readerExtensions don't save pdf with dynamic fields

I take it that you are using the LC servers? because this certainly isn't client side JavaScript. You know, when you post these questions its a good idea to let us in on you're situation (what tool are you using, where is this script used, etc.). Otherwise nobody knows what you are talking about.

In order to save a PDF with entered data it needs "Form Save Rights". And you don't even need to Rights Server to do this. It can be done with Acrobat Professional. Try it.

Thom Parker
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Hi Thomp. Thanks for your response. I will try to explain my problem better. I have a web application with a servlet which calls to LC Form to get a pdf form and show to the user in the web browser.

LC Form and LC Reader Extensions are installed in another server (JBoss running on RedHat). When servlet send a request to LC Form, this gets a xdp created by LC Designer, render it as pdf form and send to the servlet again which show it to the user. This step works fine. I have the problem in the next step.

Before LC Form send the pdf form to the servlet I want to set save rights to this pdf using LC Reader Extension. And here is where I have my problem. The pdf form has dynamic fields and when I open it, i can save it with its entered data except these dynamic fields. I have tried to save the form without rights and, using Reader Extension webUI, set these rights again but it doesn't work.

I know this question can be in the wrong forum but I have asked in other Java forums and LC Forms and ReadExtensions forums and I hadn't any response

If someone has an idea about this problem or know how can it be solved, his suggestion is appreciated

Thanks in advance.

In addition to what you're already doing, add the following:

useRight.setEnabledFormFillIn(true);

Geogre

Hi George and thanks for your response. i have tried adding all rights in my java code and it doesn't work. I have tried adding all rights in Reader Extension web UI too and it doesn't work neither.

Can this problem be about a problem with my Reader Extension credential? i use this trial credential http://www.adobe.com/go/reader_ext_cert

Thanks in advance for your help

Dani

When you say "it doesn't work", what do you mean exactly? Is your code failing? Is the document not getting any usage rights applied? Is the form not fillable in Reader? Or is the form not saveable in Reader?

I have no way of verifying the credential you're using.

George

The form is created correctly, with save rights and all fields datas are saved except dynamic fields (the form has static fields like name, address, phone... and a dynamic table with two columns, province and city. You can add one or more rows on this table but these new rows haven't never saved)

Dani

This is very odd, if data from one field is being saved, then all the data should be saved. I would advise you to verify exactly what data is and is not saved in the XDP data model.

There are a couple of easy ways to do this. First, export data to XML from Acrobat Pro. For data in repeated subforms the XML should contain repeated subform tags. If this data is imported into a blank form, it should force new repeatable subforms to be created.

Second, look at the data model directly. After saveing the form, run this code from the console window

xfa.data.saveXML('pretty');

It will expose all the data that has been saved in the form.

Another possibility is that one of the rights you are applying is blocking the dynamic nature of the PDF. You know, rights not only grant privileges on Reader, they also block functionality not associated with the right. I don't know which one might be doing this, it's just something to think about.

If you don't find a solution then I think you may be right that the demo license is doning somthing to block operation, but I find that hard to believe. Sounds more like a bug to me.

Thom Parker
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The Acrobat JavaScript Reference, Use it Early and Often
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At first, thomp and George_Johnson thank you very much for your help. It was very useful.

i have resolve my problem. The last thomp's post gave me an idea about the real problem . I will try to explain it.

My xdp has a data connection with an xml. For this dynamic table, my xml has this structure (sorry but it's in spanish)

I had a problem before with this structure because I had to add new "tramo" in my xml for each row added dynamically. So I fixed this with three new fields "provinciasTotal", "carreterasTotal" and "localidadesTotal" associatted with my xml and these new fields had the values of all "provincia" fields, "carreteras" field and "localidades" field. For example, If I added two rows with "value1" and "value2" like values in "provincia" field, then "provinciaTotal" had the value "value1#value2". And the same situation with "carreterasTotal" and "localidadesTotal".

So, my problem saving my form was that "provincia", "carreteras" and "localidades" were never saved. But I didn't realize that "provinciaTotal", "carreterasTotal" and "localidadesTotal" had their values saved. Then, I had to modify my pdf. I had to do a new action in "initialize" event. In this event, I do a split for each "xTotal" field getting the values in an array. Then, for each element of my array, I add a new row in my dynamic table (because the dynamic table is empty when you open the pdf) and add each element in the right field.

I don't know if this is the right solution but it works fine (I hope my explanation would be clearly). Thank you again, thomb and George_Johnson, for your help. It's a pleasure to be in this kind of forums with people who can help bennigger like me

Regards

Ahh, you didn't say that you had special data binding on the form. This would absolutely do it. Acrobat will only export bound fields in this case and in the format determined by the XML template used for the binding.

Sorry I didn't ask about this earlier:(

Thom Parker
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The Acrobat JavaScript Reference, Use it Early and Often
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It was my fault because i didn't explain it very well. Now, I have another problem, but more easy, I think so.

I can save my form with all datas but i want to save it using a button. I'm going to explain better.

I have a submit button that send my form to a servlet which insert it in a database. I want that when I click on this button but before to submit the pdf, save my pdf. For do this, I have tried with

App.executeMenuItem("SaveAs");

but I had this error "App.executeMenuItem("SaveAs");"

I have tried using this code

var mydoc = event.target;
mydoc.saveAs();

getting this error (it's a translation, original error is in spanish)

"the security configuration not allow to access to this property or method"

Why are these errors if the pdf has the save rights and I can save it using "File -> Save as" ? Why not with these methods?Thanks in advance. Regards

First, the "App" in "App.executeMenuItem()" is a syntax error. It should be "app". However, the "SaveAs" menu item is not availible for a script running inside a PDF. This is security restriction.

The "doc.saveAs()" fucntion is heavily restricted, You can't really call it from a PDF, even if the file has Save Rights. In the Acrobat JavaScript reference it states that this function can only be called from a privileged context.

Thom Parker
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The Acrobat JavaScript Reference, Use it Early and Often
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Hi thomp, thanks for your response. I didn't know that. But I have try with this code

app.execMenuItem("SaveAs")

and it works fine.

thanks agains for your help

Cheers