"can we extract the attachments from the submitted form?"
Yes. Look at the Attachments property of the processFormSubmission operation of the Forms service.
"If yes, in which format the attachments will be extracted?"
They will be extracted in a list object of subtype "document". The document object is an Adobe proprietary data type that can contain pretty much anything. In your case it'll most likely contain a byte[] representation of your documents.
There is one more thing, i will like to clear out, can a form submitted with attachments be converted to xml for saving into DB or will it remain in pdf format only?
1. You can extract the XML from a PDF form. Use the submit operation in the Forms service.
2. If you're using process management, you can enable a separate tab in Workspace which handles attachments nicely. Usually a better option than trying to embed them in the PDF.
Within your Assign Task step in Workbench, go into the "Attachments and Notes" section and ensure that "SHow attachment window for this task" is checked should you wish to allow attachment adding. If the user step you're attempting to enable attachments for is actually your TaskManager endpoint, then you need to go into your service within AdminUI where you'll find a checkbox reading something along the lines of "Allow attachment adding".
Yogesh
I'm a bit confused as to what you are trying to accomplish. Could you clarify what you would like to do for me?
If either of you have questions, please feel free to email me directly!
im rendering a form through a process(invoking the process through a servlet)... the form will allow the user to attach files. on click of submit button, it calls a servlet. the servlet should check if the form contanins any attachments...if yes it should save the attachments in DB, but when ever i check for attachments in the servlet(console) it says "empty".
and whn i try saving the form in a the local drive and open it, it says not of proper format.now whr is the issue in the form or the way i check for attachments.
I am using map<document> to receive multiple attachments, which is working fine with the one attachment but when i tried with multiple attachment its only receive one attachment (last attachment from all the attachments) in my workflow process, how can i receive all the attachment in my workflow.
