As Tilman wrote, you can submit the data to a server and then handle it from there, but you can't execute an executable from within the PDF. That would be a huge security risk, as a Java application can easily delete files on your system or do all kinds of other damages.
On Sun, Feb 14, 2016 at 8:38 PM, Al Grant <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Gilad, > > Well - both - using a javascript button on the PDF form to call a java > executeable to submit the data on the form to a database. But it doesnt > sound like javascript can call executeables? > > I will probably have to have the form saved to the disk and then have the > java executeable given the path to the file, where it can then scrape the > data to the database? > > Cheers > > -Al > > > On Sun, Feb 14, 2016 at 10:29 PM, Gilad Denneboom < > [email protected] > > wrote: > > > Java or JavaScript? The two are very different, despite the similar > names. > > You can't execute a Java file from within a PDF (luckily), but you can > > attach (Acrobat) JavaScript code to a button in a PDF and have it execute > > when the button is pressed, yes. > > > > > > -- > "Beat it punk!" > - Clint Eastwood >
