Add Submit functionality

Use the Submit A Form action to send form data to an email address or to a web server by specifying a URL. You can also use the submit button to send other files back to a server or database. For example, you can attach scanned images or files to a form. The files are submitted along with the rest of the form data when you click the submit button.

If your PDF form contains an email-based submit button, you can use the Initiate Data File Collection workflow to facilitate distributing the form to others.
  1. On the Acrobat Forms toolbar, select the Button tool, and create a button.
  2. Double-click the button to open the Button Properties dialog box.
  3. Click the Actions tab, and select Mouse Up from the Select Trigger menu.
  4. Select Submit a Form from the Select Action menu, and then click Add.
  5. In the Submit Form Selections dialog box, type an entry in Enter A URL For This Link:

    • To send the form data to a web server, enter the destination URL.

    • To send the form data to an email address, enter mailto: followed by the email address. For example, type mailto:nobody@adobe.com.

  6. Make additional changes to the available options, and then click OK to close the dialog box.
  7. Change settings on other tabs in the Button Properties dialog box as needed, and then click Close.

Submit Form Selections options

FDF

Exports as an FDF file. You can select one or more of the available options: user-entered data, comments, and incremental changes to the PDF file. The Incremental Changes To The PDF option is useful for exporting a digital signature in a way a server can easily read and reconstruct.

Note: If the server returns data to the user in FDF, or XFDF formats, the server’s URL must end with the #FDF suffix; for example, http://myserver/cgi-bin/myscript#FDF.


HTML

Exports as an HTML file.



XFDF

Exports as an XML file. You can choose to export the form fields data, comments, or both.



PDF The Complete Document

Exports the entire PDF file that is your form. Although this creates a larger file than the FDF option, it is useful for preserving digital signatures.

Note: If the users that fill in the PDF form are using Adobe Reader, you must choose either FDF or XFDF for the Export Format option.


All Fields

Exports all form fields even if the form fields do not contain values.



Only These

Exports only the form fields you specify by clicking Select Fields and indicating which form fields to include and whether you want to include empty fields.



Convert Date To Standard Format

Exports all form dates in a single format, regardless of how they are entered in the form.