DDX source file

[Former Community Member]

From ADS, we can get the source "map" like this:<br /><loadContent source="file://C:/map.pdf" out="map" /> <br /><br />How can I get the source fileIn1 path specify here?<br /><br />var xmlShell ='<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>\n\<br /><DDX xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/DDX/1.0/">\n\<br /> <PDF result="out.pdf">\n\<br /> <PDF source="fileIn1"/>\n\<br /> </PDF>\n\<br /></DDX>\n';<br /><br />I tried to put a variable <br />var fileIn1="c:\map.pdf"<br />and it is not working.<br /><br />The above example is from the commands.jsp, which is from the adobe samples directory.<br />The exiting commands.jsp is using the <input type=file name=fileIn1> to get the value.<br /><br />I don't need users to select the documents. <br /><br />How could I do that?<br /><br />Thanks,<br /><br />Carol

[Former Community Member]

The developer guide and the servlet.java have examples along these lines. Basically you need to construct a Document object with the file, and put that document object in the input map. Something like this pseudo-code:



// make the input document

Document inDoc1 = new Document("C:\\map.pdf", false);

// make the input map

Map inputs = new HashMap();

// put the document in the map under the correct key

inputs.put("fileIn1", inDoc1);



Don

[Former Community Member]

Thanks Don.



If the file is not sitting on the local driver. For example, if the the file is here: http://www.adobe.com/test/test.pdf.

Can we write like this?

Document inDoc1 = new Document("http://www.adobe.com/test/test.pdf", false);



Sorry, I am a newbie here.



Thanks,



Carol

[Former Community Member]

In the javadocs under C:\Adobe\LiveCycle\Assembler\Documentation\javadocs\assembler_api\index.html, it does look like there is a Constructor for Document that takes an URL object. So you could do something like:

Document inDoc1 = new Document(new java.net.URL("http://www.adobe.com/test/test.pdf"));

[Former Community Member]

Yes. it worked. thanks a lot!

[Former Community Member]

What does the mapItem output look like if it's being called via Web Services (in this case, from a .NET environment)?



(I.e., do I need to prefix this with a file:// ??)