Add fillable form information to email body

[Kelsey28139309et83]

Is it possible to add the fillable form information to the body of an email instead of an attachment when they click 'submit'?

[jane-e]

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@Kelsey28139309et83 wrote:

Is it possible to add the fillable form information to the body of an email instead of an attachment when they click 'submit'?

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Not straight out of the box — sometimes scripters have solutions (some paid; some free).

Within Acrobat, you can import the .fdf and/or pdf files into Excel or write code into the Submit button that will put the info into your database.

What is your goal in having the form info in the body of the email?

Jane

[Thom Parker]

Yes, but not using the standard "Submit" action. It has to be scripted. 

See the "app.mailMsg()" function:

https://opensource.adobe.com/dc-acrobat-sdk-docs/library/jsapiref/JS_API_AcroJS.html#mailmsg

[try67]

It's important to note that this method will only work in Acrobat, though, not in the free Reader.

[Thom Parker]

Well it's not that it doesn't work in reader, but that it requires privilege.  The reference indicates it operates in all products.  

So another option is to add the info in a "doc.Submit Form", "doc.mailDoc", or "doc.mailForm" call. See this article for options using the submit operation:

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

[try67]

Maybe the permissions for mailMsg changed recently, then, because in the past it could not be used in Reader at all:

[Thom Parker]

That's in the old reference.  Here's the new one. They've changed the format:

However, I haven't tested it.  And I've found vast differences in what's shown in the reference and what really works.