Adobe Document Services Configuration Guide 

Introduction

Adobe® document services enhance the document handling capabilities of SAP Web Application Server (SAP Web AS). Adobe document services allow SAP applications (either Java or ABAP) to take advantage of the full range of capabilities in Adobe Acrobat® Professional, Adobe Acrobat Standard, and Adobe Reader®. These capabilities enable SAP customers to:

·        Create and deploy interactive forms that look exactly like their paper counterparts

·        Work with forms in online and offline scenarios

·        Annotate PDF documents and collaborate on PDF document reviews

·        Generate dynamic PDF documents from data contained in the SAP system

·        Capture data using forms and import that data directly into the SAP system

·        Allow users to digitally sign PDF documents

·        Embed other file formats inside PDF documents as attachments

 

Target Groups

This guide describes how to configure Adobe document services. It is aimed at the system administrator and assumes familiarity with the SAP Web AS installation and configuration.

 

Related Documentation

The programmatic interface to Adobe document services is described in the documentation for the PDF object. There is a PDF object interface for both ABAP and Java environments. Both interfaces provide the same functionality, but they each expose it in an object-oriented manner appropriate to the programming language they serve.

To develop the form designs for use with Adobe document services, the form author uses Adobe LiveCycle Designer, which is accessible from a number of environments in SAP including:

·        SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio in the Web Dynpro section

·        ABAP Workbench in the Form Builder section (transaction SFP)

For information on how to develop form designs, see the documentation provided with the Adobe LiveCycle Designer installation.

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