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Hi,

You can set up a button to use Acrobat's Ink Tool; however the form MUST be saved as Static for this to work.

Here is a sample: https://acrobat.com/#d=7x14flq1feFHAvrMGuNOBg

I have two buttons (1) for the Ink Tool and (2) to revert to the Hand Tool. However once the Ink Tool is selected, buttons can't be pressed, so I added another button around the drawing area with script in the mouseExit event to change back to the Hand Tool. This works provided the user is not currently drawing.

Apart from trying to script a mouse tracking / drawing tool this is the easiest solution. It may be that Flex/Flash Builder 4 would be a better option.

Good luck,

Niall

OK, what I have discovered is that if  the form is enabled for comments, the buttons do not appear to work. Therefore if it was going out to users with Reader you would replace the buttons with instructions for the user to select the Pencil Tool from the Tools > Comment & Markup menu.

Here is a version that is not enabled for comments, where the buttons work: https://acrobat.com/#d=4gRWyuvrPz*vRATzlsrxow

This started from here: graphical data input for online forms

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