E-mail button in the form

[morpheus5454]

Hello together,

Maybe someone can help me with this. I´ve created a form and wanted to set up an e-mail button in the form, which opens the e-mail address and the form with attachment as an e-mail as soon as you click on it. Is that possible?

It is also possible to edit buttons or text fields so that they have to be filled in before they can be sent?

Thanks you in advance!

[Thom Parker · Accepted solution]

Yes, Look at the list of actions on the properties dialog for the button. There's a submit form action. For the URL on this action use the URL format "mailto:name@something.com"

Set any field you want filled in to "Required", also on the properties dialog.

Here's an Acrobat XI tuturial on setting the field properties, there are some UI differences between this and Acrobat DC, but not much:

https://www.pdfscripting.com/public/FreeStuff/AcroForm_Create/AcroForms_Part2i_FieldPropsDlg_mp4.cfm

[Counseling_Guy]

I've recently created a form utilizing this feature. Unfortunately, there are some users who are reporting that they have completed and submitted the form, but I am not receiving the email. However, I am receiving others without any problems. Is this limited based on how/what software the are using? 

[try67]

If they are using non-Adobe applications to fill in the file it's likely that it won't work at all. Ask them for specifics.

[morpheus5454]

Thank you so much for your answer! Just what I wanted!

[Andrew5C35]

Does anyone know whether you can get this to open into Outlook for IOS rather than only the default IOS mail app?

At the moment it seems like only the IOS mail app is available.

Thanks

[GreatBear321]

I'm experiencing a similar issue. Users with Outlook as an App get an email loaded. Users with web mail cannot get a message to load and are therefore stuck. Is there a button that can function for other circumstances?

[S. S]

Hi @GreatBear321,

Hope you are doing well. Thanks for writing in!

I do not know of any such method which can trigger the web app for Outlook. 

There could be API integrations and calls made which could launch the Acrobat App, but not the web.

This isn't something Acrobat can control, as such functions are managed by the OS.

-Souvik

[Stacy37237680rjue]

Hi,

I have the same question about IOS mail app. I've tried to reset the mail default app to Outlook on my iPad, nonetheless Acrobat is still trying to use the IOS mail app to send the email.  After all the tests and reading I've made, I think the Acrobat app programmers did not think someone would use other apps to manage their email on iPad/iPhone. 

Let me know if there is a solution, we have over 100 iPad that would benefit from using Outlook instead of lesser IOS mail app.