Normally the preferred method of invoking LiveCycle services from ColdFusion is probably using the EJB, sometimes this can be difficult and SOAP provides a simple solution, although not the most robust.

Using the SOAP enoint requires knowledge of the specific WSDL file for the desired service. A list of WSDL file locations can be found here.

transformPDF.cfm
<!— Change OutputServiceURL to match your environment —>
< cfset OutputServiceURL = "http://127.0.0.1:8080/soap/services/OutputService?wsdl">

<!— Change SourceFileName to point to a PDF Form —>
<cfset SourceFileName = "C:\Temp\Test.pdf">

<!— Convert the PDF Form to Binary, BASE64 —>
<cffile action="READBINARY" file="#SourceFileName#" variable="sourcePDF">
<cfset binaryData = ToBase64(sourcePDF, "iso-8859-1")>

<cfoutput>
<CFSAVECONTENT VARIABLE="SoapRequestXML">
<SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:SOAP-ENC="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<SOAP-ENV:Body>
<m:transformPDF xmlns:m="http://adobe.com/idp/services">
<m:inPdfDoc>
<m:contentType>String</m:contentType>
<m:binaryData>#binaryData#</m:binaryData>
<m:attachmentID>String</m:attachmentID>
<m:remoteURL>String</m:remoteURL>
</m:inPdfDoc>
<m:transformationFormat>PDF</m:transformationFormat>
<m:pdfaRevisionNumber>Revision_1</m:pdfaRevisionNumber>
<m:pdfaAmendment>String</m:pdfaAmendment>
<m:pdfaConformance>A</m:pdfaConformance>
</m:transformPDF>
v/SOAP-ENV:Body>
</SOAP-ENV:Envelope>
</CFSAVECONTENT>
</cfoutput>

<!— Invoke the Web Service —>
<cfhttp url="#OutputServiceURL#" method="POST" username="administrator" password="password">
<cfhttpparam type="CGI" name="SOAPAction" value="transformPDF">
<cfhttpparam type="XML" name="transformPDFRequest" value="#SoapRequestXML#">
</CFHTTP>

<!— Parse the Result —>
<cfset SoapResponseXML = #cfhttp.filecontent#>
<cfset SoapResponseXML = xmlParse(SoapResponseXML)>
<cfset theRoot = SoapResponseXML.XmlRoot>
<cfset readerEnabledPDF = ‘#theRoot.XmlChildren[1].XmlChildren[1].XmlChildren[1]["remoteURL"].XmlText#’>

<cfoutput>
<a href="#readerEnabledPDF#" target="_blank">Transformed PDF</a>
</cfoutput>

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This sample assumes you are using LiveCycle on Jboss. If you are using a different Java server, you will need to modify a few paramaters, but the basics are the same.

The transformPDF service transforms a interactive PDF (PDF Form) to a non-interactive PDF.

Environment Setup
1. Copy the following required jar files from your LiveCycle Installation to your {ColdFusion Install Directory}\wwwroot\WEB-INF\lib.
jbossall-client.jar [C:\Adobe\LiveCycle8\jboss\client]
adobe-utilities.jar [C:\Adobe\LiveCycle8\LiveCycle_ES_SDK\client-libs\jboss]
adobe-output-client [C:\Adobe\LiveCycle8\LiveCycle_ES_SDK\client-libs\common]
adobe-usermanager-client [C:\Adobe\LiveCycle8\LiveCycle_ES_SDK\client-libs\common]
adobe-livecycle-client [C:\Adobe\LiveCycle8\LiveCycle_ES_SDK\client-libs\common]

2. Restart ColdFusion Application Service

transformPDF_EJB.cfm
<!—
Modify these three variables to match your environment
** Be sure the fileInput is a PDF Form
—>
<cfset EJB_ENDPOINT = "jnp://68.175.120.115:1099">
<cfset fileInput = "C:\temp\test.pdf">
<cfset fileOutput = "C:\temp\output.pdf">

<cfscript>
// Create ServiceClientFactoryProperties
serviceClientFactoryProperties = CreateObject("java","com.adobe.idp.dsc.clientsdk.ServiceClientFactoryProperties");
connectionProps = CreateObject("java","java.util.Properties").init();
connectionProps.setProperty(serviceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_DEFAULT_EJB_ENDPOINT, EJB_ENDPOINT);
connectionProps.setProperty(serviceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_TRANSPORT_PROTOCOL, serviceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_EJB_PROTOCOL);
connectionProps.setProperty(serviceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_SERVER_TYPE, "Jboss");
connectionProps.setProperty(serviceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_CREDENTIAL_USERNAME, "administrator");
connectionProps.setProperty(serviceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_CREDENTIAL_PASSWORD, "password");
</cfscript>

<cfscript>
// Initialize ServiceClientFactory with serviceClientFactoryProperties
myFactory = CreateObject("java","com.adobe.idp.dsc.clientsdk.ServiceClientFactory").createInstance(connectionProps);

// Initialize FileInputStream with fileInput Variable
fileInputStream = CreateObject("java","java.io.FileInputStream").init(fileInput);

// Initialize OutputClient with ServiceClientFactory properties
outClient = CreateObject("java","com.adobe.livecycle.output.client.OutputClient").init(myFactory);

// Set inPDF Document
inPDF = CreateObject("java","com.adobe.idp.Document").init(fileInputStream);

// Set outPDF Document For Result Handling
outPDF = CreateObject("java","com.adobe.idp.Document");

// transformPDF Parameter Settings: You can avoid these properties and simply cast nulls as in the commented invoke below
TransformationFormat = CreateObject("java","com.adobe.livecycle.output.client.TransformationFormat");
PDFARevisionNumber = CreateObject("java","com.adobe.livecycle.output.client.PDFARevisionNumber");
PDFAConformance = CreateObject("java","com.adobe.livecycle.output.client.PDFAConformance");

// Initiate The transformPDF Method
outPDF = outClient.transformPDF(inPDF,TransformationFormat.PDF,PDFARevisionNumber.Revision_1,"",PDFAConformance.A);
// If you want to use null make sure you JavaCast
//outPDF = outClient.transformPDF(inPDF,TransformationFormat.PDF,JavaCast( "null", 0 ),"",JavaCast( "null", 0 ));

// Initialize FileOutputStream with fileOutput Variable
fileOutputStream = CreateObject("java","java.io.File").init(fileOutput);

// Write The File…
outPDF.copyToFile(fileOutputStream);
</cfscript>

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This sample assumes you are using LiveCycle on Jboss. If you are using a different Java server, you will need to modify a few paramaters, but the basics are the same.

Environment Setup
1. Copy the following required jar files from your LiveCycle Installation to your {ColdFusion Install Directory}\wwwroot\WEB-INF\lib.
jbossall-client.jar [C:\Adobe\LiveCycle8\jboss\client]
adobe-utilities.jar [C:\Adobe\LiveCycle8\LiveCycle_ES_SDK\client-libs\jboss]
adobe-output-client [C:\Adobe\LiveCycle8\LiveCycle_ES_SDK\client-libs\common]
adobe-usermanager-client [C:\Adobe\LiveCycle8\LiveCycle_ES_SDK\client-libs\common]
adobe-livecycle-client [C:\Adobe\LiveCycle8\LiveCycle_ES_SDK\client-libs\common]
adobe-forms-client [C:\Adobe\LiveCycle8\LiveCycle_ES_SDK\client-libs\common]

2. Restart ColdFusion Application Service

renderForm_EJB.cfm
<!—
Modify these three variables to match your environment
** Be sure the fileInput is a PDF Form XDP
—>

<cfset EJB_ENDPOINT = "jnp://68.175.120.115:1099">

<!— Document Parameters —>
<cfset inXDP = "CAR.xdp"> <!– PDF Form File Name Source: Do Not Include Path Info —>
<cfset inXML = "C:\temp\CAR.xml">
<cfset outPDF = "C:\temp\CAR1.pdf">

<!— URLSpec Parameters —>
<cfset applicationWebRoot = ”>
<cfset targetURL = ”>
<cfset contentRootURI = ‘C:\Adobe\forms\’> <!— The Directory of the inXDP file located on the LiveCycle installed server —>
<cfset baseURL = ”>

<cfscript>
// Create ServiceClientFactoryProperties
serviceClientFactoryProperties = CreateObject("java","com.adobe.idp.dsc.clientsdk.ServiceClientFactoryProperties");
connectionProps = CreateObject("java","java.util.Properties").init();
connectionProps.setProperty(serviceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_DEFAULT_EJB_ENDPOINT, EJB_ENDPOINT);
connectionProps.setProperty(serviceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_TRANSPORT_PROTOCOL, serviceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_EJB_PROTOCOL);
connectionProps.setProperty(serviceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_SERVER_TYPE, "Jboss");
connectionProps.setProperty(serviceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_CREDENTIAL_USERNAME, "administrator");
connectionProps.setProperty(serviceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_CREDENTIAL_PASSWORD, "password");

// Initialize ServiceClientFactory with serviceClientFactoryProperties
myFactory = CreateObject("java","com.adobe.idp.dsc.clientsdk.ServiceClientFactory").createInstance(connectionProps);

// Initialize OutputClient with ServiceClientFactory properties
formsClient = CreateObject("java","com.adobe.livecycle.formsservice.client.FormsServiceClient").init(myFactory);

// Initialize FileInputStream with fileInput Variable
inXML_FileInputStream = CreateObject("java","java.io.FileInputStream").init(inXML);

// Set inPDF Document
inXML = CreateObject("java","com.adobe.idp.Document").init(inXML_FileInputStream);

PDFFormRenderSpec = CreateObject("java","com.adobe.livecycle.formsservice.client.PDFFormRenderSpec").init();
PDFVersion = CreateObject("java","com.adobe.livecycle.formsservice.client.PDFVersion");
PDFFormRenderSpec.setPDFVersion(PDFVersion.PDFVersion_1_5);

// Create URLSpec Object
URLSpec = CreateObject("java","com.adobe.livecycle.formsservice.client.URLSpec").init();
URLSpec.setApplicationWebRoot(applicationWebRoot);
URLSpec.setContentRootURI(contentRootURI);
URLSpec.setTargetURL(targetURL);

// Initiate The renderPDFForm Method
FormsResult = formsClient.renderPDFForm(inXDP,inXML,PDFFormRenderSpec,URLSpec,JavaCast( "null", "" ));

// Set outPDF Document For Result Handling
FormsResultPDF = FormsResult.getOutputContent();

// Initialize FileOutputStream with fileOutput Variable
fileOutputStream = CreateObject("java","java.io.File").init(outPDF);

FormsResultPDF.copyToFile(fileOutputStream);
</cfscript>

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