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To insert a submit button that sends a text stream using the POST method    

1.	Add a button to the form design. See To add objects to a form design.

2.	In the Object palette, click the Field tab.

3.	In the Control Type area, select Submit. Data will be submitted according to the settings in the Submit tab.

4.	Click the Submit tab and type the URL protocol in the Submit to URL box.

 

To	Use this URL protocol	Example
Submit the package to an ftp site	ftp	ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/GPL
Submit the package to a web server	http	http://myserver/cgi-bin/
Submit the package to a secure web server	https	https://myserver/cgi-bin/
Submit the package to an email address	mailto	mailto:username@domain.com

Note:

When submitting data to a URL, it is recommended that you specify an absolute target. Relative targets are interpreted relative to the user environment, which can vary from one user to the next at run time.

5.	Select URL-Encoded Data (HTTP Post) from the Submit As list.

This format submits a text stream to the specified Uniform Resource Locator (URL) by using the POST method. The text stream can be parsed by an FTP server, a mail server, a web server, or a CGI script that processes HTML forms. To use this method, users must open the form in Adobe Reader 6.0 or later or a web browser unless the URL specifies the mailto protocol.

6.	(Optional) To apply a data signature to the submitted data, select Sign Submission in the Field tab and then click Settings to configure optional signature settings.

7.	In the Encoding list, select one of the data encoding schemes:

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UTF-8

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UTF-16

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Shift_JIS

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Big5

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GBK

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KSC_5601

See also 

Button properties in the Field tab

Button properties in the Submit tab

To insert a submit button that sends a text stream using the POST method