Non-Interactive PDF Form scenario without rthe need of ACF

Hello experts,
i have a question for you. I implemented Dynamic Non-Interactive PDF Form scenario and it works fine. But ... If some user wants to generate the PDF form it's necessary to install Active Component Framework on his computer. Problem is that some users doesn't have admin permissions on their PCs and they are not able to install ACF. Do you have any idea how to walk around the problem? For example generate and save the PDF somewhere on server side and then offer download link to end-user....
Thank you in advance for every reply!
Best regards,
Zbynek

I use Adobe Reader 8.1.2 so I think the problem will be somewhere else.
There is written
Step-1: In NetWeaver Developer Studio (NWDS), set the "displayType"
        property of your Interactive Form UI element to "native"
        instead of "activex".
Step-2: Use the Web Dynpro specific controls from the "Web Dynpro
        Native" library to design your interactive form.
Step-3: When the application is developed completly, build and deploy
the application on SAP J2ee engine.
Step-4: Run the application without having the ACF installed on the
        browser machine.
in the note 1055911. But I think that we use some controls from other libraries than Web Dynpro Native (step 2). Do you think it could be the problem? The Web Dynpro Native library contains very reduced set of controls.
Regards,
Zbynek

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