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For an XFA Form this can only be done with the "doc.importDataobject()" function.  Look it up in the Acrobat JavaScript Reference.  There are some restrictions.  For example, Reader cannot embed a file into a PDF, unless the file has "Embedding Rights".  Embedding rights are only available through the Live Cycle Rights Enabling Server.

Also, from the XFA JavaScript context, the "Doc" object is acquired with "event.target", so the code in the button's click event would look somthing like this.

event.target.importDataObject({cName:"theName"});

There is a mechisim for this in regular PDF submissions.  In fact it's been around for quite a while. 

1. Add a text field to a PDF. 
2. Name it "SubmitFiles"
2. Set the "Field is used for file selection" Option
3. Add this script to a mouse down action on the field, or to the submit button, just make sure that the script is called before the submit happens.

var f = this.getField("SubmitFiles");
f.browseForFileToSubmit();

I am a new user of adobe tools.  I am using Acrobat 8 Pro. I orignally designed the form using LiveCycle Designer but discovered that it would not work in my environment (users with Reader need to use my form).
Redisigned the form in Acrobat 8 Pro.  I have it working with the exception of the file attachment process.  I used your suggestion to use a text file  that had been 'set for file seletion' and the script for browseForFileToSubmit(). When I click in the field, I get the expected file selection box. I select the file I want and the file selection box goes away (as expected).  The text field associated with this script remains empty until I remove focus from it (i.e. click on another field). I can deal with this but the bigger problem is that I do not have the file attached to the pdf when I press the submit button later in the process. The submit button is an email submit and works fine to send the pdf form (but there is no attachment). It will not even work when I fill the form in using Acrobat 8 Pro.
Any ideas about what I am doing wrong?
Thanks

Small question why did adobe reader have a issue with you not being able to use livecycle?

"Advanced-> Enable Use age Rights in Adobe Reader"

or were the users stuck in some extrelly low version of reader?

Just curious.

GWilson53 wrote:

I am a new user of adobe tools.  I am using Acrobat 8 Pro. I orignally designed the form using LiveCycle Designer but discovered that it would not work in my environment (users with Reader need to use my form).
Redisigned the form in Acrobat 8 Pro.  I have it working with the exception of the file attachment process.  I used your suggestion to use a text file  that had been 'set for file seletion' and the script for browseForFileToSubmit(). When I click in the field, I get the expected file selection box. I select the file I want and the file selection box goes away (as expected).  The text field associated with this script remains empty until I remove focus from it (i.e. click on another field). I can deal with this but the bigger problem is that I do not have the file attached to the pdf when I press the submit button later in the process. The submit button is an email submit and works fine to send the pdf form (but there is no attachment). It will not even work when I fill the form in using Acrobat 8 Pro.
Any ideas about what I am doing wrong?
Thanks

mbrady wrote:

I designed a form using Acrobat 8 Professional. I followed the instruction on creating a text field. Unfortunately, the "Field is used for file selection" option is grayed out. How do I enable this option?

Thanks for your help.

Im sorry mbrady, um you posted in the wrong forum.  This is for LiveCycle not adobe Acrobat, they create forms differently and have different user interfaces.

This is a link to the forums dealing with forms created in Adobe Acrobat.
http://www.acrobatusers.com/forums/aucb … .php?id=22

I fear that the differences between the two programs will only waste your time with incorrect or invalid answers.

Have a nice day :)