Getting Started with Document Builder

Document Builder is a Workbench perspective where you can create and test assembly descriptors (DDX documents) without working directly in XML.

DDX documents describe the required appearance of a resultant document that is assembled from other documents and assets.

When you create a DDX document or open an existing DDX document, Workbench displays the DDX document in the Document Builder perspective. DDX documents created by Workbench must be contained in an application. You can also use Document Builder to edit DDX files on your computer.

    Create a DDX document

    1. Start Workbench and log on to your LiveCycle Server.

    2. Select File > New > Assembly Descriptor.

    3. Provide a name for the DDX document.

    4. Select an application to store the DDX document in. (See Working with Applications.)

    5. (Optional) Click Next and select an assembly descriptor template to use as your starting point.

    6. Click Finish.

    Open an existing DDX document in an application

    1. Start Workbench and log on to your LiveCycle Server.

    2. Select Window > Show View > Applications and then double-click the DDX document.

    Open a DDX document on your computer

    1. Start Workbench and log on to your LiveCycle Server.

    2. Select File > Open and then browse to the DDX document.

    Copy an existing DDX document into Document Builder

    1. Open the dialog or file that contains the existing DDX document and copy the entire DDX expression into your working buffer. The source can be a file or a process input.

    2. Use one of the previous instructions to create or open a DDX document.

    3. Select Source (upper-right corner). You will see the XML representation of the DDX document.

    4. Delete the existing content XML from the canvas.

    5. Paste the contents of your working buffer into the canvas.

    6. Save the DDX document.

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