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Use

Adobe Document Services (ADS) are an SAP NetWeaver solution extension included in the SAP NetWeaver usage type Application Server (AS) Java. To process forms in an ABAP environment , the ABAP transaction dynpros or Web Dynpro ABAP applications call the ADS. The generation of forms is based on form templates designed with Adobe LiveCycle Designer and business data provided by the applications.

Once installed on the AS Java, the ADS need to be configured in order to be available for form processing.

Communication Between AS ABAP and ADS

The ADS can run either on the same server as the ABAP applications or on a separate server. The ADS can also be installed on the AS Java as a central component - an ADS hub - which can operate with different ABAP systems. The graphic below shows the communication paths between the components on the AS ABAP and the ADS installed on the AS Java.

The form processing framework (ABAP) sends the runtime data (business data provided by an application and a link to the form template) to the ADS by using the RFC destination. The system user ADSUser is required to access the ADS.

Before processing the form and creating a PDF or PCL file, the ADS call the form template. To establish the required connection to the AS ABAP where the form template is stored, the destination service used by the ADS communicates with an Internet Communication Framework (ICF) service. The service user required to access the template repository is ADS_AGENT.

If forms bundling is used, two separate ICF services are used to retrieve the form template and the business data and to return the result.

The protocol for the communication paths is HTTP, using the default HTTP port. For SSL, the protocol is HTTPS or HTTPS-Port.

Prerequisites

Caution

The following functions for PDF forms require at least the ADS version on AS Java 7.20:

  • Parallelization of large print jobs

  • Stitching of PDF forms

Procedure

  1. Perform the basic ADS configuration automatically (using the configuration tool) or change the settings manually.

    More information: Performing Basic ADS Configuration

  2. Perform optional ADS configuration steps to adapt specific settings as needed.

    More information: Adapting ADS Configuration in an ABAP Environment

  3. Configure the ADS settings for communication security .

    More information: Configuring the SSL Connection to the ADS in an ABAP Environment

  4. Use the monitoring functions to check the status of configuration tasks.

    More information: Monitoring Adobe Document Services Configuration

  5. Make sure that all the ADS-relevant services are running.

    More information: Starting or Stopping an ADS-Relevant Service

  6. In the event of ADS connection errors, analyze and resolve the respective errors.

    More information: Analyzing ADS Errors in an ABAP Environment

Relevant SAP Notes

SAP Note Number

SAP Note Title

736902 Information published on SAP site

Adobe Credentials

750784 Information published on SAP site

Adobe document services: Licenses

752153 Information published on SAP site

PDF Manipulation Module High Encryption

766410 Information published on SAP site

Interactive Forms: XDC-Scenarios

685571 Information published on SAP site

Information about printing PDF based Forms

834573 Information published on SAP site

SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe: Acrobat/Reader version
More Information

Enabling Form-Based Processing of Business Data (form template creation and forms generation in an ABAP environment)