Process and subprocess - share variables
Hello,
I have a main process that calls a subprocess. At the same time the main process will continue working due to a parallel path.
when the subprocess finishes, I would like that some data(payload) on my main process get updated. Is this possible?
OR
Is it possible to share data between a main process and subprocess?
Any example?
thank you
fwu
Hello,
What do you mean with "and only a single conversation"? does it means that if my main process calls 2 subprocess only one of this subprocess will be able to communicate with the main process exactly in the same moment? Or that at design time i will not be able to specify a conversation for more than one subprocess?
Delegating the interaction to a bpel subprocess menas that my subprocess would have to be created in bpel? But does bpel has human task objects?
Another question, when I add a subprocess to a main process, Im able to link the subprocess with the main process. When does this route will be followed? Exactly when the subprocess is called or just when it finishes?
Finally, where should I define this: "if the subprocess is defined to callback to the parent"
thanl you for your attention,
fwu
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ASBool PassPDFBinderFileFilter(char* filename);
int ConvertAndSavePDFInTargetFolder(ASPathName aPathName, char* aFileName, PDDoc PDFfile, ASPathName outputPathName);
char* NewFileName(char *& aFileName);
// callbacks
ACCB1 ASBool ACCB2 MyAVConversionToPDFEnumProc(AVConversionToPDFHandler handler, AVConversionEnumProcData data);
ACCB1 ASBool ACCB2 AVConversionToPDFEnumFindHandler(AVConversionToPDFHandler handler, AVConversionEnumProcData data);
static ACCB1 ASBool ACCB2 myAVConversionFromPDFEnumProc(AVConversionFromPDFHandler handler, AVConversionEnumProcData data);
Implementation
/** This sample implements a method to convert multiple files into PDF
and bind the PDFs into one PDF file .
This sample shows developers how to grammatically implement To-PDF file
converson functionality. Basically, the code uses AVConversionToPDFHandler
to convert files to PDF and PDDocInsertPages()to combine PDF files.
This plug-in is designed to run from a menu item, and by setting bEcho = false
it may be run without any graphics user interface on the screen. Therefore, it
can be executed from other programs such as C IAC, VB IAC, and JavaScript
to meet enterprise workflow needs.
How to run it :
- This sample adds a menu item "PDF Binder" under the Acrobat SDK submenu. Two ways to
execute it: 1) click the menu item to run the program using a fixed file location
hard coded; 2) press the shift key and click the menu item to choose a folder where
files to be converted are located.
- Without folder selection, this original code is to convert and bind files in a
directory C\test\PDFBinder for Win, or a folder MacHD:test:PDFBinder for Mac.
You can copy the test files in the project's testfiles folder to the appropriate location
for testing. You may locate files to be converted in another directory/folder, and
specify the location in the string variable PDFBinderFolder in the code.
- When you have the files to be converted ready in the specified location,
run Acrobat 6 menu Advanced->AcrobatSDK->PDF Binder to start the operation. There are
echo messages informing you of the operation start and end, but you can change and
rebuild the code to turn off the display on screen.
- An output file PDFBinderOutput.pdf in the same location is created
when the program succeeds. A text log file PDFBinderLog.txt in the same
location records the process and results.
- You can set bEch = false in the code to turn off any display on the screen.
This is necessary when you call the menu function from within other programs
of C IAC, VB IAC, JavaScript.
- An optional file filter is used to pre-process the files. The filter only allows
the files with predefined types to be processed. You can change the file type list
as you wish. Using a filter may ensure a smooth automation process, since you can put
only well-tested file types in the filter. To turn off the filter, you can set
gPDFBinderFileFilter = "" or not to define USE_FILE_FILTER
- Note this is a sample only, developers need to make further improvement for
their actual use. For example, you can set up a list of files to use the method for
the conversion and binding. And you can add code to handle special file types.
@see AVConversionConvertToPDFWithHandler
@see AVConversionEnumToPDFConverters
@see ASFileSysDestroyFolderIterator
@see PDDocOpen
@see PDDocClose
@see PDDocInsertPages
@see PDDocCreatePage
@see PDDocDeletePages
@see PDPageRelease
@see ASFileSysCreatePathName
@see ASFileSysFirstFolderItem
@see ASFileSysNextFolderItem
@see ASFileSysGetNameFromPath
@see ASFileSysReleasePath
ACCB1 void ACCB2 PDFBinderCommand(void*)
// if the menu item clicked with Shift key pressed down, go to interactive mode.
// let the user to choose a folder and process all the file in the folder.
ASText dispText = ASTextNew();
char PDFBinderFolder[MAX_STRING_LENGTH];
ASBool shiftKeyIsDown = ((AVSysGetModifiers() & AV_SHIFT) != 0);
if(shiftKeyIsDown) {
AVOpenSaveDialogParamsRec dialogParams;
// Configure the dialog box parameters.
memset (&dialogParams, 0, sizeof (AVOpenSaveDialogParamsRec));
dialogParams.size = sizeof(AVOpenSaveDialogParamsRec);
dialogParams.windowTitle = ASTextFromScriptText("Choose folder with files to bind",kASRomanScript);
dialogParams.flags |= kAVOpenSaveAllowForeignFileSystems;
dialogParams.initialFileSys = ASGetDefaultUnicodeFileSys();
ASPathName thePath;
ASFileSys fileSys;
AVAppBeginModal(NULL);
if(ASBoolToBool(AVAppChooseFolderDialog(&dialogParams, &fileSys, &thePath)) != true){
AVAppEndModal();
//AVAlertNote("Failed to select the folder");
return;
AVAppEndModal();
#ifdef WIN_PLATFORM
ASFileSysDisplayASTextFromPath(ASGetDefaultUnicodeFileSys(), thePath, dispText);
ASHostEncoding bestEnc = ASTextGetBestEncoding(dispText, (ASHostEncoding)PDGetHostEncoding());
strncpy(PDFBinderFolder, ASTextGetEncoded(dispText, bestEnc), MAX_STRING_LENGTH - 1);
#else
ASPlatformPath aspPath;
ASFileSysAcquirePlatformPath(fileSys, thePath, ASAtomFromString("POSIXPath"), &aspPath);
strncpy(PDFBinderFolder, (char *)ASPlatformPathGetPOSIXPathPtr(aspPath), MAX_STRING_LENGTH - 1);
ASFileSysReleasePlatformPath(fileSys, aspPath);
// remove extra path separator
char e = PDFBinderFolder[strlen(PDFBinderFolder)-1];
if(e == ':' || e == '/')
PDFBinderFolder[strlen(PDFBinderFolder)-1]='\0';
dispText = ASTextFromScriptText(PDFBinderFolder, kASEUnicodeScript);
#endif
ASFileSysReleasePath(fileSys, thePath);
// Otherwise, the hard coded file path will be used.
else {
strcpy(PDFBinderFolder, STRING_PDFBinderFolder);
dispText = ASTextFromScriptText(PDFBinderFolder, kASRomanScript);
// instruction message
char strMsg[MAX_STRING_LENGTH] = "";
sprintf(strMsg, "This function will convert and process Tiff and PDF files in the selected directory. ");
strcat(strMsg, " You need to copy your files in C:\\Fairfax\\Adobe\\in directory." );
strcat(strMsg, " Files will be processed into C:\\Fairfax\\Adobe\\PDFA directory." );
strcat(strMsg, " If you are ready, click OK to continue, or click Cancel to quit. " );
strcat(strMsg, " \nNote you can press down Shift key and click the menu item to have a folder selection. " );
strcat(strMsg, " \nNote you can turn off the echo message by setting bEcho = false and rebuild the code. " );
if(ASBoolToBool(bEcho)==true){
ASInt32 choice = AVAlert(ALERT_CAUTION, strMsg, "OK", "Cancel", NULL, true);
if(choice==2) {
return;
// create a new target pdf file with one empty page
PDDoc TargetPDF = PDDocCreate();
ASFixedRect mediaBox = { fixedZero, ASInt32ToFixed(792), ASInt32ToFixed(612), fixedZero };
PDPage emptyPage = PDDocCreatePage (TargetPDF, PDBeforeFirstPage, mediaBox);
PDPageRelease (emptyPage);
// get available headlers and set our file filter
char ValidExt[MAX_STRING_LENGTH];
memset(ValidExt, 0, MAX_STRING_LENGTH);
#ifdef SHOW_TOPDF_HANDLER_TYPES
// enumerate AVConversioToPDF handlers to get all available file
// types which can be converted to PDF.
AVConversionEnumToPDFConverters(MyAVConversionToPDFEnumProc, (AVConversionEnumProcData) ValidExt);
//AVAlertNote("Converters Defined");
//AVAlertNote(ValidExt);
//AVAlertNote(gPDFBinderFileFilter);
#endif
#ifdef USE_FILE_FILTER
// set File filter
strcpy(ValidExt, gPDFBinderFileFilter);
//AVAlertNote(ValidExt);
#endif
// process all files in the directory
int iNumFiles = 0;
int iNumFilesConverted = 0;
char* Done = "Converted";
char* NotDone = " - ";
char fileName[MAX_FILENAME_LENGTH+1];
ASFileSysItemPropsRec props;
ASFolderIterator iter;
ASPathName aspItem = NULL;
memset(&props, 0, sizeof(props));
props.size = sizeof(props);
//AVAlertNote("Props Defined");
ASPathName theFolder = NULL;
ASFileSys fileSys = NULL;
DURING
#ifdef WIN_PLATFORM
fileSys = ASGetDefaultFileSysForPath(ASAtomFromString("ASTextPath"), dispText);
theFolder = ASFileSysCreatePathName (fileSys, ASAtomFromString("ASTextPath"), dispText, 0);
//AVAlertNote("FileSys and Folder Defined");
#else
fileSys = ASGetDefaultFileSysForPath(ASAtomFromString("POSIXPath"), PDFBinderFolder);
theFolder = ASFileSysCreatePathName (fileSys,
ASAtomFromString("POSIXPath"), PDFBinderFolder, 0);
#endif
if (theFolder==NULL) {
//AVAlertNote("Fail to create ASPathName for the selected folder.");
E_RTRN_VOID
// Find first file in current directory
if((iter = ASFileSysFirstFolderItem(fileSys, theFolder, &props, &aspItem))==FALSE) {
//AVAlertNote("This is either an invalid folder or the folder contains no files.");
E_RTRN_VOID
ASFileSysReleasePath(fileSys, theFolder);
//AVAlertNote("Folder Released");
// get filename only
if(ASFileSysGetNameFromPath(fileSys, aspItem, fileName, sizeof(fileName))) {
E_RTRN_VOID
HANDLER
// exception handling
char errorMsg[256];
ASGetErrorString (ASGetExceptionErrorCode(), errorMsg, 256);
if(aspItem!=NULL) ASFileSysReleasePath(fileSys, aspItem);
if(theFolder!=NULL) ASFileSysReleasePath(fileSys, theFolder);
// display an error message.
if(ASBoolToBool(bEcho)==true) {
AVAlertNote (errorMsg);
return;
END_HANDLER
//AVAlertNote(fileName);
// go to binding if it's a valid type of file
if(props.type == kASFileSysFile && PassPDFBinderFileFilter(fileName)) {
char outFileName[] = "";
//strcat(outFileName, STRING_PDFOutputFolder);
//strcat(outFileName, FOLDERSYMBOL);
//strcat(outFileName, fileName);
strcat(outFileName, STRING_PDFOutputFolder);
strcat(outFileName, FOLDERSYMBOL);
strcat(outFileName, fileName);
//AVAlertNote(outFileName);
ASPathName outputFileName = ASFileSysCreatePathName (ASGetDefaultFileSys(), ASAtomFromString("Cstring"), outFileName, 0);
BindingFileToPDF(aspItem, fileName, props, TargetPDF, outputFileName ,&iNumFiles, &iNumFilesConverted);
//AVAlertNote("File Processed");
ASFileSysReleasePath(fileSys, aspItem);
// process all other files
while(ASFileSysNextFolderItem(fileSys, iter, &props, &aspItem)) {
// get filename only
if(ASFileSysGetNameFromPath(fileSys, aspItem, fileName, sizeof(fileName))) {
return;
// go to binding if it's a valid type of file
if(props.type == kASFileSysFile && PassPDFBinderFileFilter(fileName)) {
char outFileName[] = "";
//strcat(outFileName, STRING_PDFOutputFolder);
//strcat(outFileName, FOLDERSYMBOL);
//strcat(outFileName, fileName);
strcat(outFileName, STRING_PDFOutputFolder);
strcat(outFileName, FOLDERSYMBOL);
strcat(outFileName, fileName);
//AVAlertNote(outFileName);
ASPathName outputFileName = ASFileSysCreatePathName (ASGetDefaultFileSys(), ASAtomFromString("Cstring"), outFileName, 0);
BindingFileToPDF(aspItem, fileName, props, TargetPDF, outputFileName, &iNumFiles, &iNumFilesConverted);
//AVAlertNote("File Processed");
ASFileSysReleasePath(fileSys, aspItem);
ASPathName pdfPathName = NULL;
DURING
// close the findfile
ASFileSysDestroyFolderIterator(fileSys, iter);
// save and close the output pdf file
// create path
ASText pathText = ASTextNew();
ASTextCatMany(
pathText,
dispText,
ASTextFromScriptText(FOLDERSYMBOL, kASRomanScript),
ASTextFromScriptText(OutputPdfFileName, kASRomanScript),
NULL);
#ifdef WIN_PLATFORM
ASFileSys fileSys = ASGetDefaultFileSysForPath(ASAtomFromString("ASTextPath"), pathText);
pdfPathName = ASFileSysCreatePathName (fileSys,
ASAtomFromString("ASTextPath"), pathText, 0);
#else
char path[MAX_STRING_LENGTH];
strncpy(path, ASTextGetEncoded(pathText,
ASTextGetBestEncoding(pathText, (ASHostEncoding)PDGetHostEncoding())), MAX_STRING_LENGTH - 1);
ASFileSys fileSys = ASGetDefaultFileSysForPath(ASAtomFromString("POSIXPath"), path);
pdfPathName = ASFileSysCreatePathName (fileSys,
ASAtomFromString("POSIXPath"), path, 0);
#endif
if(pdfPathName==NULL) {
E_RTRN_VOID
// delete the empty page
if(PDDocGetNumPages(TargetPDF)>1) {
PDDocDeletePages (TargetPDF, 0,0,NULL, NULL);
// save
//PDDocSave (TargetPDF, PDSaveFull | PDSaveCollectGarbage | PDSaveLinearized,
// pdfPathName, ASGetDefaultUnicodeFileSys(), NULL, NULL);
PDDocClose (TargetPDF);
//ASFileSysReleasePath(fileSys, pdfPathName);
HANDLER
// exception handling
char errorMsg[256];
ASGetErrorString (ASGetExceptionErrorCode(), errorMsg, 256);
if(pdfPathName!=NULL) ASFileSysReleasePath(fileSys, pdfPathName);
// display an error message.
if(ASBoolToBool(bEcho)==true) {
AVAlertNote (errorMsg);
return;
END_HANDLER
// use this line to show the massage on screen if you need
//if(ASBoolToBool(bEcho)==true) {
AVAlertNote ("Folder Completed. PDF/A Output files generated.");
return;
/* ConvertAndInsertFileToPDF
/** Internal function \n
** Convert a file to PDF, then insert it to target PDF file.
** @param aFileName IN char string, filename.
** @param PDFfile IN/OUT PDDoc of the target PDF file.
** @return 0 if OK, 1 if failed.
int ConvertAndInsertFileToPDF(ASPathName aPathName, char* aFileName, PDDoc PDFfile)
PDDoc tempPDF;
char* Ext;
DURING
// get file extention
Ext = strrchr(aFileName,'.');
if(Ext) {
Ext++;
else {
E_RETURN (1);
// if the file is PDF, open PDDoc
if(strcmp(Ext,"PDF")==0 || strcmp(Ext,"pdf")==0) {
tempPDF = PDDocOpen (aPathName, ASGetDefaultFileSys(), NULL, true);
if(tempPDF==NULL) {
PDDocClose(tempPDF);
E_RETURN (1);
// else convert it to PDF
else
// let it automatically find right handler for the file and do the job.
AVConversionStatus stat = AVConversionConvertToPDF
(kAVConversionAsyncOkay, //kAVConversionNoFlags
aPathName, ASGetDefaultFileSys(), &tempPDF, NULL);
// check if successful
if(stat != kAVConversionSuccess) {
//AVAlertNote("Cannot convert the file.");
E_RETURN (1);
HANDLER
// exception handling
char errorMsg[256];
ASGetErrorString (ASGetExceptionErrorCode(), errorMsg, 256);
// display an error message.
if(ASBoolToBool(bEcho) == true) {
AVAlertNote (errorMsg);
return 1;
END_HANDLER
// insert new PDF into target PDF
DURING
// insert all pages of new pdfc to TargetPDFfile.
PDDocInsertPages(PDFfile, PDLastPage, tempPDF, 0,
PDAllPages, PDInsertAll, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
PDDocClose(tempPDF);
HANDLER
char errorMsg[256];
ASGetErrorString (ASGetExceptionErrorCode(), errorMsg, 256);
if(ASBoolToBool(bEcho)==true) {
AVAlertNote(errorMsg);
END_HANDLER
if(strcmp(Ext,"doc")==0) {
char fname[40];
sprintf(fname,"%s.pdf",aFileName);
remove(fname);
return 0;
/* MyAVConversionToPDFEnumProc
/** Internal callback function \n
** called for every AVConversionToPDFHandler.
** get the valid type (file extention) for the conversion.
** @return true.
ACCB1 ASBool ACCB2 MyAVConversionToPDFEnumProc(AVConversionToPDFHandler handler,
AVConversionEnumProcData data)
ASUns16 numFileExt = handler->convFilter.numFileDescs;
for (int i = 0; i < numFileExt; i++) {
char* ext = handler->convFilter.fileDescs[i].extension;
if(strlen(ext)>0) {
strcat((char*) data, ext);
strcat((char*) data, ",");
return true;
/* this is alternative code to get right conversion handler for a specific file
to be converted. It works with function AVConversionConvertToPDFWithHandler.
It's not used now, but kept for user's reference.
ACCB1 ASBool ACCB2 AVConversionToPDFEnumFindHandler(AVConversionToPDFHandler handler,
AVConversionEnumProcData data)
ASUns16 numFileExt = handler->convFilter.numFileDescs;
for ( int i = 0; i < numFileExt; i++)
char* ext = handler->convFilter.fileDescs[i].extension;
if(strlen(ext)) {
if(!strcmp((char*) data, ext)) {
gHandler = handler;
return false;
return true;
/* BindingFileToPDF
/** Internal callback function for binding process \n
** IN: char* aFilename, ASFileSysItemPropsRec nFileAttrb \n
** PDDoc targetPDdDoc, int *ipTotal, \n
** int *ipConverted, FILE *logfile \n
** OUT: int *ipTotal, int *ipConverted. \n
void BindingFileToPDF(ASPathName aPathName, char* aFilename, ASFileSysItemPropsRec nFileAttrb, PDDoc targetPDdDoc, ASPathName outputPathName, int *ipTotal, int *ipConverted)
// ignore system, hidden files, and our target PDF and log file.
if( nFileAttrb.isHidden
|| (strcmp(aFilename,".")==0) || (strcmp(aFilename,".." )==0)
|| (strcmp(aFilename,OutputPdfFileName)==0) || (strcmp(aFilename,LogFileName)==0)) {
return;
(*ipTotal)++;
char msg[MAX_STRING_LENGTH] = "";
char* Done = "Converted";
char* NotDone = " - ";
// try to convert and insert it to target PDF file.
// rc would be 0 for success, otherwise 1.
int rc = ConvertAndSavePDFInTargetFolder(aPathName, aFilename, targetPDdDoc, outputPathName);
// if converted
if(rc==0) {
(*ipConverted)++;
/* PassPDFBinderFileFilter
/** Internal callback function for binding process
** @return true if the IN aFilename is a valid file for PDF conversion,
** otherwise false.
ASBool PassPDFBinderFileFilter(char* aFilename)
#ifdef USE_FILE_FILTER
// if the filter is empty, any file will pass.
if(strlen(gPDFBinderFileFilter)==0)
return true;
char* Ext = strrchr(aFilename,'.');
if(Ext!=NULL) {
Ext++;
if(strstr(gPDFBinderFileFilter, Ext)) {
return true;
return false;
#else
// not use filter, any file will pass.
return true;
#endif
/* ConvertAndInsertFileToPDF
/** Internal function \n
** Convert a file to PDF, then insert it to target PDF file.
** @param aFileName IN char string, filename.
** @param PDFfile IN/OUT PDDoc of the target PDF file.
** @return 0 if OK, 1 if failed.
int ConvertAndSavePDFInTargetFolder(ASPathName aPathName, char* aFileName, PDDoc PDFfile, ASPathName outputPathName)
PDDoc tempPDF;
char* Ext;
DURING
// get file extention
Ext = strrchr(aFileName,'.');
if(Ext) {
Ext++;
else {
E_RETURN (1);
// if the file is PDF, open PDDoc
if(strcmp(Ext,"PDF")==0 || strcmp(Ext,"pdf")==0) {
tempPDF = PDDocOpen (aPathName, ASGetDefaultFileSys(), NULL, true);
if(tempPDF==NULL) {
PDDocClose(tempPDF);
E_RETURN (1);
// else convert it to PDF
else
// let it automatically find right handler for the file and do the job.
AVConversionStatus stat = AVConversionConvertToPDF
(kAVConversionAsyncOkay, //kAVConversionNoFlags
aPathName, ASGetDefaultFileSys(), &tempPDF, NULL);
// check if successful
if(stat != kAVConversionSuccess) {
//AVAlertNote("Cannot convert the file.");
E_RETURN (1);
else {
//change Extension
ASText asTmp = ASTextNew();
ASFileSysDisplayASTextFromPath(ASGetDefaultUnicodeFileSys(), outputPathName, asTmp);
//AVAlertNote(ASTextGetScriptText(asTmp, kASRomanScript));
if(strcmp(Ext,"TIF")==0 || strcmp(Ext,"tif")==0){
ASTextReplace(asTmp, ASTextFromScriptText(".tif", kASRomanScript), ASTextFromScriptText(".pdf", kASRomanScript));
} else {
ASTextReplace(asTmp, ASTextFromScriptText(".tiff", kASRomanScript), ASTextFromScriptText(".pdf", kASRomanScript));
//AVAlertNote(ASTextGetScriptText(asTmp, kASRomanScript));
outputPathName = ASFileSysCreatePathName (ASGetDefaultUnicodeFileSys(), ASAtomFromString("ASTextPath"), asTmp, 0);
HANDLER
// exception handling
char errorMsg[256];
ASGetErrorString (ASGetExceptionErrorCode(), errorMsg, 256);
// display an error message.
if(ASBoolToBool(bEcho) == true) {
AVAlertNote (errorMsg);
return 1;
END_HANDLER
// Run OCR and Save new PDF into target PDF
DURING
// OCR
ASAtom cmdName;
AVCommand cmd;
cmdName=ASAtomFromString("PaperCapture");
cmd=AVCommandNew(cmdName);
ASCab config = ASCabNew();
ASCabPutInt (config, "UIPolicy", kAVCommandUISilent); //hide the interface
if (kAVCommandReady == AVCommandSetConfig (cmd, config)) {
//AVAlertNote("Config Ready");
ASCab inputs = ASCabNew();
ASCabPutPointer (inputs, kAVCommandKeyPDDoc, PDDoc, tempPDF, NULL);
if (kAVCommandReady == AVCommandSetInputs (cmd, inputs)) {
//AVAlertNote("Input Ready");
ASCabDestroy (inputs);
AVCommandStatus status = AVCommandExecute(cmd);
//switch (status) {
// case kAVCommandReady :
// AVAlertNote("Not working, but ready to work.");
// break;
// case kAVCommandWorking :
// AVAlertNote("Still working");
// break;
// case kAVCommandDone :
// AVAlertNote("Done working");
// break;
// case kAVCommandInError :
// AVAlertNote("In Error");
// break;
// case kAVCommandNotExecuted :
// AVAlertNote("Command not executed due to lack of objects on which the command to be executed");
// break;
AVCommandDestroy(cmd);
//Save
//PDDocSave (tempPDF, PDSaveFull | PDSaveCollectGarbage | PDSaveLinearized, outputPathName, ASGetDefaultUnicodeFileSys(), NULL, NULL);
//ClosePDF
//PDDocClose(tempPDF);
//Convert to PDF/A Compliance
//Select the right handler
AVConversionEnumFromPDFConverters(myAVConversionFromPDFEnumProc, NULL);
// do conversion
AVConversionStatus stat = AVConversionConvertFromPDFWithHandler(RightHandler, NULL, kAVConversionAsyncOkay, tempPDF, outputPathName, ASGetDefaultFileSys(), NULL);
// check the returned status and show message
//if (stat == kAVConversionSuccess)
// AVAlertNote( "The PDF/A file was saved in output folder." );
//else if (stat == kAVConversionFailed)
// AVAlertNote( "The PDF/A conversion failed." );
//else if (stat == kAVConversionSuccessAsync)
// AVAlertNote( "The conversion will continue asynchronously." );
//else if (stat == kAVConversionCancelled)
// AVAlertNote( "The conversion was cancelled." );
//Save
//PDDocSave (tempPDF, PDSaveFull | PDSaveCollectGarbage | PDSaveLinearized, outputPathName, ASGetDefaultUnicodeFileSys(), NULL, NULL);
//ClosePDF
PDDocClose(tempPDF);
ASFileSysReleasePath(ASGetDefaultFileSys(), outputPathName);
HANDLER
char errorMsg[256];
ASGetErrorString (ASGetExceptionErrorCode(), errorMsg, 256);
if(ASBoolToBool(bEcho)==true) {
AVAlertNote(errorMsg);
END_HANDLER
if(strcmp(Ext,"doc")==0) {
char fname[40];
sprintf(fname,"%s.pdf",aFileName);
remove(fname);
return 0;
//Select the appropiate handler for the PDF/A conversion
static ACCB1 ASBool ACCB2 myAVConversionFromPDFEnumProc(AVConversionFromPDFHandler handler, AVConversionEnumProcData data)
AVFileFilterRec filter = handler->convFilter;
ASUns16 numFileExt = filter.numFileDescs;
char *kUniqueID = handler->uniqueID;
// go through the conversion handlers to find a handler for PDF extension files and the unique key matches the PDF/A one.
for (ASInt32 i = 0; i < numFileExt; i++)
if (strlen(handler->convFilter.fileDescs[i].extension)>0)
// found it, fill in the handler and return false to stop going on.
if (!strcmp(handler->convFilter.fileDescs[i].extension, "pdf") && !strcmp(kUniqueID,"com.callas.preflight.pdfa")) {
RightHandler = handler;
return false ;
return true;There are some options for various APIs to run "kinda silent" - but again, Acrobat is designed for INTERACTIVE use…so "completely silent" isn't really an option.
As for speed – you'd need to be MUCH MORE specific about where your slow downs are. Have you profiled?
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Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 07:39:08 -0800
To: Leonard Rosenthol <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
Subject: Slow processing and getting opening errors/warnings
Re: Slow processing and getting opening errors/warnings
created by FFX-ER<http://forums.adobe.com/people/FFX-ER> in Acrobat SDK - View the full discussion<http://forums.adobe.com/message/4079175#4079175 -
Calling stored procedure from page process and PLS-00049 error?
Good morning guys!
I'm dealing with several problems this morning! The one that I need to deal with first is the following.
I created the page process (see below: 1st code) in order to validate if all records where LNG_GEBIET matches have the status 3 or 4. If that is the case I want to call the procedure "set_status_arbeit_zu_gebiet". If amountrs and countstat do not match, then nothing is supposed to be done.
The problem lies within the stored procedure itself. I receive a PLS-00049 bind variable error for :new.LNG_GEBIET.
Can you please tell me what I forgot to declare in code 2 below???
Thank you guys!
The page process:
Declare
amountrs number;
countstat number;
begin
SELECT COUNT(*) INTO amountrs FROM TBL_PUNKTDATEN where LNG_GEBIET = :P4_CNT_GEBIET;
SELECT COUNT(*) INTO countstat FROM TBL_PUNKTDATEN where LNG_GEBIET = :P4_CNT_GEBIET and INT_STATUS = 3 or LNG_GEBIET = :P4_CNT_GEBIET and INT_STATUS = 4;
IF amountrs = countstat THEN
set_status_arbeit_zu_gebiet;
ELSE
dbms_output.put('nothing');
END IF ;
end;Code 2 with the true problem!
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE set_status_arbeit_zu_gebiet
IS
cursor c2 is select LNG_GEBIET from TBL_ARBEIT_ZU_GEBIET where PNUM = 1114 and LNG_GEBIET=:new.LNG_GEBIET;
v_c2 c2%ROWTYPE;
BEGIN
open c2;
fetch c2 into v_c2;
if c2%notfound then
INSERT INTO TBL_ARBEIT_ZU_GEBIET
LNG_GEBIET,
LNG_ARBEITSSCHRITT,
PNUM,
INT_BEARBEITER,
DATE_DATUM,
GEPL_DATUM
VALUES
(:new.LNG_GEBIET,
52,
1114,
895,
sysdate,
to_date('01.01.1990', 'DD.MM.YYYY')
commit;
close c2;
END set_status_arbeit_zu_gebiet;One more question: Is it possible to integrate the first validation that calls my stored procedure into code 2?
Thanks for you time!
SebastianThe error is in following statement:
INSERT INTO TBL_ARBEIT_ZU_GEBIET ( ... ) VALUES ( :new.LNG_GEBIET, ... );
As the statement is part of a procedure and not trigger so it is not able to bind this variable with any value.
As a resolution, pass this value to the procedure from the process and use it in the insert statement.
The process will have following IF statement:_
IF amountrs = countstat THEN
set_status_arbeit_zu_gebiet *(:P4_CNT_GEBIET)*;
ELSE
dbms_output.put('nothing');
END IF ;
and the procedure will be as follows:_
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE set_status_arbeit_zu_gebiet *(p_lng_gebit varchar2)*
IS
cursor c2 is select LNG_GEBIET from TBL_ARBEIT_ZU_GEBIET where PNUM = 1114 and LNG_GEBIET= --:new.LNG_GEBIET-- p_lng_gebit ;
v_c2 c2%ROWTYPE;
BEGIN
INSERT INTO TBL_ARBEIT_ZU_GEBIET ( ... )
VALUES
( --:new.LNG_GEBIET-- p_lng_gebit, ... );
END set_status_arbeit_zu_gebiet;
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