Submit Pdf form to http w/ credentials (username/password)
Nope 
I was thinking about submitting it to a web service instead.
Credentials for web service can be configured File->New Data Connection->WSDL File.
Theoretically.... 
The thing is.. you can't just submit to web service, you have to call a method and pass parameters. How do I pass the whole form with attachments. Not sure.
With http submission the whole form is sent as POST http request. I receive it as a byte array on another side and can just save as file with pdf extention or do whatever...
I'll post back about how it goes with web service submission.
Using web service does not work so far.
I created a very simple prove-of-concept web service, which has a valid wsdl and works fine from other client test application I created.
It was very easy to add it as "New Data Connection" to the form.
But.... values from the form are not getting passed. Why??? How to troubleshoot and fix???
I spent almost the whole day trying to find any posts, no way...
Anyway if anybody has a clue please reply.
Prove-of-concept web service has one method with 2 parameters (string and int). It simply concatinates them and returns as a string with space in between.
In Pdf form in "Data View" everything is displayed correctly (web service method name, both parameters, return(response) value, "SubmitPdfBtn"). I did "Generate Fields" to put new controls binded to web service fields on the form. When I click the button, web service is called, result is return always as " 0" as though it doesn't pass any input parameters.
I expect to see different result, depending on what I input in string and int field.
Very disappointed
Joani, thank you very much for caring.
Unfortunately I did not find answers to my questions yet, but I figure out why my WCF web service does not work
I guess... it is not supported he-he. I tried to use 2 different bindings (this is .net I am talking about) basicHttpBinding and wsHttpBinding. Both support soap, have wsdl, etc.
Only basicHttpBinding was recognized. The other one is not considered to be a valid web service from Adobe LiveCycle perspective
But! Even though it was recognized, it was not working!!!!
As soon as I tried creating web service old-fashioned way (asmx), it worked. I was able to pass values from the form to the service and receive response back.
So I guess WCF is not supported.
The question about attachment still remains... how to submit those through the web service.
I got it working
1. WS (in .net) must be asmx service. WS method accepting attachment should have string as a parameter, which will be passed as base-64 encoded string. So to save it as a file it has to be decoded first. I used byte[] ... = Convert.FromBase64String(yourstring).
Keep in mind string <= 2GB
2. In PDF file add WS service as Data Connection (File->New Data Connection ->WSDL File-> wsdl -> etc...). PDF will generate all WS parameters and a button to call WS. Drag and drop data connection on the form OR right mouse click -> generate fields OR set <connect> element of different controls as you wish to match data connection. Let's say control generated and binded to WS input string parameter is called "base64StringDocContent" (name = "base64StringDocContent") and button that submits to WS is called "submitAttachmentBtn" (name="submitAttachmentBtn").
3. Javascript code to send attachment to WS:
//access pdf form
var formDom = event.target;
//attachment id should be unique, can be anything you like
var attachmentId = new Date().getTime() + "";
//prompt user for document and get it
var documentSelected = formDom.importDataObject(attachmentId);
if (documentSelected == true){
//user selected the document
//get stream of the document (attachment)
var inputStream = formDom.getDataObjectContents(attachmentId);
//get new stream encoded as base64
var vEncodedStream = Net.streamEncode(inputStream, "base64");
//get string from the stream
var sBase64 = util.stringFromStream(vEncodeStream);
//get conrol which is binded to WS input parameter
//my PDF form is called form1
var wsInputParam = form1.resolveNode("$..base64StringDocContent");
//get button which submits to WS
var wsSubmitBtn = form1.resolveNode("$..submitAttachmentBtn");
//assign attachment content (encoded string to input parameter)
wsInputParam.rawValue = sBase64;
//call click event of WS submit button
wsSubmitBtn.execEvent('click');
//done
//if WS returns any value it will be assigned to control binded to output value of the web service.
}
else{
//user clicked Cancel
}
4. Validation and try and catch should be added where/when needed.
Hope it saves a couple of days for somebody.
Good luck!!!
I am still curious how to work with credentials doing http submission.
If somebody has a solution please post it.
