Auto Saving of HCM interactive form in Background

Hi ,
We are using HCM Forms and Process to automate the processes where user fills the interactive form from EP and after that workflow will take care of approvals and finally data of the form is saved in the infotypes.Till now its working fine.
But there is one requirement to save the form at the last approval level on the application server.As HCM forms and process is using Case management and all data of the form is available in XML format which enduser cannnot understand.
So can you suugest the way to save this pdf form automatically in the backgound.
Thanks,
Rahul

Hi Rahul.
Please use my profile to contact me and I'll send you some code that will help.
Thanks,
Derrick Banks
Banks & Company

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In 9 out of 10 cases everything thing is working as expected so that the users can complete the forms and the process for their requests but occasionally we are seeing a random error that occurs for any user at any time without any apparent pattern.
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com.adobe.ProcessingError: PDF operation error while applying usage rights to PDF: /tmp/adobewa_PEP_17116350/DM-6192899546130604164.dir/DM8253967776737558967.tmp
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Matt

We had the same problem. The fix is to get a unique ID for every form. Given below
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I hope someone here can help us.
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Please refer this, Page 7-8
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