Form Bridge object (available in the Custom category of the
Object Library palette). The Form Bridge object enables communication
to PDF forms outside of Acrobat.
The New Form wizard automatically
adds a Submit button and the Process Fields Form Bridge objects
to the form design based on the selections you make in the wizard.
The New Form wizard also sets the proper submit format of the Submit
button based on the settings in the wizard.
By default, Workspace
contains a Complete button for PDF forms and guides. Typically,
having a submit button and a complete button on a single form is not
desirable. To understand how Workspace handles the Complete and Submit
buttons in PDF forms, see How Workspace handles buttons in PDF forms.
The Process
Fields object contains a button object, a drop-down list, and a number
of additional hidden objects. For more information about the Process Fields
object, see Fields in the Process Fields object.
The following table describes
some common scenarios related to rendering forms in Workspace and
the object(s) that are required on the form design.
Note: If clients are using Adobe Reader 9.1 or later,
a Submit button is not required on the form design.
Note: Guides
is deprecated.
Note: When adding a Submit button in forms
requiring digital signature, use XDP in Submit As field, for Save
as Draft to work. If you submit the forms as PDF, then Save as Draft
does not work. You can create a workflow containing multiple digital signatures
from multiple approvers, but cannot use the Save as Draft feature
in this workflow.
Task
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What to use on the form design
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Render an XDP form design in Workspace for
online PDF output.
|
Submit button.
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Render a PDF form design in Workspace for
online PDF output.
|
Submit button.
|
Render a guide in Workspace. The form design
can be a PDF or an XDP.
|
Submit button.
Note: This applies to guides created in Designer 8.x. To create a guide in Designer 9.x and later, use Guide Builder available in Workbench.
|
Enable users to send forms by email.
|
Process Fields object
|
Render an XDP form design in offline capable
PDF format. This enables Workspace users to take PDF forms offline.
|
Process Fields object
Note: You cannot render a guide in offline capable PDF format.
|
Render an XDP form design in Workspace in
HTML format.
|
Process Fields object
Note: In HTML forms, the Complete button in Workspace is not displayed. The location of the Process Fields object in the form design is where the buttons in the HTML form appear.
|
Certify, encrypt, or apply usage rights
to a PDF or XDP form design before its first delivery to a user
by Forms or Workspace.
|
Submit button and Form Bridge object.
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Save the form as a PDF form in Designer
and certify, encrypt, or apply usage rights before saving it in
the repository.
|
Submit button and Form Bridge object.
|
Enable the signing of PDF forms in Workspace.
|
Submit button.
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