Possible to decode base64 document contents to XDP?

[Ray_Silke]

Hi,

As the title says, is it possible to decode the base64-encoded contents of my PDF back to an XDP format?

Using this JavaScript SOAP.stringFromStream(SOAP.streamEncode(Collab.documentToStream(event.target), "base64")); I am able to submit the base64 encoded PDF document to my server side for processing. Is there any way to convert this back to XDP format at this stage?

Thanks,

Ray

[Former Community Member · Accepted solution]

Do you have LiveCycle Server? If so there is a method provided there. If not there shoudl be a method provided in the programming language that you are using.

Paul

[Ray_Silke]

I don't have LiveCycle server on my server-side. It's a Java based server-side where my processing will be performed.

Presently, when I decode my base64-encoded String it's not in XDP format. Can see some text but a lot of it is not readable. Any ideas what method I should be looking for in Java?

[Former Community Member]

No it is a PDF that you are sending back in ....so it is the contents of the PDF.

Paul

[Ray_Silke]

Maybe someone might have a few ideas on how I can approach my problem so.

My web application maintains session info of any logged in users. One of the attributes of the session is a "securityToken".

When the user clicks a button on the PDF within my web application, a Web Service call is made. However, I need to get the securityToken into this Web Service call. This securityToken isn't something that the user should be manually entering.

Can anyone think of any possible solution to solve this problem?

Thanks,

Ray.

[Former Community Member]

Hi Ray,

In your form if you have bound the webservice in Data View tab then you shuould be able to pass that token as part of the web service request data. By doing this you are putting the token as the form data so you might have to populate the value in a hidden text fields in the form and thus the value gets stored there but is not visible.

To answer the base64 decoding issue, you may be able to decode the data via java api. Have a look at package com.adobe.idp.common.util.Base64 class in LiveCycle client apis and there is a decode method there.

cheers,

Parth