Adobe Pro 8 using FDF

Question

Hi all, and thanks in advance!
          I downloaded the FDF Toolkit and added the "jFdfTk.jar" library to my Java Web project.
          I am running a small java project using the NetBeans GUI (NICE!)
          Also, I have Adobe Pro 8 on my local PC. This project is running on my local PC as well but using "localserver".
          Trying to populate a PDF with, for now, only one piece of data.
          Here are the steps I am doing in a Java servlet:
/*************** CODE START ***********************/
          import com.adobe.fdf.*;
          import com.adobe.fdf.exceptions.*;
          FDFDoc appFDF = null;
          appFDF = new FDFDoc();
          // For testing puposes lets fill the data manually.
          // ...and yes, the PDF form has a field called "Name" (no quotes on the form field)
          appFDF.SetValue("Name", "RICK");
          // Here the string pdfUrl points to the PDF file with the form field on it.
          appFDF.SetFile(pdfUrl);
          response.setContentType("application/vnd.fdf");
          javax.servlet.ServletOutputStream out = response.getOutputStream();
          appFDF.Save(out);
          out.close();         
/*************** CODE END ***********************/
                    The file compiles fine but when I call this servlet, I get an error message from the Adobe Reader that says:
                    There was an error opening this document.
                    This file cannot be found.
          I placed the PDF file everywhere locally on the HD and in the project, and referenced it using the URL/Port info but it says it can't be found. Any ideas?
                              Thanks again!

Answer 1

Hello George!
          Not sure what you mean by "saving the FDF on the server".
          The files are being tested on a "localhost" as I do not have access to the actual server yet, so all is happening on my local PC using NetBeans and the Tomcat local server. I also have Adobe Pro 8 on this PC.
          I did try "appFdf.GetFile()" and it returned the location of the PDF file in question that was set using appFdf.SetFile().
          I have some sample code that shows it is also possible to get the file from a local disc using:
          "C:\\RicksStuff\\Code\\printableForms\\test.pdf"  and I tried that. Tried the serverName(), serverPort(), and contextPath() Java methods as too but that fails as well.
          The exact error message is:
          There was an error opening this document. This file cannot be found.
          Th file name is mYform_TEST.pdf. Tried without the underscore too.
                         Thanks to all...