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DerKlops
DerKlops

Reputation: 1249

Problems with formdata send via Adobe Reader to a php-script

I have created a PDF with Adobes LifeCycle and added some forms and a button to send the formdata to a php-script. On the serverside i grab the postdata and store them into a database. No problem so far, but the Adobe Reader now complains about an error something to do with the content of the text/html type.

Here is the error message in german:

Beim Senden ist ein Fehler aufgetreten. Inhalt des Typs text/html kann nicht verarbeitet werden.

and in english:

An error occurred during the submit process. Cannot process content of type text/html.

Do i have to write some data in the output of the php-script so the reade knows everthing is okay?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3999

Answers (3)

zamoldar
zamoldar

Reputation: 598

return value in the AspnetMvc

String userAgent = Request.Headers["user-agent"];

            if (userAgent.ToUpper().StartsWith("ACROFORMS"))
            {
                Response.ContentType = "application/vnd.fdf";
                Response.Write("%FDF-1.2\n" + "1 0 obj<< /FDF << /Status (Form has been submitted!) >>      >>endobj\n" +
               "trailer\n" +
               "<< /Root 1 0 R >>%%\n");
            }

Upvotes: 0

so_mv
so_mv

Reputation: 3998

Another solution is respond with application/vnd.fdf with a message. The following the java code but it has the sample fdf to send a message back to Acrobat Reader.

String userAgent = request.getHeader("user-agent");

if (userAgent.toUpperCase().startsWith("ACROFORMS")){
  response.setContentType "application/vnd.fdf");
  out.println("%FDF-1.2\n"+"1 0 obj<< /FDF << /Status (Form has been submitted!) >>      >>endobj\n"+
"trailer\n"+
"<< /Root 1 0 R >>%%\n");

}else
 ....

Upvotes: 4

DerKlops
DerKlops

Reputation: 1249

I've found the solution, i have to set the content-type to application/pdf and read out a thank-you pdf :). Now the Adobe Reader stops complaining and i have a kind of feedback to the user...

Upvotes: 1

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