Submit As XML Data

Good day,
I have created a form in LiveCycle Designer, on eof the buttons of the form is Submit, I'm integrating the form to a .NET application.
What I nee is to send an XML to a file when the user clicks the submit button, then the .NET application will pick that XML and sends it to the database.
My first challenge is how do I make sure that the xml is sent to a file, I know I'm suppose to write something under the Submit to URL...
Secondly, is it easier for the form to just send the xml straight to the database & let the .NET application pick it up from the database, if so, then how do I do that one.
Thanks

Sending XML via HTTP submit will probably be what you need. This will have to call a webservice though that would accept the xml and then put it onto your server or wherever you are putting it. Putting it directly into a database would be done the exact same way. Call a webservice with submit type of xml and handle the database insert at the web service, then your .NET app would be able to grab it.

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v_xml_data         clob;
v_xml_footer       varchar2(50);
v_create_date      varchar2(10);
v_scientist_name   v_users.full_name%type;
v_scientist_email v_users.email_address%type;
v_primas_code      construct.fkprimas%type;
v_nominator_name   v_nominators.full_name%type;
v_file_length      number;
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    <sendingPerson>'||v_scientist_name||'</sendingPerson>
    <notification>'||v_scientist_email||'</notification>
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      into v_primas_code
      from construct
      where constructid = rec.constructid;
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        v_nominator_name := 'Test, Christine';
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      <nominator>'||v_nominator_name||'</nominator>
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      <primaryTrait>'||rec.u_primary_trait||'</primaryTrait>
      <sourceMatPrvd>'||rec.u_source_mat_prvd||'</sourceMatPrvd>
      <prokaryoticResistance>'||rec.u_pro_resistance_1||'</prokaryoticResistance>
      <vectorType>'||rec.u_vector_type||'</vectorType>
      <priority>'||rec.u_my_priority||'</priority>
      <immediateTrafo>'||rec.u_immediate_trafo||'</immediateTrafo>
      <newComponent>'||rec.u_new_bps_cmpnt||'</newComponent>
      <componentName>'||rec.u_compnt_name||'</componentName>
      <newComponentDescription>'||rec.u_new_cmpt_desc||'</newComponentDescription>
      <targetCrop>'||rec.u_target_crop||'</targetCrop>
      <Line>'||rec.u_corn_line||'</Line>
      <plantSelection>'||rec.u_plant_selection||'</plantSelection>
      <numOfIndEvents>'||rec.u_num_of_ind_events||'</numOfIndEvents>
      <numOfPlantsPerEvent>'||rec.u_num_plants_per_event||'</numOfPlantsPerEvent>
      <molecularQualityEvents>'||rec.u_molecular_quality_events||'</molecularQualityEvents>
      <toField>'||rec.u_field||'</toField>
      <potentialPhenotype>'||rec.u_potential_phenotype||'</potentialPhenotype>
      </Construct>
end loop;
-- complete xml data
v_xml_footer := '
      </entities>
    </exchange>
-- complete submission data
:P36_XML_SUBMISSION := null;
:P36_XML_SUBMISSION := v_xml_info||v_xml_header||v_xml_data||v_xml_footer;
:P36_XML_SUBMISSION := trim(:P36_XML_SUBMISSION);
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <exchange xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="deService" xsi:schemaLocation="deService http://mycompany.com/webservices/apexdataexchange/schemas/RTPCATT.xsd"> <header xmlns=""> <stdXmlVer>2.0</stdXmlVer> <sendingUnit>10</sendingUnit> <sendingPerson>Test, Christine</sendingPerson> <notification>[email protected]</notification> <creationDate>2011-12-20</creationDate> </header> <entities xmlns=""> <Construct> <requestBUID>150000123</requestBUID> <requestName>AA0000123</requestName> <cassetteBUID>160000123</cassetteBUID> <cassetteName>AB000123</cassetteName> <scientist>Test, Christine</scientist> <projectNumber>T000123</projectNumber> <subProject>Discovery Plus</subProject> <comments>AA0000123 From CATT on 20-DEC-11 </comments> <nominator>Test, Christine</nominator> <goingToVqc>true</goingToVqc> <primaryTrait>promoter::intron::transit:gene::terminator</primaryTrait> <sourceMatPrvd>seed - stuff</sourceMatPrvd> <prokaryoticResistance></prokaryoticResistance> <vectorType>Plant Vector</vectorType> <priority>Medium</priority> <immediateTrafo>true</immediateTrafo> <newComponent></newComponent> <componentName>gene</componentName> <newComponentDescription>unknown function; sequence has some similarity to others</newComponentDescription> <targetCrop>Crop</targetCrop> <Line>Inbred</Line> <plantSelection>smidge ver2</plantSelection> <numOfIndEvents>6</numOfIndEvents> <numOfPlantsPerEvent>1</numOfPlantsPerEvent> <molecularQualityEvents>NA</molecularQualityEvents> <toField>true</toField> <potentialPhenotype></potentialPhenotype> </Construct> </entities> </exchange>My application page is accessed by an action from another page. The user reviews the data in a sql report region. When the use clicks on the Upload (SUBMIT) button, the xml string is generated first and then the web service is invoked. I have tried passing a simple string as the second parameter ("dummydata") and partial data in the xml string ("<sendingPerson>Test, Christine</sendingPerson>") the web service returns this error in both cases:
Error[Validate Data]: (XML) = Data at the root level is invalid. Line 1, position 1.. Cannot validate the XML! Data Exchange not accepted!Once I pass the entire xml string above, I get an Oracle-01403: no data found error. I have opened the web service in IE and pasted my xml input string and received a valid, verified result, so I am sure that the generated xml is correct. I have spoken with the web service developer; there are no log entries created by the web service when I submit the full xml string, so I suspect the failure is in the Apex application.
Thanks,
Christine
I should add that once I have nested tags in the xml, I get the Oracle no data found error ("<header xmlns=""> <stdXmlVer>2.0</stdXmlVer> <sendingUnit>10</sendingUnit> </header>"). I f I do not have nested tags in the xml ("<notification>[email protected]</notification> <creationDate>2011-12-20</creationDate>"), I get the web service response (error).
Edited by: ChristineD on Dec 20, 2011 9:54 AM

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      ,u_plant_selection,u_num_of_ind_events,u_num_plants_per_event,u_molecular_quality_events
      ,replace(replace(u_field,'Yes','true'),'No','false') u_field
      ,u_t1_seed_request,u_potential_phenotype,u_submission_date
      ,u_sequence_length,u_trait,u_frst_parent,u_frst_parent_vshare_id,u_cds_vshare_id
      ,constructid,cassetteid,description
    from temp_constructs_lims
    order by constructid,description;
v_xml_info         varchar2(350);
v_xml_header       varchar2(1000);
v_xml_data         clob;
v_xml_footer       varchar2(50);
v_create_date      varchar2(10);
v_scientist_name   v_users.full_name%type;
v_scientist_email v_users.email_address%type;
v_primas_code      construct.fkprimas%type;
v_nominator_name   v_nominators.full_name%type;
v_file_length      number;
v_xml_body    varchar2(32767); --added by AustinJ
v_page_item    varchar2(32767); --added by AustinJ
begin
-- initialize variables
v_create_date := to_char(sysdate,'YYYY-MM-DD');
--v_xml_data := null;   --commented out by AustinJ
dbms_lob.createtemporary( v_xml_data, FALSE, dbms_lob.session ); --added by AustinJ
dbms_lob.open( v_xml_data, dbms_lob.lob_readwrite ); --added by AustinJ
-- get name and email address
begin
    select full_name,email_address
    into v_scientist_name,v_scientist_email
    from v_users
    where ldap_account = :F140_USER_ID;
exception when no_data_found then
    v_scientist_name := '';
    v_scientist_email := '';
    v_scientist_name := 'Test, Christine';
    v_scientist_email := '[email protected]';
end;
-- set up xml file
if :OWNER like '%DEV%' then
    v_xml_info := '
      <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
      <exchange xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
                xmlns="deService"
                xsi:schemaLocation="deService http://mycompany.com/webservices/apexdataexchange/schemas/RTPCATT.xsd">
else
    v_xml_info := '
      <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
      <exchange xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
                xmlns="deService"
                xsi:schemaLocation="deService http://mycompanyprod.com/webservices/apexdataexchange/schemas/RTPCATT.xsd">
end if;
-- populate xml header records
v_xml_header := '<header xmlns="">
    <stdXmlVer>2.0</stdXmlVer>
    <sendingUnit>'||:P36_UNIT_NUMBER||'</sendingUnit>
    <sendingPerson>'||v_scientist_name||'</sendingPerson>
    <notification>'||v_scientist_email||'</notification>
    <creationDate>'||v_create_date||'</creationDate>
</header>
<entities xmlns="">
for rec in build_data loop
    begin
      -- get primas code for current construct
      select fkprimas
      into v_primas_code
      from construct
      where constructid = rec.constructid;
    exception when no_data_found then
      v_primas_code := null;
    end;
    begin
      -- get nominator name for current construct
      select full_name
      into v_nominator_name
      from v_nominators
      where nominator_id = rec.u_nominator;
    exception
      when no_data_found then
        v_nominator_name := null;
      when invalid_number then
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      <projectNumber>'||v_primas_code||'</projectNumber>
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      <nominator>'||v_nominator_name||'</nominator>
      <goingToVqc>'||rec.u_going_to_vqc||'</goingToVqc>
      <primaryTrait>'||rec.u_primary_trait||'</primaryTrait>
      <sourceMatPrvd>'||rec.u_source_mat_prvd||'</sourceMatPrvd>
      <prokaryoticResistance>'||rec.u_pro_resistance_1||'</prokaryoticResistance>
      <vectorType>'||rec.u_vector_type||'</vectorType>
      <priority>'||rec.u_my_priority||'</priority>
      <immediateTrafo>'||rec.u_immediate_trafo||'</immediateTrafo>
      <newComponent>'||rec.u_new_bps_cmpnt||'</newComponent>
      <componentName>'||rec.u_compnt_name||'</componentName>
      <newComponentDescription>'||rec.u_new_cmpt_desc||'</newComponentDescription>
      <targetCrop>'||rec.u_target_crop||'</targetCrop>
      <Line>'||rec.u_corn_line||'</Line>
      <plantSelection>'||rec.u_plant_selection||'</plantSelection>
      <numOfIndEvents>'||rec.u_num_of_ind_events||'</numOfIndEvents>
      <numOfPlantsPerEvent>'||rec.u_num_plants_per_event||'</numOfPlantsPerEvent>
      <molecularQualityEvents>'||rec.u_molecular_quality_events||'</molecularQualityEvents>
      <toField>'||rec.u_field||'</toField>
      <potentialPhenotype>'||rec.u_potential_phenotype||'</potentialPhenotype>
      </Construct>
    ';    --modified by AustinJ
    dbms_lob.writeappend( v_xml_data, length(v_xml_body), v_xml_body);   --added by AustinJ
end loop;
-- complete xml data
v_xml_footer := '
      </entities>
    </exchange>
-- complete submission data
v_page_item := null;
v_page_item := v_xml_info||v_xml_header||wwv_flow.do_substitutions(wwv_flow_utilities.clob_to_varchar2(v_xml_data))||v_xml_footer;   --added by AustinJ
:P36_XML_SUBMISSION := trim(v_page_item);   --added by AustinJ
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    if v_xml_data is not null then
        dbms_lob.freetemporary(v_xml_data);   --added by AustinJ
    end if; --added by AustinJ
end;This code will use the Database to construct your clob and then convert it back to a varchar2 for output to your webservice. This makes more sense to me now and hopefully you can follow what the process is doing.
You don't technically need the two varchar2(36767) variables. I used two for naming convention clarity sake. You could use just one multipurpose variable instead.
If you have any questions, just ask. I'll help if I can.
Austin
Edited by: AustinJ on Dec 20, 2011 12:17 PM
Fixed spelling mistakes.

Fill in form using XML data source usable in Reader

I have a simple example of a scenario we need to solve. Different branches will fill out a form (designed in LiveCycle 8) and by entering their branch number static information will be filled in. I want to store the static infomation for all branches in an XML sheet that will be stored on a shared folder on the intranet.
The problem I have is getting the script to run in Reader. In preview in the Designer and using the import data function of Acrobat Pro it works fine. I think I am missing the script to import the data to work in Reader. I have not been able to find anything in the documentation to point me in the right direction. I have also had a case open with Adobe support for 2 months.
Any help would be appreciated.
Kris
Below is the script in the exit event of the Text field BranchNumber:
----- BranchInfo.#subform[0].BranchNumber::exit: - (FormCalc, client) ------------------------------
xfa.host.resetData("xfa.form.BranchInfo.#subform[0].Party_Code")
Party_Code.clearItems()
var BList = ref(record.Branches)
for j=0 upto (BList.nodes.length -1) do
xfa.resolveNode("BranchInfo.#subform[0].Ph") = BList.nodes.item(2).name
if (BList.nodes.item(j).BranchCode.value == $) then
xfa.resolveNode("BranchInfo.#subform[0].Full_Company_Address") = BList.nodes.item(j).Full_Address.value
var List = ref(BList.nodes.item(j).SPCS)
if (List.nodes.length == 1) then
xfa.resolveNode("BranchInfo.#subform[0].Party_Code") = BList.nodes.item(j).SPCS.SPC.value
elseif (List.nodes.length > 1) then
for i=0 upto List.nodes.length -1 do
BranchInfo.#subform[0].Party_Code.addItem(List.nodes.item(i).value,"")
endfor
endif
xfa.resolveNode("BranchInfo.#subform[0].Ph") = BList.nodes.item(j).PH.value
xfa.resolveNode("BranchInfo.#subform[0].Fax") = BList.nodes.item(j).FAX.value
xfa.resolveNode("BranchInfo.#subform[0].Member") = BList.nodes.item(j).Member.value
break
endif
endfor
Below is the xml data file for this test:
<BranchInfo>
<Branches>
<Branch>
<BranchCode>123456</BranchCode>
<Full_Address>123 First RD #02 BOX 2222, DARTMOUTH, NS, B7W 1X9</Full_Address>
<PH>9025551234</PH>
<FAX>9025556789</FAX>
<Member>991AP991P</Member>
<SPCS>
<SPC>NS-6379</SPC>
</SPCS>
</Branch>
<Branch>
<BranchCode>123882</BranchCode>
<Full_Address>BOX 55 Second ROAD PLAZA, ST JOHN'S, NL, A9N 1X1</Full_Address>
<PH>7095552345</PH>
<FAX>7095557890</FAX>
<Member>991AP222P</Member>
<SPCS>
<SPC>NL-706</SPC>
</SPCS>
</Branch>
<Branch>
<BranchCode>123333</BranchCode>
<Full_Address>333A Third ST, ST STEPHEN, NB, E9A 2Z3</Full_Address>
<PH>5065553333</PH>
<FAX>5065559999</FAX>
<Member>991AP333P</Member>
<SPCS>
<SPC>NB-10269</SPC>
</SPCS>
</Branch>
</Branches>
</BranchInfo>

Hi Jeroen,
to have a user fill in, you first need to create a Web Dynpro application providing the offline form, e.g. through a download - tutorial at http://sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/downloaditem?rid=/library/uuid/2dd3dbcd-0401-0010-55b8-b10808ff688e - or an e-mail - tutorial at http://sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/downloaditem?rid=/library/uuid/b040e6cd-0401-0010-268d-f67cf4904358
On the return trip, the user-entered data is stored in the SAP backend via the Web Dynpro context. (You do not store the raw XML, the data is back-converted by ADS to Java.)
In the fourth step, you will have to provide a Web Dynpro
application with an online form, which can be part of the same project, but basically generates the form again for completion.
If you want to use the same form that was submitted, you have to have your app store the submitted PDF (do not submit only the XML) in the backend (through the WD context), and then call that one up in the online scenario.
Cheers,
Markus

Problem in importing XML Data In Acrobat - X

Hello All,
I have a LiveCycle form where I am embedding a sample XML into it. (No data connection and no binding). After filling the form when the user clicks the submit button before submitting the XML it removes all the nodes of the sample XML that's embedded to it so that the exported data is encapsulated within the field tag/attribute.
We can again import the submitted XML back into the form to do some manual editing.It works fine in Acrobat - 9 Pro. But when I try to import the submitted XML data back into the form in the Acrobat - X it shows the error : "Could not load data from Text file".It does not give any error while importing the sample XML into the form. I am totally confused. What could be the problem here ?
LiveCycle version - ES 8.2
Thanks.
Bibhu.

declare @x xml='<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Flussi xmlns="http://indennitario.acquirenteunico.it/Semplificato/1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<Flusso xsi:type="FlussoSI1.1150Type" COD_FLUSSO="1150" COD_SERVIZIO="SI1">
<IdentificativiRichiesta>
<CodPratGestore>688628</CodPratGestore>
</IdentificativiRichiesta>
</Flusso>
</Flussi>'
;WITH XMLNAMESPACES(default 'http://indennitario.acquirenteunico.it/Semplificato/1.0')
select p.q.value('@COD_FLUSSO','int'),
p.q.value('@xsi:type[1]','varchar(100)'),
p.q.value('@COD_SERVIZIO','varchar(10)'),
p.q.value('(IdentificativiRichiesta/CodPratGestore)[1]','int')
from @x.nodes('/Flussi/Flusso')p(q)
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How to Create a Button for Reader Users to Save XML Data File?

The "Submit via Email" tries to launching the local email software, like outlook express. But public computer tends to use internet emails.
I am thinking of creating a button, allowing the reader users to save xml data filled in the form (same as the "submit via email" produces) somewhere.
anyone has a clue?
Thanks a lot!

You could create the shortcut at one machine, then copy it to the target as part of the logon script. Note also that this line contains an error:
"C:\Users\%userprofile%\Desktop\Org_chart_test.lnk"
It should read:
"%userprofile%\Desktop\Org_chart_test.lnk"

XML data from Form?!?!

I've used LD8.0 to create a feedback form for my customers (it's at http://www.raven-multimedia.com/Feedback.pdf for reference). The first time I created it it was fairly large (1.4MB) and when a user clicked the submit-by-email button the data file attached to the message was a very small XML file {which I had no problem importing into my form to get the results}.
In fiddling with the form to try to make the file online smaller I've done SOMETHING which has resulted in a smaller form (now about 590kb), but when submitted by email the
entire form
is attached in PDF format!
How do I (or is there any way to...) keep the form itself SMALL and make sure that the data file sent to me is XML (thus small) too?!?!
I'm also interested in making the form as compatible as possible, which means an earlier version of Acrobat, but again run up against the problem that earlier version seems to mean larger file size.
Any and all help will be appreciated!
Thanks in advance,
Jim 8^O
PS- Oh, hey, can anyone tell me why I can't import Text data to my form?!?!

He that can have patience can have what he will.
The size of the image you embedded is overkill!
Try resizing the original image to about 100*120 px (not sure about the exact size). Remove the original image, embed the resized one. This way you may save another 400 KBytes. In the image's 'draw'-tab select 'use original size'.
Also, do not save the image as jpg but gif. You don't need to use jpg as the image does not feature lots of different colors. That one may save you another... 30 KBytes at least.
You want to send XML data? Follow these steps
Sending complete PDF on eMail-submit but instead of 'PDF', select 'XML' in the options.

Adding a DateTime stamp to XML data file on PDF Form

I have a PDF form which is submitting data via email.
I am not requiring a signature.
Along with the data collected on the form, I'd like the XML data file sent to include a date/time stamp. Roughly, this could be when the "Submit" button was selected.
I have been able to get the current date/time to display, on the form. However, I cannot get the value displayed on the form to be sent in the dataset.

I got this to work using the following steps:
1) create a field (TextField1 in the data example below) on the form for the data/time (this could be a hidden field, if you want). Mine is set to "Calculated-Read Only"
2) Populate it in its calculate script using:
this.rawValue = xfa.timeStamp;
(I could have scripted it to set its value in the Submit button, so the date & time are determined when the button is clicked, instead of when the form is opened).
3) Make sure to set the field's binding to "normal" instead of "none" - this ensures that the field's value is part of the submitted XML data file. This is the key step.
When I click the email submit button, I get the following XML Data;
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<form1
><TextField1
>2008-03-03T16:01:59Z</TextField1
><TextField2
>some text</TextField2
></form1
>

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