Help with renderPDFForm service URL Options

[#1]

Hi,<br /><br />I have a process which needs to generate a new PDF file based on the <br />originally submitted PDF, and assign it to a user. I'm using workspace, <br />so I'm using the renderPDFForm service and the FormAugmenterService.<br />Everything looks like it is working as the PDF is assigned to the user<br />and displays correctly in workspace. My problem is the submit buttons<br />don't work. I get a javascript exception stating "Operation Failed".<br /><br />After some trial and error, I'm able to get the submit buttons functioning<br />by setting the URL Option - Target URL property in renderPDFForm to: <br /><br />"http://<my ip address>:<my port>/workspace-server/submit"<br /><br />The documentation says this is the default value, but it doesn't seem to<br />work unless I explicitly set it.<br /><br />My question is how to get this value without having to hard code it. <br />I can see that when I configure the renderer for my original input <br />form I set the targetURL to "Custom Configuration -> targetUrl"<br />but I don't know how to access "Custom Configuration" from within<br />my process.<br /><br />Any help would be greatly appreciated...<br /><br />Thanks.

[Jasmin_Charbonn]

You shouldn't have to hard code the target URL.



I have a question on the following :"... needs to generate a new PDF file based on the originally submitted PDF". Are you submiting the entire PDF or just the data?



The only thing you should need on your xdp is a submit button, and you shouldn't have to configure anything if you configure the render service properly.



Jasmin

[pguerett]

Did you create the original form using Designer?

[#4]

I'm submitting the form as a PDF as there are attachments embedded

in the PDF. I'm generating a second PDF with the data and attachments

from the first PDF. The second PDF has all the data as expected and

the attachments embedded. I have two exit routes from the Assign Task,

and neither of the buttons work when the PDF is displayed in Workspace.



Both forms were created in the Workbench.



Thanks.

[Jasmin_Charbonn]

On your second PDF, you need to add the Process Management\Form Augmenter\Inject Form Bridge operation.



This will enable the communication from the PDF to Workspace.



Jasmin

[#6]

Hi Jasmin

I do send the second PDF through the Inject Form Bridge operation.
My output from the renderPDFForm operation is stored in a document
variable, then I use that document variable as the input and output
of the Inject From Bridge operation. I have two exit routes from
the assign task, and I do get two buttons at bottom of the workspace
screen, one for each route. I even see the following added to my
XML data:

H4sI ... c79ZOeAAA
http://172.16.11.30:9080/workspace-server/submit

However, the buttons just throw the javascript exception mentioned
above. If I hard card the value of the FSTARGETURL_ element above
in the Target URL property of the renderPDFForm operation, they
will work.

Is there some configuration on the server that I've missed?

[Jasmin_Charbonn]

What are the exact configuration of the render service you're using?



Jasmin

[#8]

Here's the config:



Form to Render: uri of the pdf file (it's a pdf not an xdp)

Form Data: xml variable containing the form data (without the xfa:dataset and xfa:data elements)

PDF Form Render Options: all blank except for the following...

Populate XML Data: False

Tagged PDF: True

Linearized PDF: False

Render At Client: Yes

Standalone Rendition: False

Form Model: Auto



URL Options: all blank except for...

Content Root URI: repository://



Attachments: map variable (subtype document) containing the attachments



Rendered Form: a document variable to hold the new pdf

Page Count, Locale, and Forms Result are blank.



Thanks.

[#9]

When I configure the Render Service for the input PDF file,

I have access to a "Custom Configuration" object which contains

the "targetUrl" property. Is there a way to get access to this

object from a Set Value operation?

[#10]

is your problem solved

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[#11]

No, it is not resolved. I have to explicitly set the targetUrl property

of renderPDFForm otherwise the buttons in workspace don't do anything.



Not a big deal, but I don't know how to access the task level

"Custom Configuration" variables which I use to get the targetURL

for the Render Service of the initial input form.



Thanks.

[_Nith_]

John

did you find any solution for this issue..

I'm stuck up with this problem now..

Nith