How do I configure automatic web service authentication?

Question

Hi there,
I am trying to implement a web service in my form that requires authentication.  When I enter the WSDL location in connection properties I am prompted with an 'Authentication Required' dialogue to which I enter User Name and Password which allows me to proceed to the 'Select an operation' section.  I select an operation and click Next and am presented with some authentication options (Requires HTTP/HTTPS Authentication , Requires Message-Level Authentication), but no matter what combination of these options I select I am still prompted for User Name and Password when I try to call the web service from the compiled PDF.
The user will not have these credentials.  I need the form to include the credentials automatically when the service is called without user input.  How do I go about doing this?
Many thanks,
Kieran

Answer 1

You will have to do this programmatically. If you look at the Acrobat Javascript reference it shows you how to use the SOAP object and how you can hard code the credentials for the WS call. Note that by hard coding this you are in essence breaking the security.
Paul