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Submitting a form from HTML5 to PDF attached to email

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My specific situation is this: I currently have forms constructed using ES3. Once the user fills in a form, user clicks “submit” button and the form saves user-entered data and attaches itself to an email message as a PDF.

Can this functionality be replicated on a tablet when the form is saved as HTML5? Is it as simple as exporting my current forms using ES4 or is there more work (or server-based apps) involved?

I’ve been searching for days and am amazed there is no substantial information available on this topic anywhere.

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Level 2

It's possible to merge the HTML5 form data with a blank Acrobat Form or Static LiveCycle XFA PDF.

For more information visit the following website and see example #1:

http://www.pdfemail.net/examples/

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Level 10

1. HTML5 form data can be exported using JavaScript/JQuery.

2. Pass the exported XML data to AdobeLiveCycle server and generate a PDF and return it to Tablet.

3. Attach the rendered PDF to an email message.

The only issue is, there must be an additional call to the server (step2).