[PDF] This just gets better and better

[James Cullen]

Some time back I asked about the legal implications of using an FDF file from an e-mail attachment as a way of saving form field changes information from Reader (using save attachment command in the e-mail then deleting the e-mail).   No one responded to my question as to the legality, and this method still works great IF there is a submitForm button already on the page.   Now I’ve found that it also works if you add the submitForm command to the Reader File menu by placing a _javascript_ (in a .JS file) in Reader’s _javascript_ folder. This way, anyone using Acrobat Reader can set up the e-mail FDF action even when the form author didn’t put the button on the page.   //place this file in the "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Reader\_javascript_s" folder. app.addMenuItem( { cName: "E-Mail Fields", cParent: "File", cExec: "this.submitForm('mailto:',true);", cEnable: "event.rc = (this.numFields > 0);", nPos: 9 } );