Acrobat DC)

Save form to server share with other forms of the like

End users open form in Reader and fill form

User presses submit button, email client opens new message and following pdf gets attached

Resulting pdf is emailed to a group of end users only to show them the un-editable information

Users: PC or Mac, not concerned about mobile platform.

Users need it that simple, or won't use it

I'm not a programmer, so fillable form needs to be built on the back end without miles and miles of coding

Thom Parker

Community Expert

If all you want to do is email some data to the users, then maybe sending the info in an email message (no PDF attachment) will work.

See this article:

https://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/dynamically-setting-submit-e-mail-address

If you need it to be a flat PDF attachement, then the bad news is that email is not suitable for this type of workflow. The built-in submit is a pretty simple, one shot type of action. What you are asking about crosses over into the more complicated type of submit workflow which requires a server script. The form submits to the server script, and then the server builds a PDF and sends it out the other users.

Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScriptingUse the Acrobat JavaScript Reference early and often

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