so when you say it cannot be web based, do you just mean it cannot be a form filled in via the browser rather than web based, otherwise any of the proposed solutions are still web based as they transmit data ove rthe web, even email.
On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 11:20 AM, Kevin Parker <[email protected]>wrote: > > I havent looked up the exact details but you can do this with a simple PDF > form modified accordingly in Live Cycle Designer and email (the customer > end > only needs the reader). This option will let you return a limited number of > responses - I think it's about 100 to 500 (Adobe do this so if you want a > whiz bang solution you have to fork out heaps on Live Cycle itself) and I > think it dumps it into a spreadsheet or at worst a CSV file. If I had > little > more time I'd research it a bit better for you Scott. > > > ++++++++++ > Kevin Parker > Advanced Imaging > > e: [email protected] > w: www.advancedimaging.com.au > m: 0418 815 527 > > ++++++++++ > > http://au.linkedin.com/in/krparker > > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Spurlock [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, 14 July 2011 05:14 > To: cf-talk > Subject: Adobe Solution? > > > I apologize in advance since this isn't a CF question, but I'm desperate > and > hoping this is at least an Adobe question. A client of mine wants to > create > a form for users to fill out electronically. He then wants to take their > responses (attached via email) and upload the data to an Access 2007 > database. He absolutely does not want this to be web-based. He ideally > wanted me to create an interactive form in PDF. I thought, "Sure, no > problem." The problems I'm running into? Importing PDF data into Access > appears to involve an extra step (converting the PDF to text or XML or > Excel) which he/the client would have to do (since he's the one getting the > returned forms). Worse is that he wants some multi-select drop-down lists > in the form and I'm not seeing a way to do this in a PDF (I've played > around > with both Acrobat Pro and LiveCycle Designer). And without VBA skills I > don't have, I'm not even seeing how to do this in an Excel or Word > form. I'm getting stuck and turn to you kind sirs for your advice. How > would you do this? > > > Tha > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:346224 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
