OK, I hear what you are saying, but . . . .The distribution function gives your end users the ability to save form data.And why would Livecycle let you choose xml submisssion then use the "inbuilt" distribute function ?

Following on from a submission yesterday I now realise that when distributing (which I need to do so users can save pdf in Acrobat reader) some settings are overwritten by settings in Acrobat writer which is used for the distribution.One of the settings that is overriding is the document submission ...

Thankyou for your help on this Paul.  I have seen similar posts unanswered and have discovered how to fix this.  Paul you are right in pointing something out that is not obvious.  When you are in Livecycle it does use Acrobat to distribute the form.  The settings it gets for email are from the Prefe...

Sorry, yes I do know the address it is someone I have used his settings for a previous form.

I am using the distribute function in Livecycle.

the distributed file has this line in . . .<script contentType="application/x-javascript">//@@SUBMITURL "mailto:rshenton@nitecrest.com?subject=Submitting Completed Form&amp;body=Instructions to add this form to a responses file:\n1. Double-click the attachment.\n2. Acrobat will prompt you to select ...

I will post my original file (changed to check box now) and the distributed version the distributed version in my Reader is still trying to email the wrong address and the wrong format.Maybe I need a reinstall ?

Acrobat and Outlook.  Are you saying if you do the submit it is trying to send an email to the paul@ with an xml ?

Here is the file.  You will see on the button it is set to go to paul@ . . .  as an XML.  When it is distributed it sends to a different address rshenton@ . . . . as a PDF.

I am using a couple of check boxes in my form but if they are ticked say by mistake I am not allowed to "un" tick the box.  Is this possible and how ?