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Using Reader Extensions and Barcoded Forms
0623 days
I’m starting a new hands on series for LiveCycle called appropriately: Hands On LiveCycle. This series will give you a complete and working sample LCA (LiveCycle Archive) file that you can import and run on your LiveCycle server. These hands on entries will attempt to solve a real world problem and will start out simple and continue to grow in complexity. If you have a suggestion for a hands on entry you would like to see feel free to let me know!
I’m kicking the series off with a problem that something that most consumers and agencies can relate to. How to handle a form that requires a wet signature, or an actual physical signature on the document.
In a perfect world everyone would accept a digital signature and all forms would be able to be submitted online. However, we don’t live in a perfect world and a good number of companies and government agencies still require a wet signature on a document or form to do business. If you wanted to fill out a form for a financial service or a government request the typical process today might go something like this:
- Download the document
- Print the document
- Fill out the document
- Sign the document
- Mail the document
Once the document is in the mail the process continues:
- Receive the document
- Key in the data in the document to the database
- Store the document on the server
There are quite a few things that can go wrong with this human centric process. The document could get lost in the mail, the user could fat finger the data, causing delays, or the document could be stored in the wrong place. There are several ways that this process can be improved, just by using LiveCycle Reader Extensions, the LiveCycle Foundation Services and the free Adobe Reader (Barcoded Forms is now included with the LiveCycle Reader Extensions service) Using LiveCycle Reader Extensions allows you to automate several pieces of this process and in some cases more, depending on how a company or agency is willing to accept the form.
For this LiveCycle Hands On, it is assumed that the document will be filled out, printed, signed and mailed in by the applicant. Once the document arrives at the agency, it will be scanned and placed in a folder that is watched by LiveCycle. Once LiveCycle sees the document in the folder it will be processed, the applicant data will be stored in a database and the document will be written to the file system.
This process could be made even faster by removing the snail mail portion if the agency was willing to accept a document by email. If so, the applicant could scan the document themselves, attach it to an email and send it to an email address that LiveCycle monitors. Also, with the use of Reader Extensions, the user can now save a copy of the completed form to their hard drive.
Download the zip file: Barcoded_Form_Demo.zip
The zip file for this hands on has a .lca file containing a form, some sample data and a process as well as a sample filled out form and a SQL script to create the demo table. The SQL Script should be run on the server that is hosting the LiveCycle Database and should use the adobe schema. The form will work either as the PDF file included, or if the form is printed out and scanned. LiveCycle is able to decode the information from the barcode either way.
The Barcoded Form Demo Process:
The process is broken down below into steps and the operations used.
- LiveCycle recieves a document from the watched folder to start the process
- LiveCycle extracts the data from the barcode and adds it to a XML variable. Operation: Decode Category: Barcoded Forms
- LiveCycle extracts the XML form data from the barcode data and stores it in an XML list variable. Category: Extract To XML Service: Barcoded Forms
- LiveCycle sets the form data to the first element of the XML list variable. Operation: Set Value Category: Foundation
- LiveCycle inserts the data into the database. Operation: Execute SQL Statement Category: Foundation
- LiveCycle writes the document to the file system. Operation: Write Document Category: Foundation
Please feel free to ask any questions in the comments and I will try to answer them as quickly as I can!
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Original article at http://www.underprise.com/2011/05/20/using-reader-extensions-and-barcoded-forms/.
e-Invoicing with Adobe
0666 days
by moderator
in LiveCycle in action
As many people know, e-Invoicing is gaining a lot of traction these days in order to save money. In general many of the solutions use PDF as the format for the electronic invoice. But there is PDF and PDF. We have created a sample electronic Invoice in PDF format that is more then just a digital invoice, and also focuses on the experience of the recipient in addition to the ability to exchange structured data. Have a look at a video that includes a demo. If you would like to download the sample and play with it yourself, here it is.
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Original article at http://www.drflex.eu/2009/05/e-invoicing-with-adobe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=e-invoicing-with-adobe.
Submitting PDF to a servlet
0821 days
I have written a simple servlet which writes the submitted pdf to the c drive of the server. I have written the instructions in the pdf document which can be found here
Click here to access the pdf
Download the war file
Deploy it on your server
Design your form with a submit button configured to submit “PDF” and pointing to the url
The url should be of the following format
http://:/SaveToFile/SavePdf
in my case it was http://ginger:8080/SaveToFile/SavePdf. Where ginger:8080 is my server and port no.
Save the form and hit the submit button
The form will get submitted to the servlet which writes the pdf to the c drive of the server
Let me know if you need any more help
thanks
girish
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Original article at http://eslifeline.wordpress.com/2009/08/13/submitting-pdf-to-a-servlet/.
Adding Attachments to PDF Form
0821 days
Hi
Just finished helping a customer who wanted to add attachments to PDF using javascript. There are 2 ways to add attachments to a PDF form
1- using the attachments tab
2- Using javascript- with the help of a button the user selects the file to add to the pdf
I have included the PDF which allows the user to add attachment , view the attachment and deleted the selected attachment from the form.
Please click here to access the formPDF Form
PS- THIS WILL ONLY WORK WHEN YOU OPEN THE FORM WITH ACROBAT.IF YOU WANT IT TO WORK IN READER YOU WILL NEED TO APPLY USAGE RIGHTS USING THE READER EXTENSIONS ON THE SERVER
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Original article at http://eslifeline.wordpress.com/2009/04/06/adding-attachments-to-pdf-form/.
Extracting Data from Signed PDF using LiveCycle Server
0821 days
Very common request- how do I extract data from a Signed PDF using livecycle ES
To do this you will need to have livecycle server software installed. This example uses processFormSubmission service operation of the forms component.
Attached is the PDF which explains the process and it also has the process lca and the test file need to run the process
Click here
This process can be used when you are getting the signed PDF from email/watchedFolder. This process can also be used when you are submitting the signed pdf from workspace
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Original article at http://eslifeline.wordpress.com/2009/04/25/extracting-data-from-signed-pdf-using-livecycle-server/.
Disabling Form Fields with validation
0821 days
Many a times you would like to perform field level validations, before submitting the form by email. Also a lot of you would like to hide the submit button when the form is emailed to the end user
I have included a simple form which demonstrates this capability
Please click here to get the pdf
Click Here to get the pdf
Let me know if you have any further questions
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Original article at http://eslifeline.wordpress.com/2009/01/28/disabling-form-fields-with-validation/.
Modifying email when emailing a form
0821 days
Very common request – I am able to email a pdf form great, but how do I change the email recipients,Subject,Body. I found a very useful post on Stefan Cameron’s blog
http://forms.stefcameron.com/2008/08/28/submitting-form-data-by-email/
I copied his code to create a similar form
The form is posted hereClick here to get the pdf
This form submits the whole pdf as email attachment.
If you are using Acrobat 8.x and above you will have no problem is testing the form out
But if you are using Reader to test the form, it will not work unless you Apply Reader Rights
The instruction to apply Reader rights are here
http://eslifeline.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/submit-pdf-by-email/
Let me know if you have any questions
Thanks
Girish
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Original article at http://eslifeline.wordpress.com/2009/01/28/modifying-email-when-emailing-a-form/.
Assembling Task Attachments
0821 days
Lot of customers have a need to assemble task attachments into a single PDF at the end of the process for archiving. I have written a simple process which shows you the steps involved. I have made use of two custom components for this exercise.
The following document contains a process which assembles task attachments into a PDF
Click here to get the PDF
Let me know if you need any more help
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Original article at http://eslifeline.wordpress.com/2008/11/06/assembling-task-attachments/.
Creating DDX from list of file names
0821 days
Hi
I have written a simple component which creates a DDX from a list of file names. It is very common to create a package or assemble a map of documents. To do this you would have to create a DDX which needs to match the file names of documents in the map. To avoid all that hard work, I have a component which creates a DDX from list of file names.
The process also makes use of another component which writes out map contents to the file system
I have attached the process in the PDF file
Click here to access the PDF file
Click to get the PDF
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Original article at http://eslifeline.wordpress.com/2008/10/31/creating-ddx-from-list-of-file-names/.
LiveCycle ES2 Highlights – Property Sheet Enhacements
0821 days
In Adobe LiveCycle ES2 the Workbench property sheets have been overhauled to simplify and streamline application creation. Here are a few examples:
Basic | All filter toggle
Most property sheets in ES2 now include two modes — Basic and All. Basic presents the most commonly used settings, while All will present you with all available settings for the service.
Render PDF Form
The FormsService:renderPDFForm service has been greatly simplified, and thanks to the new asset picker there is no longer a need to hand type URIs. Here is the new service in Basic mode.
Asset Picker
No longer a need to hand type URIs!
Auto Discovery of Credential Alias Names
You no longer have to look at the adminui to determine the available aliases for Reader Extensions or Signing credentials. This feature applies to Apply Usage Rights, Sign Signature Field, Certify PDF & Certificate Encrypt PDF.
Cheers,
_Seth
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Original article at http://livecycleapps.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/livecycle-es2-highlight-property-sheet-enhacements/.
