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How to Fix com.adobe.idp.scheduler.SchedulerException: Failure Occurred During Job Recovery
0Problem Scenario: LiveCycle uses Quartz scheduler. Typical use case is when “watched folder” endpoint related schedules get translated as quartz triggers. Quartz takes care of executing the trigger based on frequency and updates a table with the latest execution count. … Continue reading →
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Full article at http://blogs.adobe.com/ADEP/2011/12/com-adobe-idp-scheduler-schedulerexception-failure-occured-during-job-recovery.html.
ADEP/LiveCycle v10 SP1 Now Available
0478 days
- Neal Davies
I’m pleased to announce that the first service pack for ADEP/LiveCycle v10 is now available. It is made up of two parts; Document Services SP1 for the LiveCycle Modules (Forms, Output, Reader Extensions, Process management …) and Experience Services SP1 … Continue reading →
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Complete article at http://blogs.adobe.com/ADEP/2011/12/adeplivecycle-v10-sp1-now-available.html.
The Future of LiveCycle
0478 days
- Arun Anantharaman
Since Adobe announced its increased focus on Digital Marketing and Digital Media, the LiveCycle team has met with dozens of customers and partners to discuss the future of LiveCycle. They are all passionate about our technology and the solutions we …
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Read the full article at http://blogs.adobe.com/ADEP/2012/01/the-future-of-livecycle.html.
Postprocessing your correspondence
0478 days
Correspondences created in enterprises would typically have to be integrated to a back-end process for further distribution (via email, fax, print), document processing (apply digital signatures, encryption, etc.) or archival of the correspondence.
The Adobe Correspondence Management solution provides a convenient way to achieve this by leveraging orchestrations/processes on the ADEP Document Services platform for defining the back-end process (that can use one or more Document Services, based on the enterprise requirements), and providing the ability to easily bind them to a given correspondence template.
Read more about creating a postprocess for the CM solution on the Document Server.
Once such processes are created on the Document Server, can then be mapped to a Letter template in the Postprocess drop down of the Letter Template Editor (as shown below), where the available postprocesses (as defined on the Document Server) are listed:
Tip: If you create a new process, with an existing Manage Assets UI session opened, your process will not be listed in the Postprocesses dropdown until you relaunch or refresh (F5) the Manage Assets browser window (or open the Manage Assets UI in a new browser window).
When the correspondence creation is complete (using the Create Correspondence UI), users can Submit the correspondence (see snapshot below indicating the Submit button), which invokes the associated/mapped postprocess for that Letter template, with the final correspondence PDF and XML data (used to generate the PDF). The postprocess, which would be an orchestration, can then act upon the document (PDF) as necessary.
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Original article at http://blogs.adobe.com/saket/cm-postprocess/.
Configuring LiveCycle JDBC Data Sources in WebLogic for DB Failover
0479 days
For IBM WebSphere, see here.
LiveCycle ES2′s Configuration Manager (LCM) provides you two options for configuring JDBC data sources in WebLogic:
1) Package it inside the EAR files (more secure)
2) Create it in the WebLogic Admin Console
Choice #2 provides a lot more flexibility when it comes to configuring the data sources for database failover. Runtime configuration changes such as increasing the pool size can be done without having to un-deploy and re-deploy EAR files.
To ensure that the connections in the connection pool are valid, the following additional configuration changes are necessary. This is based on an actual customer deployment against an active-passive SQL Server database cluster. You can make changes as necessary to fit your IT environment.
1) In the ‘Connection Pool‘ tab for the JDBC data source, in the ‘Advanced‘ section, ensure that the checkbox for ‘Test Connections on Reserve‘ is checked
2) Set ‘Test Frequency‘ to 10 seconds
3) Set ‘Test Table Name‘ to “DUAL” or “EDCJOBENTITY”
4) Set ‘Seconds to Trust an Idle Pool Connection‘ to 5 seconds
5) Set ‘Init SQL‘ to “SQL SELECT * FROM DUAL” or “SQL SELECT COUNT(*) FROM EDCJOBENTITY”
6) Set ‘Connection Creation Retry Frequency‘ to 12 seconds
7) Set ‘Login Delay‘ to 0 seconds
8) Set ‘Inactive Connection Timeout‘ to 0 seconds
9) Set ‘Connection Reserve Timeout‘ to 10 seconds
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Original article at http://blogs.adobe.com/livecycle/2011/04/configuring-livecycle-jdbc-data-sources-in-weblogic-for-db-failover.html.
LiveCycle ES2: UnsupportedClassVersionError: (oracle/jdbc/OracleDriver) bad major version at offset=6
0480 days
Issue
If you are attempting to configure Adobe LiveCycle server using the LiveCycle Configuration Manager (LCM) with an Oracle database, you may encounter the following exception during the DB configuration step:
Caused by: java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: (oracle/jdbc/OracleDriver) bad major version at offset=6 at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClassImpl(Native Method) at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:258) at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:151) at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:589) at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$400(URLClassLoader.java:123) at java.net.URLClassLoader$ClassFinder.run(URLClassLoader.java:1034) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:279) at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:491) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:631) at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:349) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:597) at java.lang.Class.forNameImpl(Native Method) at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:130) at com.adobe.livecycle.cdv.validator.DBValidator.validateDB(DBValidator.java:174)
Reason
This error can occur if you are not using the correct Oracle DB driver, or the correct Java JDK for your platform.
Solution
You should check the Oracle DB driver and JDK version required in the relevant platform matrix. With LiveCycle ES2 for example the platform matrix is located here:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/LiveCycle/9.5/supported_platforms.html
So if you were to install LiveCycle ES2 on AIX 5.3 with WebSphere 7, you should be using the 64-bit JDK 1.6 SR7 provided by WebSphere (WAS_HOME/AppServer/java), and the ojdbc6.jar Oracle driver.
Be sure to set the JAVA_HOME and PATH environment variables as instructed in http://help.adobe.com/en_US/livecycle/9.0/prepareinstallsingle.pdf
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Original article at http://blogs.adobe.com/dmcmahon/2012/01/21/livecycle-es2-unsupportedclassversionerror-oraclejdbcoracledriver-bad-major-version-at-offset6/.
Dynamically Rendering PDFs from the LiveCycle Repository
0481 days
While not as complex a process as Barcoded Forms the process of dynamically rendering PDFs from the LiveCycle Repository is a common process that gets used very often. There may be instances where an application needs a simple static PDF. Perhaps it’s a form that’s not quite ready for online submission. You could store these files on a web server and access them directly but it would be better and easier for future development to store them in the LiveCycle Repository and render them with a call to a REST service that is created when the process is deployed. The path to the document to render is passed into the process via a URL variable and the static PDF or the XDP file converted to PDF is returned to the browser.
For this LiveCycle Hands On the process is very simple. Besides rendering a simple static PDF, it’s also setup to render a simple XDP using LiveCycle Output ES.
Download the LCA here: Render_Form_Demo.lca_.zip
(Right click and select View Image to see the full size image)
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Complete article at http://www.underprise.com/2011/06/01/dynamically-rendering-pdfs-from-the-livecycle-repository/.
Building a controlled Twitter solution using Adobe LiveCycle ES
0482 days
by moderator
in LiveCycle in action
Look at these videos that demonstrate how you can use LiveCycle ES to build a process and an AIR application to publish tweets to a corporate Twitter account where you have control on what’s published or not. Part 1 focuses on building the client with Flash Builder 4 with the LC Service Discovery plugin. In part 2 you will see how to archive all tweets in a PDF/A format within LiveCycle Content Services.
Part1: http://www.vimeo.com/8886180
Part2: http://www.vimeo.com/8886413
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Original article at http://www.drflex.eu/2010/01/building-a-controlled-twitter-solution-using-adobe-livecycle-es-part1/.
LiveCycle ES: how to uninstall a patch or service pack
0483 days
- David McMahon
Issue
If you have installed a patch or service pack for LiveCycle ES you may need to uninstall this at a later date, or you may have a requirement to document this process fully as part of your installation/configuration documentation.
This information is outlined in the readme file provided with each patch or service pack, and I will just expand on that giving some more detail here. In this example I will discuss uninstalling LiveCycle ES Update 1 SP4 (8.2.1.4), to go back to LiveCycle ES Update 1 SP3 (8.2.1.3) on Windows.
Preparation
Before installing/uninstalling any patch you should take note of the current versions installed so you can verify your steps have been successful later. Take a screenshot of the About screen, and the Service Management screen from the AdminUI.
AdminUI > About screen (note the Patch version “SP4″ and Service Pack version “8.1.5192.1.284202.47″, and the Patch level of each deployed component “SP4″):
AdminUI > Services > Applications and Services > Service Management screen (note the Component Versions “8.1.5192.1.284202.47″, “8.1.5193.1.279333.70″, etc…):
Before running through the uninstallation process it would advisable to make a backup of your existing configuration in case any unexpected problems should arise. To do this, you should make a copy of the entire LiveCycle installation directory (excluding the MySQL folder if it exists within the LiveCycle directory).
You should also take note of the following configuration properties from AdminUI > Settings > Core System Settings > Configurations:
- Location of temp directory
- Global document storage root directory (Changing this value will result in data loss unless you also manually move the data)
- Location of the Adobe Server Fonts directory
- Location of the System Fonts directory
If you have LiveCycle Content Services ES installed, you should also have the location of the Content Services root directory which you entered during the original installation/configuration process.
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Read the full blog post at http://blogs.adobe.com/dmcmahon/2011/12/20/livecycle-es-how-to-uninstall-a-patch-or-service-pack/.
Security misconceptions – Watermarks, Usage Rights and Rights Management
0493 days
-Tai
There is a confusion about what features of Acrobat and PDFs in general offer by way of securing documents. I would like to do a very cursory overview of the items that I have so far seen users consider “security.”
To be clear, by “security” I mean the ability or inability to access the contents of the PDF, thus safeguarding information from entering the wrong hands.
1) Not Security-Oriented
a) Watermarks
Unlike on your Dollar, Euro or Pound notes (etc), the watermark is NOT a guarantee of integrity, veracity or anything at all.
In the PDF world, a visible watermark only exists as a notification mechanism. If a watermark says “Confidential,” it is only warning the viewer that the content is confidential, but will not otherwise try to make itself indelible.
It is meant to be a very visible mark on the page, with the added property of not completely obfuscation the items underneath (allowing readability to be maintained)
b) Certification
A Certified PDF carries a digital signature certifying that certain things can and cannot be done with it. Namely:
-A PDF certified to run privileged scripts can run scripts requiring special privileges, such as writing to the hard drive.
-A PDF certified to be unmodified means that so long as the PDF has been modified withing given parameters (fields filled in for example), then the certification will hold. If a visual aspect of the PDF changes though, the certification will be broken, and Acrobat will report an error.
Certification covers a number of other use cases as well, but I hope the above illustrates sufficiently why this is a not a security-related item, rather a usability concern.
c) Reader Extensions Usage Rights
Acrobat and LiveCycle can extend the usability of PDFs to Adobe Reader, the free PDF viewing application. By extending usability features, you can allow Reader users to fill in forms and save that content, add comment annotation, and other functionality.
However, if the same extended form is opened in Acrobat, the user can do to the PDF pretty much anything that Acrobat has at its disposition.
REUR adds functionality to Reader. Any extra functionality it does not add is a restriction that Reader already had.
2) Security-Oriented
a) Password Protection
Using password protection, you can encrypt the PDF so it can only be opened by a person who has the password. You can also prevent the PDF from being used in certain ways, such as modifying the pages.
You cannot however track who has opened the PDF, when and at what IP. That is the domain of Rights Management.
b) LiveCycle Rights Management (aka Policy Server)
LiveCycle 7 introduced Policy Server, later renamed to LiveCycle Rights Management. Adobe LiveCycle/ADEP Rights Management protects your documents from being accessed by parties you have not authorized to do so.
This allows the document publisher to:
-protect with a user ID/password combination
-force the identification to go to a remote server
-restrict usage rights depending on the user’s group
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Read the full article at http://blogs.adobe.com/an_tai/archives/176.
