Brad White

Encrypting your JBoss datasource password (specific for LiveCycle).

By Brad White on May 18, 2010 11:14 PM | No Comments

LiveCycle ES2 uses encryption to store the datasource information. Here is a quick how-to create your own encrypted datasource:

STEP 1)

In a cmd window, navigate to "C:\Adobe\Adobe LiveCycle ES2\jboss"

Perform this command on the sesrver:

java -cp lib/jboss-common.jar;lib/jboss-jmx.jar;server/lc_turnkey/lib/jbosssx.jar;server/lc_turnkey/lib/jboss-jca.jar org.jboss.resource.security.SecureIdentityLoginModule YOUR_PASSWORD_HERE

Don't forget to swap out "YOUR_PASSWORD_HERE" and then copy the resultant, encrypted password for use in Step 3.

STEP 2)

Edit and copy the mydatasource-ds.xml datasource file to: "C:\Adobe\Adobe LiveCycle ES2\jboss\server\lc_turnkey\deploy".

You should only have to change "YOUR_DATABASE_SERVER_NAME_HERE" if your particular datasource is for an Oracle XE database.

STEP 3)

Add this node to the very bottom (just above </policy> of "C:\Adobe\Adobe LiveCycle ES2\jboss\server\lc_turnkey\conf\login-config.xml"

</application-policy>

<application-policy name="EncryptDBPassword_MY_ENCRYPTED_DS">

<login-module code="org.jboss.resource.security.SecureIdentityLoginModule" flag="required">

<module-option name="username">USER_NAME_HERE</module-option>

<module-option name="password">THE_ENCRYPTED_PASSWORD_FROM_STEP_1</module-option>

<module-option name="managedConnectionFactoryName">jboss.jca:name=ICCD_DS,service=LocalTxCM</module-option>

</login-module>

</authentication>

</application-policy>

Change USER_NAME_HERE to the datasource username and THE_ENCRYPTED_PASSWORD_FROM_STEP_1 to the result of step 1.

You'll have to restart JBoss for the login-config.xml to take.

Populate a drop-down with a web service in a PDF.

By Brad White on March 15, 2010 8:28 PM | 2 Comments

I get this question a lot so let's record my answer.

How do you populate a drop-down with the returned results of a web service? Let's say the web service returns a repeating XML node (FirstName, LastName).

Do not try to use Dynmaic Data Bindings just yet. They only work the first time you call them as per Adobe's own: http://forms.stefcameron.com/2006/07/29/dynamic-properties/ (Read to the bottom).

You'll have to do it manually with JavaScript. It's real easy though...

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How To Install LiveCycle 8.2.2 with MSSQL 2005

By Brad White on March 11, 2009 2:31 PM | No Comments

I thought I would share this article that I had on our internal wiki that was originally created by myself and updated by a colleague of mine. It's proven to be quite useful.

This article is designed to aid in the manual installation of LiveCycle 8.2.2 with MSSQL 2005. Attached is a zip file with all the files that I reference that should be easily dropped.

This article was intended to create development environments.

JBossService_64-bit.zip

LiveCycle-JBoss-MSSQL -Install.zip

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Disable or Cancel Printing on Required Fields

By Brad White on January 13, 2009 4:08 PM | No Comments

I looked many places to find an example of disabling printing if all required fields were not filled in. Follwing this post:

http://forms.stefcameron.com/2008/04/13/prevent-printing-pdf-forms-in-acrobat-8/

and a little tweaking, I created a form that lets you turn on and off required fields and disables printing if required fields are not filled in. It's a very basic example but remember to read the link above for the key ingredient.

The form: MandatoryPrinting2.pdf

How to configure Flex Builder 3 with DataServices

By Brad White on January 8, 2009 5:11 PM | No Comments

Getting something running with LiveCycle Data Services proved to be quite troublesome in Flex Builder 2. Then Flex Builder 3 came along and made everything so much better. It's much easier and following these instructions should move you along nicely.

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Merge Data with a Template Using LC Output within a Process

By Brad White on January 6, 2009 9:20 PM | 6 Comments

The following post walks you through creating a LiveCycle process within Workbench that generates a PDF document using LiveCycle Output 8.2. First a request is received via SOAP, then we look up configuration parameters in a properties file, then we retrieve records and data from a database, then we merge this data with a form template, and finally we write the file out to disk.

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4 Ways to Invoke a WebService in Flex with MXML and ActionScript

By Brad White on December 11, 2008 8:41 PM | 2 Comments

I had a recent need to call a webservice to receive some display data. I thought the task was quite easy and in reality it is but trying to Google webservice and Flex brings you back more information than you want. I've attached an example of 4 ways to call a webservice in Flex.

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