Table 236 – Additional entries specific to a submit-form action

Key

Type

Value

S

name

(Required) The type of action that this dictionary describes; shall be SubmitForm for a submit-form action.

F

file specification

(Required) A URL file specification (see 7.11.5, “URL Specifications” ) giving the uniform resource locator (URL) of the script at the Web server that will process the submission.

Fields

array

(Optional) An array identifying which fields to include in the submission or which to exclude, depending on the setting of the Include/Exclude flag in the Flags entry (see Ta b l e 237 ). Each element of the array shall be either an indirect reference to a field dictionary or (PDF 1.3) a text string representing the fully qualified name of a field. Elements of both kinds may be mixed in the same array.

If this entry is omitted, the Include/Exclude flag shall beignored, and all fields in the document’s interactive form shall be submitted except those whose NoExport flag (see Ta b l e 221 ) is set. Fields with no values may also be excluded, as dictated by the value of the IncludeNoValueFields flag; see Ta b l e 237 .

Flags

integer

(Optional; inheritable) A set of flags specifying various characteristics of the action (see Table 237 ). Default value: 0.