[pdftex] FORMS of hyperref only work with AcrobatProfessional ??

[Ross Moore]

Hi TW,

On Mon, 19 Jan 2004, TW Ma wrote:

> I change the action-address according to your advice. (See appendix below).
> I believe that sending out data by Acrobat Reader is MY problem. I think, it
> should not make any difference for PERL or PHP to receive the data.

Yes; that should be true.

> This site is on summer holiday. I do not know PERL at all. Is it possible to
> send me a short one to replace my php-below ?? Thank you in advance.

That shouldn't be necessary. What you have below is *almost* correct.

>
> -------- www.maths.uwa.edu.au/~twma/xyz/testform.tex
> \documentclass{article}
> \usepackage[bookmarks=false]{hyperref}
> \setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
> \setlength{\parskip}{10pt}
> \begin{document}
> \begin{Form}[action=http://www.maths.uwa.edu.au/~twma/xyz/abc.php,
> method=post]

This fails because of the ~ in the URL.
See below, for how to patch it.

> %% I only change the action address, nothing else
>
> \TextField[width=3in,name=xname,value={Bilbo Baggins}]
>     {Full name:  }
>
> \Submit{Send}
> \Reset{Clear}
> \end{Form}
>
> -------- www.maths.uwa.edu.au/~twma/xyz/testform.pdf
> It compiled successfully. It does NOT work.
> Error Message:
> http://www.maths.uwa.edu.au/protect%20unhbox%20voidb@x%20penalty%20@M%20%20{
> }twma/xyz/abc.php

Yup. The bug is not yours; but it can be worked-around.

>
> I do not know what to do? Since I attach ALL source files, it is possible
> for anybody to reproduce what I have done. Do they work on YOUR server??
>

Here is a minor modification to your LaTeX source that creates the correct
PDF to handle the form-action:


\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[bookmarks=false]{hyperref}
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
\setlength{\parskip}{10pt}

%%% RRM
%%%  add these lines to handle the ~ in the URL:
%%%
{\catcode`~=11
\xdef\myphp{http://www.maths.uwa.edu.au/~twma/xyz/abc.php}
}%

\begin{document}
%%% RRM
%%%  now use the action-URL this way:
%%%                 VVVVVV
\begin{Form}[action=\myphp,method=post]


%% I only change the action address, nothing else
\TextField[width=3in,name=xname,value={Bilbo Baggins}]
    {Full name:  }
\Submit{Send}
\Reset{Clear}
\end{Form}
\end{document}



> Thank you for your help in advance.

Hopefully this will show you how to solve your problems
with PDF forms, until such time as a fix to hyperref.sty
makes this kind of patch unnecessary.


>
> twma at maths.uwa.edu.au
>

Best regards

	Ross Moore

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