adding a component to modify pdf via PDFL

[MrRamrod]

Hi

I have a livecycle service running, converting msword files to pdf.

I am in the process of configuring a more complex process that will (optionally) assemble other pages onto the pdf, generates a jpg thumbnail and then (finally) assigned reader-extensions rights to the doc.

     convertFromWord -> thumbnail gen -> reader-rights

I have some application code (acrobat plugin api / PDF library) which modifies pdf documents, adding watermarks.  I would lke to execute this step in between thumbnail generation and the reader-extensions rights are assigned. e.g.

     convertFromWord -> thumbnail gen -> watermark -> reader-rights

How might I go about incorporating this into liveCycle?

Is this a custom document component I can write?  Is there an existing service I can adapt?

Do i need to write this in Java, or can i use my c++ implementation?

I can't find any reference to any way of being able to modify a pdf within liveCycle using via the official PDF APIs, hence I am hoping someone on this forum can point me in the right direction.

Thanks in advance

-r

[Jasmin_Charbonn]

Why don't you just use the Assembler service to add the watermark.

That way you can build a LiveCycle orchestration that does all you need without the need for any custom code.

Jasmin

[MrRamrod]

Awesome!!

Thanks Jasmin

I hadn’t got as far as reading ALL the service documents, so didn’t realise Assembler did that.

Thanks for the pointer. I'll go read up about DDX scripts...

-r