bbc Assembler Service and DDX Reference Adobe Experience Manager 6.3 Forms May 2017 Legal Notices For more information, see http://help.adobe.com/en_US/legalnotices/index.html.s Contents 1 About This Help .........................................................................................................................12 Additional information...............................................................................................................................................................12 Part I: DDX User Document 2 Introducing Document Description XML.................................................................................14 DDX document structure ..........................................................................................................................................................14 DDX building blocks....................................................................................................................................................................14 DDX principles...............................................................................................................................................................................15 Result elements ......................................................................................................................................................................16 Source elements.....................................................................................................................................................................18 Filter elements ........................................................................................................................................................................19 Profile elements......................................................................................................................................................................20 Grouping PDF sources..........................................................................................................................................................21 Grouping XDP sources and content................................................................................................................................22 Input and output..........................................................................................................................................................................22 Using input and output maps ...........................................................................................................................................22 Using External Data URLs for source and result values............................................................................................23 Using External Data URLs for string values .........................................................................................................................24 Scope of elements that affect PDF or XDP properties ....................................................................................................24 Scope of PDF page properties...........................................................................................................................................24 Scope of XDPContent...........................................................................................................................................................25 Specifying length .........................................................................................................................................................................26 Dynamic document assembly.................................................................................................................................................26 Optional source documents ..............................................................................................................................................26 Lists of documents.................................................................................................................................................................26 Automatic Conversion of source documents to PDF documents..............................................................................27 3 Assembling PDF Documents.....................................................................................................29 Specifying source documents .................................................................................................................................................29 About base documents .......................................................................................................................................................29 Page ranges..............................................................................................................................................................................30 Other source attributes........................................................................................................................................................31 Specifying multiple input streams.........................................................................................................................................31 List defined by a source that specifies a name in the input map .........................................................................32 List defined by a source that specifies URL...................................................................................................................32 List defined by the matchSource and select attributes acting on source.........................................................33 Saving PDF documents..............................................................................................................................................................34 4 Modifying Acrobat and XML Forms .........................................................................................36 Flattening forms ...........................................................................................................................................................................36 Restrictions on documents containing forms....................................................................................................................37 Acrobat forms..........................................................................................................................................................................37 XFA-based forms....................................................................................................................................................................38 5 Creating and Modifying Acrobat and XML (XFA) Forms ........................................................39 Assemble a simple XDP document........................................................................................................................................39 3 Adobe Experience Manager Forms Contents Assembler Service and DDX Reference 4 Dynamically insert forms or form fragments into an XFA form ..................................................................................40 Resolve references .......................................................................................................................................................................41 Package an XDP document as PDF........................................................................................................................................42 PDF documents from single XFA-based forms ...........................................................................................................43 Assemble XFA-based forms with other documents..................................................................................................43 PDF documents from Acrobat forms..............................................................................................................................45 Package a PDF document as XDP...........................................................................................................................................45 6 Assembling PDF Packages and Portfolios ...............................................................................46 Understanding PDF packages ................................................................................................................................................46 About PDF package and portfolio properties....................................................................................................................47 PDF Package property: package files and package specifications.......................................................................47 PDF Portfolio properties......................................................................................................................................................48 Folders........................................................................................................................................................................................50 Navigation welcome page and navigation heading.................................................................................................50 Creating a PDF Portfolio.............................................................................................................................................................51 Creating