ADS install

I want to pick up use of Adobe Forms in Guided procedures.
I am on SAP NetWeaver Portal 7 SP15.
I guess the first step is configuring ADS. But I need ADS installed first. Could anyone please point out to the releavant SCA files or so.

Hi there,
You need the following installations to use Adobe Document Services and composite forms in Web Dynpro Applications:
· A local installation of Adobe LiveCycle Designer 7.1.
You can download Adobe LiveCycle Designer 7.1 from SAP Service Marketplace at: service.sap.com/installations - Search for Installations and Upgrades (from the left-hand side navigation) and then for material number 50083078_1. To install the Adobe LiveCycle Designer, use the file SapAldSetup.exe from the downloaded archive 50083078_1.ZIP.
· A local installation of Adobe Reader 7.0 or higher or a full version of Adobe Acrobat 7.0.
You can download Adobe Reader for free from the Adobe web site.
Depending on your requirements, you may also need to configure specific composite form properties.
Also, here is a link for the complete documentation for configuring the ADS for CE (it's sp4, since I didn't understand what's that sp15 release :
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nwce10/helpdata/en/45/bf03b55b9847f2e10000000a114a6b/content.htm
Just in case, here also is a link to the topic for configuring composite forms parameters
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nwce10/helpdata/en/6a/fa96421ae6c66ae10000000a155106/content.htm
Hope that is helpful
Greets,
Petra

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I want to pick up use of Adobe Forms in Guided procedures.
I am on SAP NetWeaver Portal 7 SP15.
I guess the first step is configuring ADS. But I need ADS installed first. Could anyone please point out to the releavant SCA files or so.

Hi,
ADS is a Webservice and is already present by default. To check whether it is present or not you can do so in the System Information of the server or check whether the AdobeDocumentServices webservice is present in the Web Services Navigator link by executing the url :
http://<hostname:port>/index.html
<hostname>: WAS hostname
<port>: 50000 or 50100.
You then only need to configure the ADS. The configuration guide is available on SDN.
Hope this helps.

Should I use a separate JAVA instance for ADS

My customer has Enterprise portal and R/3 installed already. Now they want ADS installed. Would it be best to install a new JAVA instance for ADS or should I use the existing JAVA instance that is installed for the portal? I think the customer is preferring to use a separate instance so nothing already installed breaks. Also, if I do use a separate JAVA instance, should I connect to the portal through SLD?
Thanks,
Peggy

Hello,
Installation of new java instance for ADS (or) using the one available inthe portal java instance depends on the following factors:-
1) How much extra load can the existing java instance handle
2) What is the user case and expected load for ADS in the customer landscape?
3) Whether ADS will be used exclusively for portal ?
Following link may give you a better idea of whether to use ADS within applicaiton portal (or) use standalone ADS
http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/c0ce3d21-cb09-2e10-36b0-e4c8167389f6?quicklink=index&overridelayout=true
Rgds,
Mat.

Saving SAPSCRIPT to a PDF file using ADS

Hello,
I had posted this message on thread Re: Want SAPSCRIPT Work orders to be saved as PDF via ADS. but i was adviced to post it here.
I need to know whether a SAPSCRIPT (Work Order) in SAP ECC ABAP can be saved as a PDF form if ADS is installed and Configured?
We have a 3rd party converter installed on users desktop which converts it into PDF so when user goes to IW32 to print WO, they get a print pop-up and they select this 3rd party converter which gives them the option to save it as PDF file.
We need to know (since we have ADS installed/configured), whether it is possible to save this SAPSCRIPT WO to PDF instead of using this 3rd party tool? We dont want people to install the 3rd party converter since we have over 5000 users.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks
WR

Hi try this below coding
data: binfilesize type i.
data: pdftab type table of tline with header line.
data: i_itcpp like itcpp.
DATA: i_zinv_spool LIKE zinv_spool OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE.
CLEAR i_zinv_spool. REFRESH i_zinv_spool.
data: g_t_otfdata type standard table of itcoo with header line.
DATA filename TYPE string.
call function 'CLOSE_FORM'
   IMPORTING
     RESULT = i_itcpp
      tables
        otfdata = g_t_otfdata[]
      exceptions
        others = 1.
if sy-subrc ne 0.
    retcode = sy-subrc.
    perform protocol_update.
endif.
call function 'CONVERT_OTF'
exporting
format = 'PDF'
MAX_LINEWIDTH = 132
ARCHIVE_INDEX = ' '
COPYNUMBER = 0
ASCII_BIDI_VIS2LOG = ' '
PDF_DELETE_OTFTAB = ' '
importing
bin_filesize = binfilesize
BIN_FILE =
tables
otf = g_t_otfdata[]
lines = pdftab[]
EXCEPTIONS
ERR_MAX_LINEWIDTH = 1
ERR_FORMAT = 2
ERR_CONV_NOT_POSSIBLE = 3
ERR_BAD_OTF = 4
OTHERS = 5
if sy-subrc <> 0.
MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
endif.
call function 'GUI_DOWNLOAD'
exporting
bin_filesize = binfilesize
filename = filename
filetype = 'BIN'
tables
data_tab = pdftab[]
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Vallamuthu.M

Single ADS for multiple SAP systems ?

Can a single ADS installed in a JAVA stack possibly along a EP 7.0 serve multiple SAP systems in my landscape. We got ECC 6.0, EP 7.0, BI 7.0, SRM 5 etc in our landscape. I was wondering whether I can install ADS on any of these systems with Java stack and leverage the functionality to other SAP system or should I have ADS on all the Systems ?
Help appreciated
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We are using one ADS for more than 10 systems in our product development. It works fine.

MSS and ADS

We are installing the MSS version of web dynpro. We have a straightforward environment thus far with a portal server (J2EE WAS) and an R/3 server (ABAP WAS). Accordingly we have installed the ESS and MSS java componenets on the portal server. ESS installed and working well with this arrangement.
We are beginning install/config of MSS Adobe-based PCR's, and from what I can glean from documentation and experience, 2 things seem to be true:
(1) the Adobe PCR forms themselves are resident within R/3 (probably included in a plugin), NOT in the java components (MSS or PCUI_GP) as one might expect
(2) to render the forms, you must have Adobe Document Services (ADS) installed on the R/3 server--not just on another portal server. ADS requires the J2EE add-in to the ABAP WAS. Therefore, it seems that use of the new PCRs requires the J2EE WAS add-in.
For those of you who have implemented "new" MSS, am I correct in making the 2 statements above?

Hello Dwight,
let me try to at least answer parts of your question.
- Yes, the ADS need to be deployed on a J2EE WAS to generate PDF based forms (e.g. PCRs) in MSS
- You can deploy the ADS on any Web AS 6.40 J2EE engine. It does not need need to be installed on the R/3 server. Typically we install it on a separate machine. The ADS is called by MSS through Web Services. You just need to configure the Java and ABAP WAS according to the ADS configuration guide.
- The MSS forms itself as well as the form integration framework (called ISR) is delivered as part of MSS
Cheers,
Matthias Zeller
Sr. Product Manager
Adobe Systems

Can i use Solution manager ADS for ECC6 ABAP

Dear All,
We have landscape of ECC6 ABAP (Dev, Qua, Prd), can i install and configure ADS on Solution manager(ABAP+JAVA) and connect all Dev , qua and prd to same solution manger for Adobe interactive forms. is it possible ?
for production environment?.
Regards
Vinay

Hello!
This was already discussed. E.g. here ADS install in Solution Manager.
While it is technically possible (to connect several systems to one ADS) it is not recommended for productive environment for some reasons (security, stability, performance and easy of maintenance). I say you can use you ADS on SolMan for DEV, QAS and number of your training/demo systems, but install separate J2EE with ADS instance (better on separate server) for productive use. You can then check ADS updates/patches on SolMan first without breaking productive system and only then (if successful) update productive.
Regards,
Petr Perstnev

How to get ADS installable

Dear All,
I am using SAP NetWeaver 7.1 SP5 J2EE trial version. Could any body conform that ADS comes with same package. I am not able to see ADS installed along with SAP server.
From where I can get ADS installable file? I do not have market place user/pwd.
As per this blog I could not get ADS installable without market place user/pwd.
My struggles with the Adobe Document Services in WAS6.40
Any suggestion would be highly appreciated.
Thanks,
Prakash

I am using Netweaver 7.1 SP5 trial version. While opening server and looking for configuration in SAP Network Administrator I navigate to Adobe Document Services to install credentials I found:
Adobe Document Services: Configuration
There is no Adobe Document Services running on your system
In my SAP server installation I did not see any directory 'AdobeDocumentServices' in directory 'global'.
\usr\sap\J2E\SYS\global\AdobeDocumentServices\TrustManagerService\trust\credentials
So I manually created directories in 'global' \AdobeDocumentServices\TrustManagerService\trust\credentials and copies credentials file. restarted my server. even I am getting the same thing in SAP Network Administrator
Adobe Document Services: Configuration
There is no Adobe Document Services running on your system
In document you provided its written for ADS Prerequisites are:
Adobe document services are installed on your system.
I am totally confused...somebody can help me!!!
regards,
Prakash

Is ADS and PDF forms required for an upgrade to ECC 6.0 for US Payroll?

We're currently on SAP 4.7 for US Payroll, but are working on an upgrade to ECC 6.0. I'm looking for a clear answer to whether or not we have to move to Adobe Document Services and PDF forms with our upgrade. I've heard from several sources that SAP is not providing updates to SAPscript forms in ECC 6.0 and will only make updates to PDF based tax reporter forms going forward. Can anyone comfirm that is the case?
Thanks in advance,
-Nick
Edited by: Nicholas Petters on Oct 29, 2009 5:52 PM

Hi
This is Srinivasa Rao Pandiri... I have an add on question to Nick. We currently upgraded our SAP from 4.6 C to ECC6.0. WE want to use existing PDF forms provided by SAP. To use the existing forms.. without any changes... Do we need ADS? or is there anyway we can use them? withou ADS installed?
Your help is appreciated.
Thanks

Generating pdf using ADS on another Server failed

Hi there,
I am trying to generate a pdf-document using Adobe Document Services installed on another server.
It's a Visual Composer app, which opens a Web Dynpro component to generate the pdf. Everything works fine when I run the app on a server, which has Adobe Document Services installed.
But when I try to run the app on a server without ADS installed and want to use ADS on another server (both NW 7.3 SPS4) it fails with and FileNotFoundException.
The log of the ADS-Server says, that it cannot found the file located in <PATH TO THE XDP-FILE ON THE APP-SERVER>. It's sure, that the server cannot find the file, because it's not deployed there!
It seems that the Application calls the Adobe-System which trys to find the template on its own file-system.
Does anybody know the mistake here?
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Edited by: Bernd Speckmann on Oct 17, 2011 10:31 AM

The problem was, that I was passing xdp template source as url .
Instead I should send it as a stream using the appropriate pdfdocument api.

Connect various ADs Resources with an only Gateway

Hi!
---->My architecture is the following:
- Two different ADs installed in three Microsoft Windows Enterprise Server 2003. (AD1.com, AD2.com).
- AD1.com and AD2.com are trusted domains.
- One Identity Manager 7.1 in another server (this server is not includen in any domain above)
- Gateway running on Server with domain AD2.com. (Port 9278)
----> Configuration in Idm 7.1 Resources Option:
Server: Gateway IP (AD2.com server)
TCP:9278
User: admin
Password: admin
Object: User:
Container: DC=AD2, DC=com
LDAP SERVER NAME = AD1.com name or IP
(Rest of options are default)
User "admin" belongs to AD2.com domain with Administrator privileges.
-----> Then, when I test configuration, it prints the following error:
Test connection failed in Resources:
AD: Error opening object 'LDAP://DC=AD2, DC=com': ADsOpenObject(): 0X8007202B: , 0000202B: RefErr: DSID-031006E0, data 0, 1 access points ref 1: 'AD2.com' , Server has returned a reference.
---> Question:
I have various Active Directories but I only want to have a Gateway that to connect to them.
What's wrong?
Thanks a lot.

Thank you for your response, Rob:
I have an error in text above in Contaner field.
----> Configuration in Idm 7.1 Resources Option:
Server: Gateway IP (AD2.com server)
TCP:9278
User: admin
Password: admin
Object: User:
Container: DC=AD1, DC=com
LDAP Server: IP (from AD1.com server)
So, if there are two ADs (AD1(gateway installed),AD2(not gateway installed) and I want to connect to resource AD2 through gateway in AD1, I have to configure Resource page as above I have written, haven't I?
Otherwise, I have been using a LDAP browser (softerra) Can I connect to a AD2 in this way?
ldap://Gateway_ip:9182/CN=Users,DC=AD1,DC=com
Thanks a lot, Rob.
Ivan

SP10 causes reports on ADS misalignment

we just installed SP10 and previously, we were using ADS on Windows, now with SP10, we have ADS installed on our Unix server.
We find that most of our reports that we used ADS to PDF have had their alignment horribly messed up. These reports have obviously tables and there are extra lines dividing the different rows etc. Very unreadable.
Has anyone encountered this?

Hi George,
CR still looks for the client in the PATH statement so when you install the Client makes sure it's installed for all users so the CRS account they are running under has access to the client. Log in as the Local PC Administrator and install the client.
So CR 2008 is running under the local user account, try setting the Job Server and RAS server under that same users account. Other parts may not work but it will tell you more info anyways.
It may also be the Web Server doesn't have access to the Client either... which again I believe is due to the user account the client was installed under.
Process Monitor from Microsoft should tell you more info in the logs, look for Access Denied or file does not exist type errors.
Thanks
Don

Dynamic generation of Adobe Interactive Form

Hi all. hope you can help.
My required scenario :
We have a 4.6c SAP system that is generating a delivery note with some formatting on the note.
The idea is to use the ADS to create a PDF based on a template we create (That can be modified later as the business requires - new logo ..etc) together with data from the 4.6c system.
So the 4.6c will send a flat file (ftp) to CE7.1 server where the ADS is running. A pure java application will send the data to the ADS and get back the populated PDF.
Once the java app has this interactive PDF document it will then be sent to a distributor who will open the PDF and enter serial numbers into the form after which he will print the form.
This process should be automated ie (No WebDynpro )
There is no connectivity between the 4.6c system and the ADS as 4.6c does not support ADS communication.
There is no connectivity between the ADS and the receiver of the PDF other than the e-mail that will be sent.
So my questions
1) Have i missed the point of having ADS installed. As far as i have read - the advantage of having ADS is the possibility
          a) To design using drag and drop
          b) Enable the end receiver of the PDF to be able to post the data back.
          c) Integration with WDP (not required)
          d) Integration with later versions of SAP.
I have not found any documents supporting a 3rd party app (Pure Java) send some data structure to ADS and getting back a PDF.(This is what i need)
2) Is this scenario a typical one.
3) Should i rather generate the PDF directly using something like iText and forget about ADS.
Thanks in advance

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Is there a way to get Web Dynpro ABAP available in a ECC 5 - NW2004 env?

We will start developing an offline Adobe interactive form with email functionality for ECC 5 on very short terms. We have to decide asap what client/server configuration we will use for this new functionality. We will also develop an online interactive form and an offline form with upload/download functionality for ECC 5. We will have to setup a client/server configuration that supports all 3 scenario's.
The main reason we would like to have NW2004S available for ECC 5 is because we would like to develop the forms in Web Dynpro ABAP instead of Java. Guided Procedures is a "nice to have" too, but not really important at this moment.
At this moment we think we have 3 options:
1. Investigate if we can make an Adobe solution in WDA for ECC 5 with our current setup
2. Upgrade ECC 5 - NW 2004 -> NW 2004S to get WDA functionality available
3. Install ADS for NW 2004 to be able to create Adobe solutions in ECC 5, then we will have to develop in WDJ
1. We have the following configuration up and running: NW2004S - CRM 5 and ADS installed: both Java and ABAP stack work properly. We are wondering if we could develop an Adobe interactive form in Web Dynpro ABAP in CRM 5 using BAPI's to retrieve the data from ECC 5 and put it on the form for display or update purposes. Also we have questions about the email functionality: do forms have to be send by email via a mailserver from ECC 5 via CRM 5 and back or can this be done directly from and to ECC 5 or is it not possible at all? Also we don't know if we can develop an online interactive form for ECC 5 via CRM 5. The current setup is not a real option for us right now as we see far too many uncertainties. Does somebody can give us some answers on the possibilities we are looking for?
2. My assumption is that upgrading ECC5 to ECC6 can be compared with upgrading 46C to ECC5. If my assumption is correct, this would mean an upgrade project with a 6 months leadtime within our company. If my assumption is wrong, please let me know. This upgrade will happen some day, but it has not been planned for 2007. So unfortunately, for us this is not an option at the moment because we cannot wait that long. I was hoping an upgrade of NW2004 -> NW2004s was not that time consuming but I guess this can be compared with a SAP upgrade project like 46C -> ECC 5.
3. Installing Adobe Document Services for NW2004 is not our preferred solution but we think it is the safest/easiest solution at this moment to get started with Adobe interactive forms for ECC 5 on short terms. We will have to develop in Web Dynpro for Java, so be it.
WDA is not a must but if we can find a client/server setup which gives us the possibility to build in WDA for ECC 5 functionality, that would be great. That's why I dropped the question on SDN. I want to be sure we choose the best option possible at this moment for us.
kind regards
Angelique

Yesterday I got new information through SDN which sounds very interesting:
There are technical repository integration points between ECC and the underlying SAP NetWeaver release. To get Web Dynpro for ABAP, you could install a stand-alone SAP NetWeaver 2004s system (without ERP) side-by-side.
Somebody else wrote: we set up a 3-system landscape of NW04s and have configured single sign on and trusted RFC's so that users can hit the webdynpro pages via the portal, and those systems make the necessary queries to the backend systems via RFC.
Does somebody know if this stand-alone system could be a proper solution for our situation? Does somebody foresee any problems related to Adobe LiveCycleDesigner or ADS?

NAC 4.5 ADSSO on multiple AD servers not working, how to troubleshoot?

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I'm handling a NAC (CAS and CAM ver 4.5) to be implemented to a network on production. The network has two working AD servers, one acting as back-up. We want to configure the NAC to be able to run ADSSO even if the active AD fails, so we configured NAC to run ADSSO on multiple servers. I followed the documents, run ktpass for multiple ADs, installed kerbtray to see Kerb tickets, but still I'm puzzled of the problem. My CAS shows the the ADSSO service is already started, but my workstation cannot perform Single-sign On. After the "performing AD authentication" window, the agent then reverts back to as a local account. Please help guys. I'm willing to share other details about this. Thanks.
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