This code example demonstrates how to populate a LiveCycle PDF (XFA) form with XDP data.

Imports FDFApp
Imports FDFApp.FDFApp_Class
Imports FDFApp.FDFDoc_Class
Partial Public Class populate_pdf_xdp_data
    Inherits System.Web.UI.Page

    Private PDFPath As String = Server.MapPath("/MyData/myPDFFile.pdf")
    Private XDPPath As String = Server.MapPath("/MyData/myXDPFile.xdp")
    Private cFDFDoc As New FDFApp.FDFDoc_Class
    Private cFDFApp As New FDFApp.FDFApp_Class
    Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        Try
	  ' OPEN XDP FROM BUFFER
	  'cFDFDoc = cFDFApp.FDFOpenFromStream(Request.InputStream, True, True)

	  ' CREATE A BLANK CLASS
	  'cFDFDoc = cFDFApp.FDFCreate

	  ' OPEN FROM FILE
	  cFDFDoc = cFDFApp.FDFOpenFromFile(XDPPath, True, True)
	  ' POPULATE A PDF WITH XDP DATA
	  Populate_PDF_XDP_Data()
        Catch Ex As Exception
	  Response.Write("Error: " & Ex.Message)
	  Response.End()
        End Try
    End Sub
    Public Sub Populate_PDF_XDP_Data()
        Try
	  cFDFDoc.PDFData = cFDFDoc.PDFMergeXDP2Buf(PDFPath, False, "")
	  ' CLEAR
	  Response.Clear()
	  ' MIME
	  Response.ContentType = cFDFApp.MimePDF
	  ' BUFFER
	  Response.BinaryWrite(cFDFDoc.PDFData)
        Catch ex As Exception
	  Throw ex
        End Try
        ' CALL OUTSIDE OF TRY{}
        ' END STREAM ENSURES NO HTML DATA IS WRITTEN
        Response.End()
    End Sub

End Class

This method demonstrates how to save a MS Access database record from a PDF form submission using FDF Toolkit .net and VB.net.

Imports FDFApp
Imports FDFApp.FDFApp_Class
Imports FDFApp.FDFDoc_Class
Partial Public Class save_pdf_form_submission_to_database
    Inherits System.Web.UI.Page

    Private URLPath As String = ""
    Private cFDFDoc As New FDFApp.FDFDoc_Class
    Private cFDFApp As New FDFApp.FDFApp_Class
    Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load

        cFDFDoc = cFDFApp.FDFOpenFromStream(Request.InputStream, True, True)
        Try
	  Save_New_Record_AUTOMATIC()
        Catch Ex As Exception
	  Response.Write("Error: " & Ex.Message)
	  Response.End()
        End Try
    End Sub
    Public Sub Save_New_Record_AUTOMATIC()
        ' SET TABLE NAME
        Dim strTableName As String = "TABLENAME"
        Dim myDA As New OleDb.OleDbDataAdapter("SELECT * FROM [" & strTableName & "];", "PROVIDER=MICROSOFT.JET.OLEDB.4.0; DATA SOURCE=" & Server.MapPath("/APP_DATA/myDATABASE.mdb") & ";")
        ' CREATE COMMAND BUILDER
        Dim cmd As New OleDb.OleDbCommandBuilder(myDA)
        Dim myDS As New DataSet
        ' FILL DATASET
        myDA.Fill(myDS, strTableName)
        ' NEW RECORD
        Dim myDR As DataRow = myDS.Tables(0).NewRow
        Try
	  ' SETS DATAROW VALUES FROM FDF - EXLUDING Autoincremental [ID] Field
	  myDR = cFDFDoc.FDFSetDataRowFromValues(myDR, "ID")
	  ' ADD NEW RECORD TO DATASET
	  myDS.Tables(strTableName).Rows.Add(myDR)
	  ' UPDATE DATASET
	  myDA.Update(myDS, strTableName)
        Catch ex As Exception
	  Throw ex
        End Try
        Return
    End Sub
    Public Sub Save_New_Record_MANUAL()
        ' SET TABLE NAME
        Dim strTableName As String = "TABLENAME"
        Dim myDA As New OleDb.OleDbDataAdapter("SELECT * FROM [" & strTableName & "];", "PROVIDER=MICROSOFT.JET.OLEDB.4.0; DATA SOURCE=" & Server.MapPath("/APP_DATA/myDATABASE.mdb") & ";")
        ' CREATE COMMAND BUILDER
        Dim cmd As New OleDb.OleDbCommandBuilder(myDA)
        Dim myDS As New DataSet
        ' FILL DATASET
        myDA.Fill(myDS, strTableName)
        ' NEW RECORD
        Dim myDR As DataRow = myDS.Tables(0).NewRow
        Try
	  ' SETS DATAROW VALUES FROM FDF - EXLUDING Autoincremental [ID] Field
	  myDR("FIELD_A") = cFDFDoc.FDFGetValue("FIELD_A", False)
	  myDR("FIELD_B") = cFDFDoc.FDFGetValue("FIELD_A", False) & " " & cFDFDoc.FDFGetValue("FIELD_C", False)
	  myDR("FIELD_D") = cFDFDoc.FDFGetValue("FIELD_D", False)
	  ' ADD NEW RECORD TO DATASET
	  myDS.Tables(strTableName).Rows.Add(myDR)
	  ' UPDATE DATASET

	  myDA.Update(myDS, strTableName)
        Catch ex As Exception
	  Throw ex
        End Try
        Return
    End Sub

End Class

This method demonstrates how to populate an image field in a LiveCycle form using FDF Toolkit .net and VB.net.

Private Sub ImageFieldManipulations()
        ' INSERTS IMAGE IN IMAGE FIELD ON LIVECYCLE FORMS
        Dim cFDFApp As New FDFApp_Class()
        Dim cFDFDoc As New FDFDoc_Class()
        cFDFDoc = cFDFApp.FDFCreate
        cFDFDoc.XDPAddForm("subform1", Server.MapPath("test_livecycle-image1.pdf"))
        cFDFDoc.XDPAddField("FullName", "Bo Duke", "subform1", FDFDoc_Class.FieldType.FldTextual)
        cFDFDoc.XDP_Add_ImageField("Image1", "subform1", Server.MapPath("Signature_01_Small.jpg"), True)
        Response.Clear()

        ' WRITE XDP DATA TO BUFFER
        Response.ContentType = cFDFApp.MimeXDP
        Response.BinaryWrite(cFDFDoc.FDFSavetoBuf(FDFDoc_Class.FDFType.XDP, True))

        ' WRITE MERGED XDP/PDF TO BUFFER
        'Response.ContentType = cFDFApp.MimePDF
        'Response.BinaryWrite(cFDFDoc.PDFMergeXDP2Buf(Server.MapPath("test_livecycle-image1.pdf"), False, ""))

        ' WRITE MERGED XDP/PDF TO FILE
        'cFDFDoc.PDFMergeXDP2File(Server.MapPath("test_livecycle-image-MERGED.pdf"), Server.MapPath("test_livecycle-image1.pdf"), False, "")

        Response.End()
    End Sub

        Dim cFDFApp As New FDFApp.FDFApp_Class
        Dim cFDFDoc As New FDFApp.FDFDoc_Class
        cFDFDoc = cFDFApp.FDFCreate
        'cFDFDoc.XDPAddForm("subform1", Request.Url.AbsoluteUri.Substring(0, Request.Url.AbsoluteUri.LastIndexOf("/") + 1) & "test_livecycle.pdf")
        ' !IMPORTANT ADD FORM (IF SINGLE PAGE THEN JUST ENTER "subform1"),PATH TO BLANK PDF
        cFDFDoc.XDPAddForm("subform1", Server.MapPath("test_livecycle.pdf"))
        ' ADD FIELDS
	  'cFDFDoc.XDPSetValue(FieldName, FieldValue)
        cFDFDoc.XDPSetValue("FullName", "Nick")
        cFDFDoc.XDPSetValue("Email", "no-reply@nk-inc.com")
        cFDFDoc.XDPSetValue("StreetAddress", "111 Easy Street")
        cFDFDoc.XDPSetValue("City", "Clinton Township")
        cFDFDoc.XDPSetValue("State", "MI")
        cFDFDoc.XDPSetValue("Country", "United States")
        cFDFDoc.XDPSetValue("PhoneNumber", "(586)-555-1111")
        cFDFDoc.XDPSetValue("FaxNumber", "(586)-555-1212")
        cFDFDoc.XDPSetValue("ZipCode", "48000")
        ' CLEAR RESPONSE (HTML CODE)
        Response.Clear()
        ' SET MIME BEFORE SENDING TO BUFFER
        Response.ContentType = cFDFApp.MimePDF
        'sends pdf to buffer (Flattens = False)
        'Response.BinaryWrite(cFDFDoc.PDFMergeXDP2Buf(Server.MapPath("test_livecycle.pdf"), False, ""))

        'merges to fil
        'cFDFDoc.PDFMergeXDP2File(Server.MapPath("test_livecycle_new.pdf"), Server.MapPath("test_livecycle.pdf"), False, "")
        'sends pdf to buffer (Flattens = True)
        'Response.BinaryWrite(cFDFDoc.PDFMergeXDP2Buf(Server.MapPath("test_livecycle.pdf"), True, ""))
        'sends xdp to buffer
        'Response.BinaryWrite(cFDFDoc.FDFSavetoBuf(FDFDoc_Class.FDFType.XDP, True))
        Response.End()

        Dim cFDFApp As New FDFApp.FDFApp_Class
        Dim cFDFDoc As New FDFApp.FDFDoc_Class
        cFDFDoc = cFDFApp.FDFCreate
        'cFDFDoc.XDPAddForm("subform1", Request.Url.AbsoluteUri.Substring(0, Request.Url.AbsoluteUri.LastIndexOf("/") + 1) & "test_livecycle.pdf")
        ' !IMPORTANT ADD FORM (IF SINGLE PAGE THEN JUST ENTER "subform1"),PATH TO BLANK PDF
        cFDFDoc.XDPAddForm("subform1", Server.MapPath("test_livecycle.pdf"))
        ' ADD FIELDS
	  'cFDFDoc.XDPSetValue(FieldName, FieldValue)
        cFDFDoc.XDPSetValue("FullName", "Nick")
        cFDFDoc.XDPSetValue("Email", "no-reply@nk-inc.com")
        cFDFDoc.XDPSetValue("StreetAddress", "111 Easy Street")
        cFDFDoc.XDPSetValue("City", "Clinton Township")
        cFDFDoc.XDPSetValue("State", "MI")
        cFDFDoc.XDPSetValue("Country", "United States")
        cFDFDoc.XDPSetValue("PhoneNumber", "(586)-555-1111")
        cFDFDoc.XDPSetValue("FaxNumber", "(586)-555-1212")
        cFDFDoc.XDPSetValue("ZipCode", "48000")
        ' CLEAR RESPONSE (HTML CODE)
        Response.Clear()
        ' SET MIME BEFORE SENDING TO BUFFER
        Response.ContentType = cFDFApp.MimePDF
        'sends pdf to buffer (Flattens = False)
        Response.BinaryWrite(cFDFDoc.PDFMergeFDF2Buf(Server.MapPath("test_livecycle.pdf"), False, ""))

        'merges to fil
        'cFDFDoc.PDFMergeXDP2File(Server.MapPath("test_livecycle_new.pdf"), Server.MapPath("test_livecycle.pdf"), False, "")
        'sends pdf to buffer (Flattens = Tru)
        'Response.BinaryWrite(cFDFDoc.PDFMergeFDF2Buf(Server.MapPath("test_livecycle.pdf"), True, ""))
        'sends xdp to buffer
        'Response.BinaryWrite(cFDFDoc.FDFSavetoBuf(FDFDoc_Class.FDFType.XDP, True))
        Response.End()

Imports FDFApp
Imports FDFApp.FDFApp_Class
Imports FDFApp.FDFDoc_Class
Partial Public Class testForm1
    Inherits System.Web.UI.Page
    Private URLPath As String = ""
    Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        URLPath = Request.Url.AbsoluteUri.ToString & ""
        URLPath = URLPath.Substring(0, URLPath.LastIndexOf("/") + 1) & ""
        Try
	  Load_Data(URLPath & "PDFFormName.pdf", Request("id") + 0, FDFApp.FDFDoc_Class.FDFType.PDF)
        Catch Ex As Exception
	  Response.Write("Error: " & Ex.Message)
	  Response.End()
        End Try
    End Sub
    Public Sub Load_Data(ByVal PDFFile As String, ByVal ID As Integer, ByVal OutPutMIMEType As FDFApp.FDFDoc_Class.FDFType)
        ' DECLARE THE COMPONENTS
        Dim FDFApp As New FDFApp.FDFApp_Class
        Dim FDFDoc As New FDFApp.FDFDoc_Class
        ' INITIALIZE THE COMPONENTS
        FDFDoc = FDFApp.FDFCreate
        FDFDoc.FDFSetFile(PDFFile)
        Dim myDA As New OleDb.OleDbDataAdapter("SELECT * FROM [TABLENAME] WHERE ID=" & ID & ";", "PROVIDER=MICROSOFT.JET.OLEDB.4.0; DATA SOURCE=" & Server.MapPath("/APP_DATA/myDATABASE.mdb") & ";")
        Dim myDS As New DataSet
        myDA.Fill(myDS, "TABLENAME")
        ' SETS VALUES FROM TABLE ROW TO FDF
        FDFDoc.FDFSetValuesFromDataRow(myDS.Tables(0).Rows(0))
        ' WRITE THE FDF TO THE BUFFER
        Response.Clear()
        Select Case OutPutMIMEType
	  Case Global.FDFApp.FDFDoc_Class.FDFType.FDF
	      Response.ContentType = FDFApp.MimeFDF
	      Response.BinaryWrite(FDFDoc.FDFSavetoBuf(Global.FDFApp.FDFDoc_Class.FDFType.FDF, False))
	  Case Global.FDFApp.FDFDoc_Class.FDFType.PDF
	      Response.ContentType = FDFApp.MimePDF
	      Response.BinaryWrite(FDFDoc.PDFMergeFDF2Buf(PDFFile, False, ""))
	  Case Global.FDFApp.FDFDoc_Class.FDFType.XDP
	      Response.ContentType = FDFApp.MimeXDP
	      Response.BinaryWrite(FDFDoc.FDFSavetoBuf(Global.FDFApp.FDFDoc_Class.FDFType.XDP, True))
        End Select
        Response.End()
    End Sub

End Class

LiveCycle Setup Part I Here are the setting in order to parse LiveCycle Form data (XDP) with FDF Toolkit .net. Select "Button" Select "Submit" Click "Button" Tab Provide URL to script Select XDP Data Package Uncheck Annotations Uncheck PDF Select UTF-8

LiveCycle Setup Part II Here are the setting to use when saving LiveCycle Forms to in order to merge XDP data with LiveCycle forms using FDF Toolkit .net. Select Acrobat 6,7,8 "Static"

We recently ran into a situation where a client was unable to use the FDFToolkit.net 2.0 component on a remote server. It worked fine on the testing server.

The error was:

System.Security.SecurityException: That assembly does not allow partially trusted callers

I looked up the error, and found out how to allow the server to trust our component.

SOLUTION: 

Since we have the source to our component, as well as the iTextSharp component all we had to do is make some minor changes and recompile.

We opened our sources, and inserted the following line into the AssemblyInfo.vb files for both FDFToolkit.net and iTextSharp:

< Assembly: System.Security.AllowPartiallyTrustedCallers() >

And we made sure the component has the full version information hardcoded in the assemblies.

< Assembly: AssemblyVersion("2.0.0.0") >

Recompiled both components, and the error message dissapeared.

Here's a link to iTextSharp & Partially Trusted web hosts solution: 

http://www.jwc3.net/2008/07/itextsharp-will-not-run-in-partially.html

I recently had a project, using ASP.net 2.0, and manually submitted the site to Yahoo!, MSN, Google. The whole domain placed well on Google, and MSN, but, it seemed we were lacking placement on Yahoo!'s search engine results.

We purchased a paid subscription to Yahoo! Submit express, $50 per domain per year, to diagnose the problem, but we were still lacking hits. I ran a search at Yahoo! for the whole site, it came up with the correct titles, but, the descriptions were not our META descriptions, they were just random text from the content of the pages. I looked at our META information from the HTML page, and the server side META tags were creating an extra parameter, "ID", since it was set to runat="server". I was doing this so I can control the TITLE, DESCRIPTION, and KEYWORDS from within the modules.

Anyway, I fixed the problem, by creating each META tag on the page itself, instead of loading it from the code behind.

The site is now ranking very well on Google, MSN, as well as Yahoo!

Useful links:

• http://www.codeproject.com/KB/server-management/Google_Indexing_Problem.aspx
• http://www.codeproject.com/KB/aspnet/PageTags.aspx

 

Search Engine Web master tools

• Google Tools
• Live.com Tools
• Yahoo Tools

Other Web Master Tools

• Meta Analyzer
• Google Keyword Tool
• Various Tools

 

The most useful tools would be the Meta Anayzer, in conjunction with Google Tools. The Meta Analyzer can ultimately inform you if the web site content and meta information are not relevent. Google's web master tools can easily help determine help submission to Google.

Yahoo's paid submission is good, but I recommend only submitting the home page. Yahoo's paid submission crawls your url every two days, and it costs $50 per url / per year. Yahoo's tools allow you to see your web page's META information as Yahoo sees it. This is useful if your site isn't being crawled correctly. You can submit a maximum of only 5 urls per domain using Yahoo's paid submission.

Live's free submission tool, and Google's submission tool allow you to submit a site map, but Live's site map submission only allows you to submit a sitemap XML url in your home directory of your domain.

Beware, over use of keywords can lead to penalized rankings. Use keywords in normal sentences, and do not bloat your TITLE tag with multiple instances of one keyword. Use only one keyword instance in the TITLE. Overuse of keywords, whether in the body or META data, can cause search engines to lower your rankings. Also, make sure all your keywords are listed in the description, and body content of your web page.