How Workspace handles buttons in PDF forms

The Workspace Complete button allows users to submit PDF forms.

Note: If you want the user submission data to include the PDF, instead of only the XDP data, you need to use Acrobat Reader DC extensions to provide the appropriate rights to the form.

Here is a summary of how Workspace handles buttons in a PDF form.

  • When a form design does not contain a submit button, Workspace disables the Complete button, and users cannot submit the form.

  • When a form design contains one submit button, Workspace hides the submit button and enables the Workspace Complete button.

  • When a form design contains an indirect submit button, that is, a regular button that points to a submit button using script, Workspace hides the indirect submit button and enables the Workspace Complete button. When a user clicks the Complete button, Workspace executes the indirect submit button script, which in turn points to the submit button that performs the form data submission. It is assumed that the form author sets the submit button that performs the form data submission to be hidden.

  • When a form design has multiple indirect submit buttons pointing to one or more submit buttons, Workspace disables the Workspace Complete button. The user must click the appropriate button on the form to submit it. The user can still save a draft version of the form or take the form offline.

    Note: If clients are using Adobe Reader 9.1 or later, a submit button is not required

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