Submit pdf to web service as xml

[Greg_Pobst@adobeforums.com]

I want to do the following:

a) Create a pdf form that the user can fill out and save using their laptop.

b) The user goes back to the office, opens the pdf, and clicks a submit button.

c) The submit button contacts a web service (that I will write) and submits the xml from the pdf so that the information they filled in gets submitted to my web service. From there I will do whatever I need to with the xml, I just need to get it there.

Here are my questions:

1) It looks like I can do this using Acrobat Pro by clicking the "Extend Features in Adobe Reader". Is this true or do I need LiveCycle?

2) Is their a white paper, tutorial, or some sample code that someone can point me to? This sounds very simple but I'm having difficulty finding any documentation that actually describes the process that's not 5 years old.

TIA,
Greg

[Bernd Alheit]

1) It looks like I can do this using Acrobat Pro by clicking the "Extend
Features in Adobe Reader". Is this true or do I need LiveCycle?




Submitting the form data as XML doesn't require the Usage Rights in Adobe Reader.

[Greg_Pobst@adobeforums.com]

But as I understand it, saving the pdf will require the Extended Features, yes?

Do you have any sample code you can point me to that submits the form data as xml to a web service?

TIA,
Greg

[Bernd Alheit]

But as I understand it, saving the pdf will require the Extended Features,
yes?




Yes

Do you have any sample code you can point me to that submits the form
data as xml to a web service?




No

[Leonard_Rosenthol@adobeforums.com]

If you are only going to use the Reader Enablement features available when using Acrobat (and NOT LiveCycle), then you can ONLY post data (XML or otherwise) to a server via standard HTTP POST. SOAP support is ONLY enabled for Reader when using LiveCycle...