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To insert a submit button that sends information to a server      

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/

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 a file format from the Submit list.

These formats initiate server-side processing. The XML Data Package (XDP) option submits the form data and optionally includes other information, such as the form design, annotations, and signatures, that is needed for LiveCycle Forms ES to subsequently render the form at run time. Attachments may be included with XDP files only.

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

7.	In the Include area, select the types of attachments to include:

•	To include review comments, tool tips, and any other special tags needed to capture screen reader text, select Annotations.

•	To include a PDF version of the form (including signatures) when it is submitted as an attachment, select PDF (Includes Signatures). Otherwise, a reference to an embedded PDF file is included.

•	To include a copy of the form design, select Template.

•	To include one or more <xdp> elements in the XDP source file, select Other. The specified elements must be separated by commas and white space is optional; for example: xci, xslt, sourceset.

8.	In the Data 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 information to a server