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package ca.jlangdon.sampleservlets;
import java.io.*;
import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
public class AnnuityFF extends HttpServlet {
        static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
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                out.println("<style>body { margin: 0px; overflow:hidden }</style>");
                out.println("<script type='text/javascript'>");
                out.println("var int=self.setInterval('setUp()',1000);");
                out.println("function setUp() {");
                out.println("try {");
                out.println("var oPDF = document.getElementById('oPDF');");
                out.println("oPDF.messageHandler = {};");
                out.println("oPDF.messageHandler.onMessage = onMessageFromPdf;");
                out.println("int=window.clearInterval(int)");
                out.println("} catch(e) { } }");
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                out.println("<body scroll='no'>");
                out.println("<div id='myFrame' style='background-color:transparent;border:0px'>");
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        public void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, java.io.IOException {
                try {
                        String strExtract = request.getParameter("myTextArea");
                        response.setContentType("text/xml");
                        PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
                        out.println(strExtract);
                catch (Exception e) {
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var oDoc = event.target;
var strData = xfa.datasets.data.resolveNode("AnnuityFulfillmentPackage").saveXML("pretty");
var strings = [strData];
try {
oDoc.hostContainer.postMessage(strings);
catch (ex) {
xfa.host.messageBox("Error while posting a message to the container: " + ex);

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