Hiding toolbars in Interactive form element

Hi all,
I am using interactive form element to embed a purely readonly pdf (but content is dynamic) since Iframes is deprecated (any other way?).
I wish to hide the toolbars, options of thumbnails etc. I added the code below to my view controller. However, it does not seem to work. All the toolbars are still showing. Did i do something wrong?
IWDPDFDocumentInteractiveFormHandler iFormHandler =
WDPDFDocumentFactory.getDocumentHandler(wdThis.wdGetAPI(),
"InteractiveForm");
IWDPDFDocumentAppearance appearance =
iFormHandler.getDocumentContext().getAppearance();
appearance.hideMenuBar(true);
appearance.hideToolBars(true);
appearance.hideWindowControl(true);
TIA

Hi,
As the error suggests that you do not have any certificate configured in your key store which is required to authenticate the client to the ADS. You would require to install a client certificate on your Web Dynpro/Portal server that will be used to authenticate the Web Service call to ADS.
But the question is whether you need "Https" for a server to server communication (from your portal server to ADS server) ? Normally, these two servers reside in the LAN. And i suppose you are not using any of the secured functionalities of interactive form (for example, digital signature, certification etc.). I assume that you need "https" call from browser to the portal server and then from portal server to the ADS should be on http. Please confirm on that. If that is the case, then you can follow the section below to change the "protocolSchemeForADSCall" to "http" always. This is what you would need to do in the Visual Administrator where your portal/web dynpro is installed:
In Visual Administrator. Go to ->
Server -> Services -> Configuration Adapter -> webdynpro -> sap.com ->
tcwddispwda -> Propertysheet default
Then goto property sap.protocolSchemeForADSCall
This property is available after you apply SAP note 849730.
Possible values are:
- request: same protocal scheme than the request to Web Dynpro has
- https: always use https
- http: always use http
SET the value as http. This will ensure that web Dynpro to ADS communication always happens on http, rather than on https.
Should you need to install SSL based communication between the two, you would need to follow the note:
838111 > How to configure SSL for Adobe Document Services
Best Regards,
Krish

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