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Duane Nickull

Duane Nickull

Adobe
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Scott Macdonald

Scott Macdonald

Adobe

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Created:
18 May 2009
User Level:
Intermediate
Products:
LiveCycle ES

Invoking the LiveCycle ES Distiller API from Java

In this tutorial, you will learn how to invoke a LiveCycle ES SOAP endpoint to convert a PostScript file into a PDF file. Scott MacDonald and I created this tutorial to help LiveCycle ES developers better understand the steps needed to use Quick Start guides available from the LiveCycle ES area of the Adobe Developer Connection, including how to download and configure the code samples, configure the right JAR files, and set user permissions.

Requirements

In order to make the most of this article, you need the following software and files:

LiveCycle ES

Eclipse 3.4 (Ganymede)

Java Development Kit (JDK) 1.5

Prerequisite knowledge

Familiarity with creating Java applications in Eclipse.

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About the authors

Duane Nickull, a senior technical evangelist at Adobe, is responsible for Adobe's messaging around enterprise solutions in the SOA and web services spaces plus other forward-looking aspects, such as Web 2.0. Previously Duane cofounded Yellow Dragon Software Corporation, a privately held developer of XML messaging and metadata management software, acquired by Adobe in 2003. He also served as CTO and President of XML Global Technologies, which was acquired by Xenos Group in early 2003. Visit Duane's blog.

Scott Macdonald is a senior SDK technical writer at Adobe Systems with more than 10 years in the software industry working with Java, C/C++/C#, as well as other programming languages.