Is there any Adobe LiveCycle PDF Generator for PS EXPERTS?

Question

There seems to be a lot of question about this product with no answers. When you call Adobe you get the run around.
How is the product supposed to work?
When a basic installation is performed it does not do what is expected.
If you are suppose to be able to create Postscript files or drop Office documents in a watch folder or email them to the server and it converts them. Why does it not work? These are the basic function not a lot of development required. The only files that are converted are .PS and then it appends .PDF to the end of it. (test.ps.pdf) if fails on all office documents with an "Error Code: 11,020 Reason: The source file you submitted is not supported by this version of PDF Generator. If this product does not support this function then why did the installation require you to install Office before the Livecycle product is installed?

Answer 1

Hi Steven,
What you refer to is PDF Generator version 7.x Postscript edition.
In version 7 of the product there were 3 editions:
1. PDF Generator Professional
Create PDF files from a wide range of source files:
Print (PS, EPS, PRN)
Image (JPG, GIF, BMP, TIFF, PSD)
Standard office formats (DOC, XLS, PPT, WPD, MPP)
Text (TXT, RTF)
Web (HTML)
Design files (DWG, VSD)
Generate all types of Adobe PDF file formats:
PDF 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6
PDF/X-1a and PDF/X-3 for prepress document exchange
PDF/A for archiving with easy search and retrieval
Searchable PDF files from images
Convert PDF files to:
HTML documents
Text (TXT, RTF, accessible)
Images (TIFF, PNG, JPEG)
Print (PS, EPS)
2. PDF Generator Elements
Create PDF files from a wide range of source files:
Print (PS, EPS, PRN)
Image (JPG, GIF, BMP, TIFF, PSD)
Standard office formats (DOC, XLS, PPT, WPD, MPP)
Text (TXT, RTF)
Web (HTML)
Design files (DWG, VSD)
Generate all types of Adobe PDF file formats:
PDF 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6
PDF/X-1a and PDF/X-3 for prepress document exchange
PDF/A for archiving with easy search and retrieval
Convert PDF files to:
HTML documents
Text (TXT, RTF, accessible)
Print (PS, EPS)
3. PDF Generator Postscript
Create PDF files from a wide range of source files:
Print (PS, EPS, PRN)
Generate all types of Adobe PDF file formats:
PDF 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6
PDF/X-1a and PDF/X-3 for prepress document exchange
PDF/A for archiving with easy search and retrieval
So basically what you have is the very limited edition, doing exactly what you said. For more functionality you should opt for one of the other editions (that for version 7.x)
Today's version is the newer LC PDF Generator ES. You can look for its specifications at http://www.adobe.com/products/livecycle/pdfgenerator/
Thanks