Thank you for both your answers. The html is very appealing, but what I did not mention is in working within a rather rigid IT environment.
I won't be able to install a html server. So back to Java executable (which I can use) unless there is a better way? Cheers Al On 15/02/2016 9:07 am, "Gilad Denneboom" <[email protected]> wrote: > As Tilman wrote, you can submit the data to a server and then handle it > from there, but you can't execute an executable from within the PDF. That > would be a huge security risk, as a Java application can easily delete > files on your system or do all kinds of other damages. > > On Sun, Feb 14, 2016 at 8:38 PM, Al Grant <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Gilad, > > > > Well - both - using a javascript button on the PDF form to call a java > > executeable to submit the data on the form to a database. But it doesnt > > sound like javascript can call executeables? > > > > I will probably have to have the form saved to the disk and then have the > > java executeable given the path to the file, where it can then scrape the > > data to the database? > > > > Cheers > > > > -Al > > > > > > On Sun, Feb 14, 2016 at 10:29 PM, Gilad Denneboom < > > [email protected] > > > wrote: > > > > > Java or JavaScript? The two are very different, despite the similar > > names. > > > You can't execute a Java file from within a PDF (luckily), but you can > > > attach (Acrobat) JavaScript code to a button in a PDF and have it > execute > > > when the button is pressed, yes. > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > "Beat it punk!" > > - Clint Eastwood > > >
