How do I submit a form as e-mail in xml and pdf form?

[Former Community Member]

Hi,

can I set up the submit button to send the form data as xml and also include a copy of the filled out pdf-form?

I can make it work whith either xml-file or pdf-form, but not both at the same time.

Hope anyone can help.

K

[Former Community Member · Accepted solution]

You can choose an XDP format. This is a packaging format that allows you to choose what you want to submit. Make sure that you pick the PDF as one of the options to submit. This will add a data note call PDF into the data and will base64 encode the form for transmission. You will have to massage the XDP to retrieve the PDF from that node and Base 64 decode it.

This format is used in submissions to server products. If you do not have a program to recieve the XDP and sub divide it, then you will have to do two separate transmissions.

Paul

[Former Community Member]

Hi Paul

Thanks for the answer. Not what I hoped for, but I have to live with that.

Can you tell me what program I can use på recieve an XDP file?

K

[Former Community Member]

An XDP file is simply xml. It stands for XML data package. So typically you submit the XDP to a server and a program on the server will take it apart.

Paul

[Former Community Member]

Instead of using an xdp-file, would it be possible to merge an xml-file submitted by a client into a blank pdf form, and make it look exactly like it did at the client's screen?

K

[Former Community Member]

Yes ....there is a server based product called LiveCycle Forms which will do that for you. Or you coudl simply import the data file into the blank form.

Paul

[Former Community Member]

And back to the XDP file. Which server based program could I use to take the XDP file apart?

[Former Community Member]

It is simply XML so any xml parsing program ...typically loading it into a DOM will make life easy. At worst case you could use any server program to parse it.

Paul

[Former Community Member]

I know I can import data to a blank form in Acrobat Pro. Is it possible to call Acrobat from the command prompt?

It would be really fine, if we could make Acrobat work together with our in house systems. Or is there another way to import data to a blank form?

As I see it LiveCycle Forms is not an option, because the form data will be handled in a closed enviroment.

K