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I'm new to the LiveCycle Designer, so please bare with me.



I need to design a form that will allow a user to link/attach files. When the user submits the form we would like the form to link to the documents like a hyperlink.



Please help the newbie.
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Dear Paul,



may you can send me also the code that allows to attach a file to a pdf?



thanks a lot.



ra_be@gmx.net



regards,

ralf

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Hi Paul,



I saw your post about the JavaScript code that will allow attachments in a pdf file. Could you please send me the code? Thanks.



Daniel.Banks@nrc.gc.ca

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Hi Paul, I'm very new to LiveCycle, and have the same question about allowing the form-filler to attach files. Could you send the code to manningp@umich.edu? Does this have step-by-step instructions on how/where to enter the code, etc.? Like I said, I'm just learning the whole system this past week. Thanks so much! Patrick

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Hello,



Could someone send me a copy of the script. Thank you.



chongunwelic@yahoo.com

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Could you send me this code as well. Thanks.



I have everything completed on this form except for adding a file to the form. kimsnyder@sympatico.ca



thanks.



Kim.

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Hi Paul,

I am new in LC ES. Could you please send me the code for attaching files in PDF form in the following address

rajudebnath@gmail.com

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Paul:



I too would like to see the file. Thank you very much!



rlunka@cardinalsolutions.com

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This sounds very encouraging. I am trying to make an intake system for a photo contest. Submitters download a pdf, fill in data fields in Reader, attach a .jpg or tiff and upload to a url/. from there I hope to map it into a spreadsheet, generate confirming e--mail etc. but first I need to enable the attach/upload functionality. I was trying to do it in Acrobat Pro 8 on a Mac but decided I needed to switch to Windows and Designer and a dynamic form to pull it off. Don't know what I am doing, but am trying to muddle through with Podova's Acrobat 8 PDF Bible and a little help from friends. Can you send the script that has been mentioned here and any other aid you can?

Tom

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You didn't include your email address .....remember that you have to Reader Exted the form to allow attachments if you intend to use this with Reader.

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sorry. I am a new forum member.

tsabroad@gmail.com

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Hi Paul,

Can you please send me the code that allows to attach a file to a pdf? I can be reached at niloys@gmail.com



Thank You,

Niloy

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Hi Paul,

Can you please send me the code that allows to attach a file to a pdf? I can be reached at sarrington@arccorp.com



Thank You

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Thank you for sending the sample. I used it to start building a form and it has been promising and challenging. But I must have changed a setting or something that enabled the attached file button to do its job. It was working and now it does not. I may have done it when I was fumbling with the recipe for extending Reader until I realized I had to save the Designer form then open it in Acrobat Pro 8 to do that.



I have the original sample you sent and that does not attach files either when tested in Preview PDF tab, although the other ones do. I don't think I did anything to affect the java script, although it acts that way.



I hate to bother you again, but can you advise? If I sent you the form I am working on would that help? My next step is to get into the dynamic subpage creation, but I dont want to start on that until I have the attach file functionality restored.

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Paul,

The form you sent me (AttachmentTest2_version8_launch_attachment_new.xdp)

was working well, then it stopped attaching files. Then it suddenly started working again this morning when I was showing someone the problem I was having. We had lots of programs and files open. But then it stopped working again.



I tried closing down and re-booting, but still get the same result, working from your original file. When it is not working for me I get a warning message when I click on any button:



"You cannot save a completed copy of this form on your computer. If you would like a copy for your records, please fill it in and print it."



I don't see this message when the form is functioning.

After I click the close box to make the warning go away the attach file button turns blue when I click on it, and that's all. The others seem to be running their scripts, but since their action is dependent on the first they have nothing to do.

Am I turning something on and off without realizing it?

Tom

tsabroad@gmail.com

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Do you have Reader and Acrobat on the same machine? Did you Reader extend the form to allow attachments?

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I did install reader on the same machine yesterday, but I am trying to run the xdp form in LiveCycle. Do I need to save it as a pdf and open it in Acrobat, and extend the form using advanced before I can continue editing with the xdp file?



Just having Reader on the machine is the problem?