Can a Fillable Form Be Sent Directly From PDF?

[sebastian2012a]

Hi,

Can I do the following in Acrobat DC?

Include several fillable forms in a 30-pages PDF. When readers have filled in one of the forms, they should be able to click a button which then emails the form -- but not the entire PDF -- to a recpient that I should be able to specify.

Is that possible?

Thank you in advance!

[Thom Parker · Accepted solution]

The way to implement this type of feature is to make up separate versions of the forms to be emailed and then attach them to the main PDF.  The email button would then open the attached form, copy data from the main form into the attached form and email it.  This solution only works in Acrobat Pro, Reader, and other really good PDF viewers. It would not work in any Mobile device or browser based viewer.    

[sebastian2012a]

Thank you very much, Thom! That's clever!

Can I ask if there is any way that the separate forms can be included in the main PDF? For my purposes, I unfortunately need one single .PDF file.

[Thom Parker · Accepted solution]

The PDF attachments are inside the PDF, so you can store multiple forms inside your main form. 

PDF attachments can be opened from a script with the "doc.openDataObject()" function. 

Here's the reference entry:

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

[sebastian2012a]

Super! Thank you so much again, you're a blessing!