Upload / Attach File in form

[#1]

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.

[#2]

Your options are to attach the document (and have it part of the PDF) or create a link to a file (where it is stored in a common location) and pass around the link. The link would have to to a web server (i.e. an HTTP connection). You will not be able to have a map to a drive or something like \\servername\folder as your link.



Make sense?

[#3]

Thanks for the tip, it does make sense, however I do not know how to make this work. I'm interested in both solutions Paul. Can you expand on that please?

[#4]

If you post your email address I will send you a sample of the programmatic way to attach a file.



For the link approach. I assume that you are referencing the files from a common location. So once we pick the file and know where it is we can create a link like http://servername/foldername/filename based on info we know and info we are passed. Then we simply construct the link name. I like to create a button (because it has a click event) and make it look like a link (no borders, same as the back ground and chnage the text and colour to blue). Does this make sense to you?

[#5]

Karen-



Paul sent me some code that did the trick however with a few changes I got it almost working as you described. Let me know if he doesn't get back to you.

[#6]

Just sent Karento and bernie the updated sample.

[#7]

Works perfectly thanks Paul!

[#8]

I came across a user that is not able to add attachments. When I preview the PDF in designer it works perfectly. When I distributed the form for testing the user clicks on the add button and there is no prompt to select the files.

[#9]

Are they running Acrobat or Reader?

[#10]

I'll have users that use both.