Where can I see a FDF form on line that works

Rowby Goren

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Dec 3, 2002, 9:58:09 AM12/3/02

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I have a feeling there is no way to send a FDF file from a website to an email recipient.

I will not believe it is possible until I see a site or demo that shows that it is possible.

I'm surprised there are no examples of this (so far as I can tell) on the Acrobat section of www.adobe.com

Can someone point me to some links that show demos of this?

I am still looking for a perl script that will send a FDF file on a website to an email recipient, but since no one has responded here to my earlier request I think that it is impossible to do so.

PLEASE CONVINCE ME OTHERWISE! :) :) :)

Thanks

Rowby

Aandi Inston

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Dec 3, 2002, 10:09:13 AM12/3/02

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>I have a feeling there is no way to send a FDF file from a website to an email recipient.

This is certainly possible. You don't have to believe me, though. If
you are able to write a CGI script that sends an e-mail attachment,
FDF should present no difficulty. If you can't, there may be steep
learning curve.

Aandi Inston

Rowby Goren

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Dec 3, 2002, 10:57:58 AM12/3/02

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Well that is one answer. I've reconfigured many cgi scripts to send regular webforms to a specified email reciepient. But I do not have to know how to write perl in order to do that.

All I usually have to do is add some specifics, such as path to perl, the path to the email program etc.

I usually use formmail or similiar off-the-shelf form processors.

It seems to me I should not have to know how to *write* perl to send a FDF file from a website. Adobe should have provided a perl script in a toolkit. Someone here on this forum certainly must have a perl script that I can modify.

Isn't that what one of the purposes of this user forum? To share resources -- especially something so simple as a perl script that I assume MANY of us need.

Rowby

Aandi Inston

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Dec 3, 2002, 11:20:20 AM12/3/02

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>It seems to me I should not have to know how to *write* perl to send a FDF file from a website.

But you do, or you have to start with a script which does that.
FormMail is not a good starting point.

>Adobe should have provided a perl script in a toolkit.

Probably a good idea. Until they do, this is a programming task, and
can only be approached as one. I can share your frustration if this
requires a skill you don't have and don't have the time to learn, but
it doesn't change the position.

>Isn't that what one of the purposes of this user forum? To share resources -- especially something so simple as a perl script that I assume MANY of us need.

You won't like my answer, but I make it my purpose to help people
learn, and that includes answering questions on specifics of
programming, to help them learn this difficult and important skill. I
don't make it my purpose to post code I've already written, because my
experience has been that many people do NOT learn, but simply use the
example and begin to nag me for changes to it. Hence, as a matter of
policy, I never post code. Others are likely to take a different
view.

Aandi Inston

Rowby Goren

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Dec 3, 2002, 11:49:36 AM12/3/02

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Thank you Aandi,

Does anyone else here have a perl script that will do what I need that will work on a standard apache unix server.

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Rowby Goren

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Dec 3, 2002, 12:24:42 PM12/3/02

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Correction:

And I would *still* like to see some live demos of a *PDF* form on-line that sends a fdf file via email to a recipient.