LiveCycle Error Messages

This section describes error messages relating to your LiveCycle installation.

Output error messages

Converting native files fails on JBoss/Windows

PDF Generator running in a Windows operating system may fail when converting native files, such as from Microsoft Word to PDF, giving an exception in the log file similar to this:

        INFO [PDF Generator] Application server started as user: SYSTEM

This problem occurs if you did not use the same user account for Microsoft Office, PDF Generator, Acrobat for PDF Generator, and your application server process.

To correct this problem, change the user for the JBoss for LiveCycle to be the same as the user for Microsoft Office.

Change the user for the JBoss for LiveCycle service

  1. Select Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Services and Applications > Services.

  2. Double click the JBoss for LiveCycle service, and then select the Log On tab.

  3. Select This account, type the user name and password that runs Microsoft Office, and then click OK.

Converting HTML files fails on JBoss/Solaris

PDF Generator running on JBoss in a Solaris operating system may fail when converting HTML files using the HTMLToPDF or HTMLURLToPDF operations, giving an exception in the log file similar to this:

        com.adobe.livecycle.generatepdf.client.ConversionException:  
        ALC-PDG-052-016-The conversion has timed out. 
        at com.adobe.pdfg.GeneratePDFImpl.htmlURLToPdf

This problem occurs when your system is missing the libiconv.so.2 library.

To correct this problem, install the libiconv.so.2 library in the /usr/lib directory.

XMLForm.exe permission error on UNIX or Linux

A UNIX and Linux permission issue exists with Adobe® LiveCycle® Forms Standard 11 if the following error message is logged:

    Cannot add execute permission on file /[path_to_XMLForm.exe]

To resolve this issue, ensure that the swap space on UNIX and Linux servers is at least 3 GB.

PDF Generator error messages

ALC-PDG-060-001-Microsoft Word could not set the "ShowRevisionsAndComments" property.

When the user submits a protected document for conversion, the following error occurs.
ALC-PDG-060-001-Microsoft Word could not set the "ShowRevisionsAndComments" property. 
To resolve the issue, you can use any of the following methods:Before sending document for conversion,
  • remove protection of the document.

  • Use OpenOffice as a fallback route for conversion

  • The PDF Generator supports Microsoft Word documents containing protected fields. To enable PDF Conversion for Microsoft Word document containing protected fields, change the file type settings:

    1. In the Administration Console, navigate to Services > PDF Generator > File Type Settings, and open your file type settings profile.

    2. Expand the Microsoft Word option and select the Preserve document markup in Adobe PDF (for Microsoft Office 2003 or later) option.

    3. Click Save As, specify name of the file type setting, and click OK.

Unexpected end of file error on WebLogic

You have an issue with Forms and Adobe® LiveCycle® Output 11 if you see the following error message:

    com.adobe.idp.DocumentError: java.net.SocketException: Unexpected end of 
    file from server at 
    com.adobe.idp.Document.passivateInitData(Document.java:867)

To resolve this issue, ensure that the Document MaxInlineSize parameter is set to a value that is smaller than the IIOP message size parameter defined in WebLogic Server.

Microsoft Project time-out errors

LiveCycle fails to convert Microsoft Project files to PDF documents and time-out errors are logged.

The issue occurs due to a dialog box. The dialog box requests a confirmation to open .MPP files that are created with an older version of Microsoft Project.

To resolve the issue, change the Legacy Formats option in the Microsoft Project:

  1. Open Microsoft Project and click the File tab.

  2. Click Options, click Trust Center, and then click Trust Center Settings.

  3. In the Trust Center screen, click Legacy Formats, select Allow loading files with legacy or non-default file formats and click OK.

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