Submit a simple form on my network

[brandonr1894752]

I want to create a short form, to collect some data.   I want to save that form on our local network, so all of the users have access to it.  I then want them to be able to fill out the form, and click "submit", and have the data collected and saved in a file on the same network.  I can create the form, but I am having trouble setting up the submit action.  I keep getting a variety of errors.  What is the easiest way to do this?

My most recent error is:  Server Not Found    http://\\my server\my folder\adobe test\/    I did not put the http:// part in the URL of the my form.

[Test Screen Name]

A submit action is a URL, not the name of a file to write. Usually this is a web script such as CGI, PHP or ASP, on a server with an http or https URL. Saving is not submitting.

[try67]

You can submit a form to an email or a web-service. You can't submit it to a location on the network.

It's possible to save the form to such a location, but it will require installing a script on the local machine of each user.

[brandonr1894752]

Perhaps I can ask this instead then:  I want to create a short form, to collect some data.   I want to save that form on our local network, so all of the users have access to it.  I then want them to be able to fill out the form, and click "submit", and then I want to collect the data (like in a spreadsheet, for example). 

What action should I be using to accomplish this task?  What is the easiest way for me to accomplish this?

Thank you

[try67]

Easiest for who? You, or the users? Also, easiest to set up or to use?

You can set up a system that will be very easy to use, but will require more work to set up, or the other way around.

It's a balance.

[brandonr1894752]

I don't mind doing the legwork to set this up - I just need to know how.  I prefer that it is easiest for the users.

[try67]

Then the best way is to set up a web-service (using PHP, for example) on your server.

The files can be silently submitted to it (the user just needs to click a button), and then the data is captured by the service, saved locally (to a text file, a PDF, or even a database) and a confirmation message is returned to the user.

I've developed similar solutions for my clients so if you're interested in hiring someone to do it for you feel free to contact me privately (try6767 at gmail.com) and we could discuss it further.

[brandonr1894752 · Accepted solution]

After many hours of trying, I think I have accomplished my goal.  I prepared the form, and the submit button, and then I used the "distribute" option, and from there, I saved the Distributed form on our server.  The users then open that distributed form, and click the submit button when they are done, and it it saves it to a file I created on the server, and all of the data is there - and I can even export it to a .csv and tally it in Excel. 

So, there was a way to do what I needed - I just needed to find my way there! 

Thank you for the help and suggestions.