coding for submit button with subject line

[rod1fl]

submit button with drop down list.  Select recieptent from list and then hit submit. How can I create a subject line?

Here is the code we are using (below) but it creates a subject line like this? A91h4gylz_15b7xpu_ca0.fdf

var email = this.getField("Email To:").value;var cSubLine = "Meeting Request Form";
this.mailForm(false, email);

[Test Screen Name]

You're not doing anything to set the subject of the email at all. Just setting a variable called cSubLine, which you then do nothing with. I suspect you are trying to adapt a sample you have not studied closely enough, and have removed the parts which made it work.

[rod1fl]

I apoligize here is the code from the form properties

var email = this.getField("Email To:").value;
this.mailForm(false, email);

How can I create one with a subject line?  If it was just a submit button I could, but it's pulling the email from a drop down list.

[try67]

As mentioned, you did not use the cSubLine variable at all.

Change this line:

this.mailForm(false, email);

To this:

this.mailForm({bUI: false, cTo: email, cSubject: cSubLine});

Note, however, that setting bUI as false will not work if you use this command from a button field. You must run it from a privileged context (such as a folder-level trusted function) to be able to submit the form data silently in this way.

[rod1fl]

I tried that and it is a "PDF" submit button and it would not work....  I have a list to pick the email and then click submit and would like to create a subject line. It currently creates a weired subject line "A919xyn6u_5d0mwq_8zw.fdf" .

[Test Screen Name]

Please explain exactly what you mean by " it is a "PDF" submit button and it would not work". It's supposed to submit a PDF, that's what it's for. What messages do you get? What does it say in the JavaScript Console?

[rod1fl]

I created a PDF fill-in form and once it's completed there is a dropdown menu where you can select who it gets emailed to and then you click the submit button. I wished it had a subject line but this is the code in the button actions. ( Mouse Up, Run a JavaScript)

var email = this.getField("Email To:").value;
this.mailForm(false, email);

I have checked all my adobe books a cannot find a solution to have it add the subject line.

[Test Screen Name]

But that's just what you originally had. You said "I tried that and it is a "PDF" submit button and it would not work."

I assumed you meant you tried the different code that someone wrote for you to try, which SPECIFICALLY added a subject line, as you requested. Please tell us what happens when you try it and why it would not work.

[rod1fl]

Yes, I tried this suggustion

Change this line:

this.mailForm(false, email);

To this:

this.mailForm({bUI: false, cTo: email, cSubject: cSubLine});

and the result was when you click the submit button, nothing happend......  R

[Test Screen Name]

Nothing, nothing at all? Did you check the JavaScript console for errors?

[Test Screen Name]

Do you need us to tell you how to check the JavaScript console for errors?

[try67]

> It's supposed to submit a PDF

Actually, it's supposed to submit an FDF file. If you want to submit the PDF use mailDoc, not mailForm.

[Thom Parker]

Have you read this article:

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

If nothing is happening, then there is a problem. The first thing to do when there is a problem is check the console, as Mr. Screen as already indicated. But its also good to look up the code in the reference, so you get it right. 

https://opensource.adobe.com/dc-acrobat-sdk-docs/acrobatsdk/html2015/index.html#t=Acro12_MasterBook%...

[rod1fl]

Hi Thom,

I don't know what the JavaScript console is?  I did read the first articale before ever posting here. I'm just at a loss, so thanks for your input.  The file that attaches to the email is actually an FDF file.

R

[try67]

You must read Thom's tutorial on this subject, then:

https://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/javascript_console

[rod1fl]

That tutorial is helpful and i found the console; however, it doesn't solve my issue on adding the subject line to the script.... 

[try67]

What happened when you used the code I provided? Where did you place it? Can you share your file with us?

[rod1fl]

I placed the code in the action for the submit button and when used like below and click submit nothing happens... 

var email = this.getField("Email To:").value;

this.mailForm({bUI: false, cTo: email, cSubject: cSubLine});

[try67]

You misunderstood what I meant... Use this code:

var email = this.getField("Email To:").valueAsString;
var cSubLine = "Meeting Request Form";
this.mailForm({cTo: email, cSubject: cSubLine});

[rod1fl]

Good Morning, Try67

That did not work and when I clicked the submit button nothing happened.  Here is what the error is in the console:

MissingArgError: Missing required argument.
Doc.mailForm:1:Field submit:Mouse Up
===> Parameter bUI.
MissingArgError: Missing required argument.
Doc.mailForm:1:Field submit:Mouse Up
===> Parameter bUI.

[rod1fl]

I went back and tried the first suggestion with this new code and replaced this line

this.mailForm({cTo: email, cSubject: cSubLine});

with this one

this.mailForm({bUI: false, cTo: email, cSubject: cSubLine});

This works and gives the email a subject line = Meeting Request Form

😀

[try67]

It seems that the bUI parameter is required for mailForm (it's not for mailDoc, strangely).

Setting it to false will be ignored, though. You should set it to true.