You can assemble a non-interactive PDF document when using an interactive PDF form as input. That is, assume that you have a form that users can use to enter data into its fields. You can pass that form to the Assembler service, resulting in the Assembler service returning a PDF document that prevents users from entering data into its fields. This document is a non-interactive PDF form. For example, the following illustration shows a mortgage application that represents an interactive form.
For the purpose of this discussion, assume that the following DDX document is used.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<DDX xmlns="https://ns.adobe.com/DDX/1.0/">
<PDF result="out.pdf">
<PDF source="inDoc"/>
<NoXFA/>
</PDF>
</DDX>
Within this DDX document, notice that the source attribute is assigned the value inDoc
. In situations where only one input PDF document is passed to the Assembler service and one PDF document is returned, and you invoke the invokeOneDocument
operation, assign the value inDoc
to the PDF source attribute. When invoking the invokeOneDocument
operation, the inDoc
value is a predefined key that must be specified in the DDX document.
In contrast, when passing two or more input PDF documents to the Assembler service, you can invoke the invokeDDX
operation. In this situation, assign the file name of the input PDF document to the source
attribute.
This DDX document contains the NoXFA
element, which instructs the Assembler service to return a non-interactive PDF document.
The Assembler service can assemble non-interactive PDF documents without the Output service being part of your AEM forms installation if the input PDF document is based on an Acrobat form or a static XFA form. However, if the input PDF document is a dynamic XFA form, the Output service must be part of your AEM forms installation. If the Output service is not part of your AEM forms installation when a dynamic XFA form is assembled, an exception is thrown. See Creating Document Output Streams.
Before reading this section, it is recommended that you are familiar with assembling PDF documents using the Assembler service. This section does not discuss concepts, such as creating a collection object that contains input documents or learning how to extract the results from the returned collection object. (See Programmatically Assembling PDF Documents.)
For more information about the Assembler service, see Services Reference for AEM Forms.
For more information about a DDX document, see Assembler Service and DDX Reference.
To assemble a non-interactive PDF document, perform the following tasks:
Include project files
Include the necessary files in your development project. If you are creating a client application by using Java, include the necessary JAR files. If you are using web services, ensure that you include the proxy files.
The following JAR files must be added to your project’s class path:
if AEM Forms is deployed on a supported J2EE application server other than JBoss, you must replace the adobe-utilities.jar and jbossall-client.jar files with JAR files that are specific to the J2EE application server that AEM Forms is deployed on.
Create an Assembler client
Before you can programmatically perform an Assembler operation, you must create an Assembler service client.
Reference an existing DDX document
A DDX document must be referenced to assemble a PDF document. This DDX document must contain the NoXFA
element, which instructs the Assembler service to return a non-interactive PDF document.
Reference an interactive PDF document
An interactive PDF document must be referenced and passed to the Assembler service to get back a non-interactive PDF document.
Set run-time options
You can set run-time options that control the behavior of the Assembler service while it performs a job. For example, you can set an option that instructs the Assembler service to continue processing a job if an error is encountered.
Assemble the PDF document
After you create the Assembler service client, reference the DDX document, reference an interactive PDF document, and set run-time options, you can invoke the invokeOneDocument
operation. Because only one input PDF document is passed to the Assembler service and a single document is returned, you can use the invokeOneDocument
operation as opposed to the invokeDDX
operation.
Save the non-interactive PDF document
If only a single PDF document is passed to the Assembler service, the Assembler service returns a single document instead of a collection object. That is, when invoking the invokeOneDocument
operation, a single document is returned. Because the DDX document referenced in this section contains instructions to create a non-interactive PDF document, the Assembler service returns a non-interactive PDF document that can be saved as a PDF file.
See also
Including AEM Forms Java library files
Programmatically Assembling PDF Documents
Assemble a non-interactive PDF document by using the Assembler Service API (Java):
Include project files.
Include client JAR files, such as adobe-assembler-client.jar, in your Java project’s class path.
Create an Assembler client.
ServiceClientFactory
object that contains connection properties.AssemblerServiceClient
object by using its constructor and passing the ServiceClientFactory
object.Reference an existing DDX document.
java.io.FileInputStream
object that represents the DDX document by using its constructor and passing a string value that specifies the location of the DDX file.com.adobe.idp.Document
object by using its constructor and passing the java.io.FileInputStream
object.Reference an interactive PDF document.
java.io.FileInputStream
object by using its constructor and passing the location of an interactive PDF document.com.adobe.idp.Document
object and pass the java.io.FileInputStream
object that contains the PDF document. This com.adobe.idp.Document
object is passed to the invokeOneDocument
method.Set run-time options.
AssemblerOptionSpec
object that stores run-time options by using its constructor.AssemblerOptionSpec
object. For example, to instruct the Assembler service to continue processing a job when an error occurs, invoke the AssemblerOptionSpec
object’s setFailOnError
method and pass false
.Assemble the PDF document.
Invoke the AssemblerServiceClient
object’s invokeOneDocument
method and pass the following values:
com.adobe.idp.Document
object that represents the DDX document. Ensure that this DDX document contains the value inDoc
for the PDF source element.com.adobe.idp.Document
object that contains the interactive PDF document.com.adobe.livecycle.assembler.client.AssemblerOptionSpec
object that specifies the run-time options, including default font and job log level.The invokeOneDocument
method returns a com.adobe.idp.Document
object that contains a non-interactive PDF document.
Save the non-interactive PDF document.
java.io.File
object and ensure that the file name extension is .pdf.Document
object’s copyToFile
method to copy the contents of the Document
object to the file. Ensure that you use the Document
object that the invokeOneDocument
method returned.Assemble a non-interactive PDF document by using the Assembler Service API (web service):
Include project files.
Create a Microsoft .NET project that uses MTOM. Ensure that you use the following WSDL definition: http://localhost:8080/soap/services/AssemblerService?WSDL&lc_version=9.0.1
.
Replace localhost
with the IP address of the server hosting AEM Forms.
Create an Assembler client.
Create an AssemblerServiceClient
object by using its default constructor.
Create an AssemblerServiceClient.Endpoint.Address
object by using the System.ServiceModel.EndpointAddress
constructor. Pass a string value that specifies the WSDL to the AEM Forms service (for example, http://localhost:8080/soap/services/AssemblerService?blob=mtom
). You do not need to use the lc_version
attribute. This attribute is used when you create a service reference.
Create a System.ServiceModel.BasicHttpBinding
object by getting the value of the AssemblerServiceClient.Endpoint.Binding
field. Cast the return value to BasicHttpBinding
.
Set the System.ServiceModel.BasicHttpBinding
object’s MessageEncoding
field to WSMessageEncoding.Mtom
. This value ensures that MTOM is used.
Enable basic HTTP authentication by performing the following tasks:
AssemblerServiceClient.ClientCredentials.UserName.UserName
.AssemblerServiceClient.ClientCredentials.UserName.Password
.HttpClientCredentialType.Basic
to the field BasicHttpBindingSecurity.Transport.ClientCredentialType
.BasicHttpSecurityMode.TransportCredentialOnly
to the field BasicHttpBindingSecurity.Security.Mode
.Reference an existing DDX document.
BLOB
object by using its constructor. The BLOB
object is used to store the DDX document.System.IO.FileStream
object by invoking its constructor and passing a string value that represents the file location of the DDX document and the mode to open the file in.System.IO.FileStream
object. You can determine the size of the byte array by getting the System.IO.FileStream
object’s Length
property.System.IO.FileStream
object’s Read
method. Pass the byte array, the starting position, and the stream length to read.BLOB
object by assigning its MTOM
field with the contents of the byte array.Reference an interactive PDF document.
BLOB
object by using its constructor. The BLOB
object is used to store the input PDF document. This BLOB
object is passed to the invokeOneDocument
as an argument.System.IO.FileStream
object by invoking its constructor and passing a string value that represents the file location of the input PDF document and the mode to open the file in.System.IO.FileStream
object. You can determine the size of the byte array by getting the System.IO.FileStream
object’s Length
property.System.IO.FileStream
object’s Read
method. Pass the byte array, the starting position, and the stream length to read.BLOB
object by assigning its MTOM
field with the contents of the byte array.Set run-time options.
AssemblerOptionSpec
object that stores run-time options by using its constructor.AssemblerOptionSpec
object. For example, to instruct the Assembler service to continue processing a job when an error occurs, assign false
to the AssemblerOptionSpec
object’s failOnError
data member.Assemble the PDF document.
Invoke the AssemblerServiceClient
object’s invokeOneDocument
method and pass the following values:
BLOB
object that represents the DDX documentBLOB
object that represents the interactive PDF documentAssemblerOptionSpec
object that specifies run-time optionsThe invokeOneDocument
method returns a BLOB
object that contains a non-interactive PDF document.
Save the non-interactive PDF document.
System.IO.FileStream
object by invoking its constructor and passing a string value that represents the file location of the non-interactive PDF document and the mode to open the file in.BLOB
object that the invokeOneDocument
method returned. Populate the byte array by getting the value of the BLOB
object’s MTOM
field.System.IO.BinaryWriter
object by invoking its constructor and passing the System.IO.FileStream
object.System.IO.BinaryWriter
object’s Write
method and passing the byte array.See also