Can I submit a form as a pdf to workbench ?

[Aditya_S_]

We are currently using email as a form of submission and it is making out exchange server extremely slow. I would like to know if forms can be submitted in any other way ?

I have been told HTTP is an alternative but I am not sure if this can be used to submit an entire PDF...

Can someone provide me more information.

Aditya

[Former Community Member]

You can submit the entire PDF over HTTP.  You determine what gets submitted as part of the "Submit" button properties on the form.  You have the option to submit as:

XML Data Package (XDP)

PDF

XML Data (XML)

URL encoded data (http post)

Regards

Steve

[Aditya_S_]

Hi Steve - How would the server accept it ?

Do I need to change any settings or setup any endpoint ?

Aditya

[Former Community Member]

Aditya

You need to submit the PDF to a Java servlet, then have the Java servlet invoke the LiveCycle process to "do something" with the submitted PDF. The following link discusses how to invoke LiveCycle from a Java servlet.

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/livecycle/articles/java_servlets.html

Regards

Steve

[Aditya_S_]

I tried to follow the instructions from the link but I am getting all sorts of errors I can't figure out.

Do you know any other source with more simpler steps that I can refer to ? All I want to do it submit a pdf to a servlet and maybe save it to a file system.

Aditya

[Former Community Member]

Unfortunately, the information in the link I posted is the best resource I know of (with regards to invoking a LiveCycle service from a Java Servlet).  If all you want to do is write the PDF to the file system, then your Java Servlet could do this on it's own without invoking a LiveCycle process.

You would have to research the Java code required to do this.

Regards

Steve

[Former Community Member]

Some additional resources:

LC ES Programmers Guide

http://livedocs.adobe.com/livecycle/8.2/programLC/programmer/help/wwhelp/wwhimpl/js/html/wwhelp.htm?...

Handling submitted forms using the Java API

http://livedocs.adobe.com/livecycle/8.2/programLC/programmer/help/000345.html

Quick Start: Handling submitted forms using the Java API

http://livedocs.adobe.com/livecycle/8.2/programLC/programmer/help/000080.html

The resources assume you are familiar with Java development tools like Eclipse. The original URL Steve provided includes step-by-step instructions to configure and enable Eclipse to find the LiveCycle ES Java libraries.

Steve