Converting PDF Documents into XDP Documents

You can use the PDF Utilities Java and web service APIs to programmatically convert PDF documents into XDP documents.

Note: For more information about the PDF Utilities service, see Services Reference for LiveCycle .

Summary of steps

To convert a PDF document into an XDP document, perform the following steps:

  1. Include project files.

  2. Create a PDFUtilityService client.

  3. Invoke the PDF to XDP conversion operation.

Include project files

Include necessary files into your development project. If you are creating a client application using Java, include the necessary JAR files. If you are using web services, ensure that you include the proxy files.

Create a PDFUtilityService client

Before you can programmatically perform a PDF Utilities operation, you must create a PDFUtilityService client. With the Java API, this is accomplished by creating a PDFUtilityServiceClient object. With the web service API, this is accomplished by using a PDFUtilityServiceService object.

Invoke the PDF to XDP conversion operation

After you create the service client, you can invoke the PDF to XDP conversion operation.

Convert PDF documents into XDP documents using the Java API

Convert PDF documents into XDP documents by using the PDF Utilities API(Java):

  1. Include project files

    Include client JAR files, such as the adobe-pdfutility-client.jar, in your Java project’s class path..

  2. Create a PDFUtilityService client

    Create a PDFUtilityServiceClient object by using its constructor and passing a ServiceClientFactory object that contains connection properties.

  3. Invoke the PDF to XDP conversion operation

    To perform the conversion, invoke the PDFUtilityServiceClient object’s convertPDFtoXDP method and pass in a com.adobe.idp.Document object that represents the PDF file. The method returns a com.adobe.idp.Document object that represents the newly created XDP file.

See also

Converting PDF Documents into XDP Documents

Quick Start (EJB mode): Converting a document to a PDF/A document using the Java API

Including LiveCycle Java library files

Setting connection properties

Convert PDF documents into XDP documents using the web service API

Convert PDF documents into XDP documents by using the PDF Utilities API (web service):

  1. Include project files

    • Create a Microsoft .NET client assembly that consumes the PDF Utilities service WSDL file.

    • Reference the Microsoft .NET client assembly.

  2. Create a PDFUtilityService client

    Create a PDFUtilityServiceService object by using your proxy class constructor.

  3. Invoke the PDF to XDP conversion operation

    Invoke the PDFUtilityServiceService object’s convertPDFtoXDP method and pass in a BLOB object that represents the PDF file. The method returns a BLOB object that represents the newly created XDP file.

See also

Converting PDF Documents into XDP Documents

Quick Start (Base64): Converting a PDF document to an XDP document using the web service API

Invoking LiveCycle using Base64 encoding

Creating a .NET client assembly that uses Base64 encoding

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