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Preparing PDF and DDX files

The PDF files included in the input directory or defined by the Assembler QPAC must correspond to the file
pattern value defined for the
When using Watched Folder with LiveCycle Assembler, you must specify the Input Document Map
variable (as described in
use the
sourceMatch
setting the regular expression pattern for the
Reference.
For example, in the DDX file, the PDF source can be specified in the following ways:
Pattern matching for specific file names:
●
<PDF source="mysource" sourceMatch="appendix[\d]+[.]pdf" select="1-last"/>
Pattern matching with wildcard value:
●
<PDF source="mysource" sourceMatch=".+[.]pdf" select="1-last"/>
In the examples above, pattern-matching matches any input PDF files that begin with the characters
appendix
matches at least one input PDF file with any characters that include digits and end with .pdf.
For more information on setting the source element in the DDX file, see "Specifying multiple input
streams" in the Developing Applications for LiveCycle Assembler guide and the Document Description XML
Reference.

Submitting the LiveCycle Assembler job for processing

You can submit a LiveCycle Assembler job to Watched Folder programmatically using a batch file that
transfers the package containing the required files to the configured watched folder. (Instructions for
creating a batch file or script to complete this action is beyond the scope of this guide.) You can also
submit a job manually by dragging or copying the package of files to Watched Folder.
If you have created a LiveCycle Assembler workflow in LiveCycle Workflow Designer that does not use
Watched Folder, you can submit the job for processing using a client application that you create using the
LiveCycle Workflow Java API. For information on developing custom client applications for
LiveCycle Workflow, see the Developing Custom Applications for LiveCycle Workflow guide, available with
the LiveCycle Workflow SDK.
You can also submit jobs for processing using a variety of other mechanisms available with
LiveCycle Workflow, such as web services, email, and messaging queues, as well by using online forms. For
more information, see the Developing Custom Applications for LiveCycle Workflow and Developing Custom
QPACs guides.
Note: When NFS sharing is set up for Watched Folder, temporary files and directories related to Watched
Folder jobs are placed in the Global storage directory, but are not automatically deleted when the
job processing is complete. To prevent performance issues, you should regularly remove files with
name Session
The default location of the Global storage directory is {TempDir]/AdobeDocumentStorage/global. If
[TempDir] is not specified by the user in Configuration Manager, the default location is
java.io.tmpdir.
source
"Configuring an Assembler QPAC in a workflow process" on page
attribute for the source element to define the file pattern. For information on
followed by a digit, and then followed with the file name extension .pdf. The wildcard value
, where NNNN is the workflow process ID from the Global storage directory.
[NNNN]
Invoking LiveCycle Assembler Using LiveCycle Workflow and Watched Folder
element in the DDX file.
sourceMatch
Preparing PDF and DDX files
attribute, see the Document Description XML
112
106). You must