RE: CFPDF can not flatten liveCycle Forms - so how do you?
Hi Jochem, Well, I tried working with Adobe Printer driver and never had any success getting this to work. Do you have any other pointers you could give me on this.. I can't afford to fork over 50k for livecycle server for this one purpose. What else does liveCycle Server include that would be useful to a CF developer? Brook -Original Message- From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:joch...@gmail.com] Sent: September-01-09 2:46 AM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: CFPDF can not flatten liveCycle Forms - so how do you? On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Brook Davies wrote: I tried this to to the 'Adobe PDF' printer with no luck. I didn't get a result or find a way to specify an output file. Have you got this working? Never tried it with ColdFusion / cfprint, but I got it working with LiveCycle and their equivalent of cfexecute. In essence it is just a command line print with the PDF printer driver configured to never ask questions and always print to the same folder / file protected by a giant lock. First get it working from the command line, then try from CF. And don't worry if the process doesn't exit afterwards, subsequent print commands will just use the same process. Jochem -- Jochem van Dieten http://jochem.vandieten.net/ ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:326432 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
RE: CFPDF can not flatten liveCycle Forms - so how do you?
On the same note, does any one know what LiveCycle ES costs? Is it true its 50k + ? Is that the only solution to signing XFA forms? -Original Message- From: Brook Davies [mailto:cft...@logiforms.com] Sent: September-18-09 8:52 AM To: cf-talk Subject: RE: CFPDF can not flatten liveCycle Forms - so how do you? Hi Jochem, Well, I tried working with Adobe Printer driver and never had any success getting this to work. Do you have any other pointers you could give me on this.. I can't afford to fork over 50k for livecycle server for this one purpose. What else does liveCycle Server include that would be useful to a CF developer? Brook -Original Message- From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:joch...@gmail.com] Sent: September-01-09 2:46 AM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: CFPDF can not flatten liveCycle Forms - so how do you? On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Brook Davies wrote: I tried this to to the 'Adobe PDF' printer with no luck. I didn't get a result or find a way to specify an output file. Have you got this working? Never tried it with ColdFusion / cfprint, but I got it working with LiveCycle and their equivalent of cfexecute. In essence it is just a command line print with the PDF printer driver configured to never ask questions and always print to the same folder / file protected by a giant lock. First get it working from the command line, then try from CF. And don't worry if the process doesn't exit afterwards, subsequent print commands will just use the same process. Jochem -- Jochem van Dieten http://jochem.vandieten.net/ ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:326435 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: CFPDF can not flatten liveCycle Forms - so how do you?
On the same note, does any one know what LiveCycle ES costs? Is it true its 50k + ? Is that the only solution to signing XFA forms? LiveCycle ES is a suite of products. Buying it is kind of like buying a car - you can get package deals, and the price for the individual components or the packages can vary wildly depending on how close it is to the end of the quarter, etc. You really need to talk to an Adobe sales rep to get a price quote. I'm not aware of any other way to programmatically sign XFA forms besides using LiveCycle Digital Signatures ES, which is the module in question. You don't need to get all the other modules if you just need to sign forms. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:326437 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: CFPDF can not flatten liveCycle Forms - so how do you?
Brook,
Please find the code below with inline comments :)
This code is working fine... just set the variables of for input output
files according to your need and also the form field population part. This
should do it... I just tested the code too and it works fine. I have tested
this code with form created in Adobe LiveCycle 8.0
It's actually the setFormFlattening property which performs flattening.
You need to set it TRUE.
I hope this helps.
cfset inputFile = c:\path to my source form\myform.pdf
cfset OutputFile1 = c:\path to my output file unflattened\out1.pdf
cfset OutputFile2 = c:\path to my output file flattened\out2.pdf
cfscript
savedErrorMessage = ;
// cfSearching: All file paths are relative to the current directory
fullPathToInputFile = inputFile;
fullPathToOutputFile1 = OutputFile1;
fullPathToOutputFile2 = OutputFile2;
try {
// we create a reader for a certain document
pdfReader1 = createObject(java,
com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfReader).init(fullPathToInputFile);
//cfSearching: fill in the form fields but do not flatten the
form
outputStream1 = createObject(java,
java.io.FileOutputStream).init(fullPathToOutputFile1);
pdfStamper1 = createObject(java,
com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfStamper).init(pdfReader1, outputStream1);
form1 = pdfStamper1.getAcroFields();
//Populating Form Fields
//form1.setField(formfield1, value1);
//form1.setField(formfield2, value2);
//Flatening the form parameter - keeping it value false will
not flaten
the form
pdfStamper1.setFormFlattening(false);
//cfSearching: fill in the form fields AND flatten the form
pdfReader2 = createObject(java,
com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfReader).init(fullPathToInputFile);
outputStream2 = createObject(java,
java.io.FileOutputStream).init(fullPathToOutputFile2);
pdfStamper2 = createObject(java,
com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfStamper).init(pdfReader2, outputStream2);
form2 = pdfStamper2.getAcroFields();
//Populating form fileds for fomr2
//form2.setField(form2field1, myValue);
//form2.setField(form2field2, myValue2);
//Flatening the form parameter - keeping it value true will
flaten the
form
pdfStamper2.setFormFlattening(true);
WriteOutput(Finished!);
}
catch (java.language.Exception de) {
savedErrorMessage = de;
}
// cfSearching: close the stamper and output stream objects
pdfStamper1.close();
outputStream1.close();
pdfStamper2.close();
outputStream2.close();
/cfscript
Regards,
Arsalan
--
From: Brook Davies cft...@logiforms.com
Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 9:52 PM
To: cf-talk cf-talk@houseoffusion.com
Subject: RE: CFPDF can not flatten liveCycle Forms - so how do you?
Come on Arsalan, you say then let me tell you ... it's not much of a big
deal :) you can use iText java
So then, please do tell me, or show me the code that makes this possible?
Brook
-Original Message-
From: Brook Davies [mailto:cft...@logiforms.com]
Sent: September-01-09 1:49 PM
To: cf-talk
Subject: RE: CFPDF can not flatten liveCycle Forms - so how do you?
It does not seem to be possible to do flatten XFA forms, even directly via
itext. We've tried
-Original Message-
From: Arsalan Tariq Keen [mailto:arsalk...@hotmail.com]
Sent: September-01-09 4:28 AM
To: cf-talk
Subject: Re: CFPDF can not flatten liveCycle Forms - so how do you?
if you people are concerned about flattening LiveCucle Forms (xml based
pdf
forms) using coldfusion ... then let me tell you ... it's not much of a
big
deal :) you can use iText java library pre-installed with CF (Adobe
CF/Railo/Bluedragon) directly for this purpose :)
Regards,
Arsalan
--
From: Paul Hastings p...@sustainablegis.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 3:58 PM
To: cf-talk cf-talk@houseoffusion.com
Subject: Re: CFPDF can not flatten liveCycle Forms - so how do you?
might ask on the iTex list, it will be amusing anyway.
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Re: CFPDF can not flatten liveCycle Forms - so how do you?
From: Arsalan Tariq Keen This code is working fine... That only works for older LiveCycle forms. I believe there were changes in either 8.1 or 8.2(?). Afaik, the only way to flatten the newer forms is to use LiveCycle. -Leigh ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:325990 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
RE: CFPDF can not flatten liveCycle Forms - so how do you?
Come on Arsalan, you say then let me tell you ... it's not much of a big deal :) you can use iText java So then, please do tell me, or show me the code that makes this possible? Brook -Original Message- From: Brook Davies [mailto:cft...@logiforms.com] Sent: September-01-09 1:49 PM To: cf-talk Subject: RE: CFPDF can not flatten liveCycle Forms - so how do you? It does not seem to be possible to do flatten XFA forms, even directly via itext. We've tried -Original Message- From: Arsalan Tariq Keen [mailto:arsalk...@hotmail.com] Sent: September-01-09 4:28 AM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: CFPDF can not flatten liveCycle Forms - so how do you? if you people are concerned about flattening LiveCucle Forms (xml based pdf forms) using coldfusion ... then let me tell you ... it's not much of a big deal :) you can use iText java library pre-installed with CF (Adobe CF/Railo/Bluedragon) directly for this purpose :) Regards, Arsalan -- From: Paul Hastings p...@sustainablegis.com Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 3:58 PM To: cf-talk cf-talk@houseoffusion.com Subject: Re: CFPDF can not flatten liveCycle Forms - so how do you? might ask on the iTex list, it will be amusing anyway. ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:325938 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: CFPDF can not flatten liveCycle Forms - so how do you?
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Brook Davies wrote: I tried this to to the 'Adobe PDF' printer with no luck. I didn't get a result or find a way to specify an output file. Have you got this working? Never tried it with ColdFusion / cfprint, but I got it working with LiveCycle and their equivalent of cfexecute. In essence it is just a command line print with the PDF printer driver configured to never ask questions and always print to the same folder / file protected by a giant lock. First get it working from the command line, then try from CF. And don't worry if the process doesn't exit afterwards, subsequent print commands will just use the same process. Jochem -- Jochem van Dieten http://jochem.vandieten.net/ ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:325888 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: CFPDF can not flatten liveCycle Forms - so how do you?
might ask on the iTex list, it will be amusing anyway. ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:325889 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: CFPDF can not flatten liveCycle Forms - so how do you?
if you people are concerned about flattening LiveCucle Forms (xml based pdf forms) using coldfusion ... then let me tell you ... it's not much of a big deal :) you can use iText java library pre-installed with CF (Adobe CF/Railo/Bluedragon) directly for this purpose :) Regards, Arsalan -- From: Paul Hastings p...@sustainablegis.com Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 3:58 PM To: cf-talk cf-talk@houseoffusion.com Subject: Re: CFPDF can not flatten liveCycle Forms - so how do you? might ask on the iTex list, it will be amusing anyway. ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:325891 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
RE: CFPDF can not flatten liveCycle Forms - so how do you?
It does not seem to be possible to do flatten XFA forms, even directly via itext. We've tried -Original Message- From: Arsalan Tariq Keen [mailto:arsalk...@hotmail.com] Sent: September-01-09 4:28 AM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: CFPDF can not flatten liveCycle Forms - so how do you? if you people are concerned about flattening LiveCucle Forms (xml based pdf forms) using coldfusion ... then let me tell you ... it's not much of a big deal :) you can use iText java library pre-installed with CF (Adobe CF/Railo/Bluedragon) directly for this purpose :) Regards, Arsalan -- From: Paul Hastings p...@sustainablegis.com Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 3:58 PM To: cf-talk cf-talk@houseoffusion.com Subject: Re: CFPDF can not flatten liveCycle Forms - so how do you? might ask on the iTex list, it will be amusing anyway. ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:325907 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
RE: CFPDF can not flatten liveCycle Forms - so how do you?
Hi Jochem, I tried this to to the 'Adobe PDF' printer with no luck. I didn't get a result or find a way to specify an output file. Have you got this working? Brook -Original Message- From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:joch...@gmail.com] Sent: August-28-09 1:31 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: CFPDF can not flatten liveCycle Forms - so how do you? On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 7:37 PM, Brook Davies wrote: CFPDF can only flatten forms created with Acrobat , the docs say flatten: applies to forms created in Acrobat only (not forms created in LiveCycle);. So how do you flatten a liveCycle form and is it even possible at all? cfprint them to a pdf printer driver. Jochem -- Jochem van Dieten http://jochem.vandieten.net/ ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:325872 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
RE: CFPDF can not flatten liveCycle Forms - so how do you?
I tried something else, with no success. I tried setting the permissions on a PDF so that allowFillIns,allowModifyContents, and allowModifyAnnotations were all disabled. Again, this works to 'flatten' AcroForms but again just removes all fields and data from XFA forms. Why does Adobe make it so difficult to work with XFA forms? Brook ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:325879 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: CFPDF can not flatten liveCycle Forms - so how do you?
Why does Adobe make it so difficult to work with XFA forms? Actually, they make it very easy to work with them. All you have to do is buy LC Output ES! Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:325880 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: CFPDF can not flatten liveCycle Forms - so how do you?
I tried this to to the 'Adobe PDF' printer with no luck. I didn't get a result or find a way to specify an output file. Have you got this working? You might want to Google command-line pdf printing. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:325881 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
CFPDF can not flatten liveCycle Forms - so how do you?
CFPDF can only flatten forms created with Acrobat , the docs say flatten: applies to forms created in Acrobat only (not forms created in LiveCycle);. So how do you flatten a liveCycle form and is it even possible at all? Brook ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:325832 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: CFPDF can not flatten liveCycle Forms - so how do you?
CFPDF can only flatten forms created with Acrobat , the docs say flatten: applies to forms created in Acrobat only (not forms created in LiveCycle);. So how do you flatten a liveCycle form and is it even possible at all? It's not possible using CFPDF or DDX directly from ColdFusion. To the best of my knowledge, you'd have to buy LiveCycle Output ES to flatten LiveCycle forms. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:325835 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: CFPDF can not flatten liveCycle Forms - so how do you?
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 7:37 PM, Brook Davies wrote: CFPDF can only flatten forms created with Acrobat , the docs say flatten: applies to forms created in Acrobat only (not forms created in LiveCycle);. So how do you flatten a liveCycle form and is it even possible at all? cfprint them to a pdf printer driver. Jochem -- Jochem van Dieten http://jochem.vandieten.net/ ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:325837 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
RE: CFPDF can not flatten liveCycle Forms - so how do you?
Thanks, I'll try that... -Original Message- From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:joch...@gmail.com] Sent: August-28-09 1:31 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: CFPDF can not flatten liveCycle Forms - so how do you? On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 7:37 PM, Brook Davies wrote: CFPDF can only flatten forms created with Acrobat , the docs say flatten: applies to forms created in Acrobat only (not forms created in LiveCycle);. So how do you flatten a liveCycle form and is it even possible at all? cfprint them to a pdf printer driver. Jochem -- Jochem van Dieten http://jochem.vandieten.net/ ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:325839 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
