Acrobat's JavaScript DOM doesn't contain any objects, properties, or methods for opening new browser windows. You would need this to, for example, open a new window, passing in the Acrobat Form elements via a query string, and then submitting THAT window to your server for processing and any results display.
Likewise, the DOM doesn't support the "target" attribute via hyperlinks.
In short, it can't be done.
The work-around:
Submit the PDF to your server page. That page will process the results, and then as a final step, redirect back to the original PDF.
An example:
The submit is set to go to:
That php page simply redirects back to the PDF. I could, however, process the form, write data to a database, etc., and THEN redirect back to the PDF.
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