License cost involved in HCM Process and Forms for Adobe Interactive Forms

Hello All,
We are planning to implement HRAS business package and use HCM Process and Forms.
There are lots of developments involved and before to start with, i would like to understand is their any license cost involved for using Adobe Interactive Forms and also if we are doing new enhancements to the forms.
Also send me some links about the license involvement if any ?
Thanks & Regards & Cheers
Vj

Check the following link:
ADS Licence for SAP ESS MSS
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Apply License for Adobe Interactive Forms

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Hi Hari,
Raise a message to SAP for getting the credential file for Adobe Interactive license.
You can go to http://service.sap.com/message
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Apply with Visual Administrator.
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as [Adobe|http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/c8/4adf7ba13c4ac1b4600d4df15f8b84/frameset.htm]
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Hi Joyce,
This can be done as follows :
[pdf as an attachment|https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/index?rid=/library/uuid/60ff6ad3-729b-2b10-6582-fedc82680a29&overridelayout=true]
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"Credentials and Password for SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe" is expired

Hi fellow SAP'ers.
Apparently the test credentials for SAP Interactive Forms in the downloadsection on SDN is expired.
These were valid until October 2009.
I hope I'm doing the right thing by posting this here.
Can someone from the SDN-team renew it or pass the message to the correct person?
Thank you for your feedback.
Best regards,
Tom.

Ok it has been renewed.
Thought it was for a longer period but apparently these credentials are renewed each month.
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Migrating PCR frontend-JSP forms to Adobe interactive forms-WD Abap Comp

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2. Issues with SAP Adobe Interactive forms?
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We assigned the Adobe roles:
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Thomas

Hi Tom,
When you are familiar with authorizations in PFCG trabsaction you are finaliar with S_DEVELOP if not ask the authorization team on your project.
Basically this authorization object handles the read/write etc authorization related to devlopment objects. If you implement Adobe forms you will probably develop your own forms or at least copy the SAP forms to customer namespace.
For Adobe you will therefore have 2 custom development objects (1 for the form and 1 for the interface that is automatically generated). The end-user shoulf have at least READ access to these objects. If not the portal will trow an error on this.
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You may want to consider to put the value Z* in the object which will give authorization for all the custom developed objects.
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I translated the adobe form in multi language in SE63, If i execute the form with passing LANGU(language) parameter, form supports for multi language.
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What settings need to be done on server(WAS) side so that adobe interactive form can be used in the application.
Actually i have developed an application, first view of it is an adobe interactive form having 4 input fields and i am displaying this inputs in textview in next view after navigation.
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