
You can perform the basic configuration of Adobe Document Services ( ADS ) automatically using the configuration tool. To adapt specific configuration settings or in case the automatic configuration failed, you can perform each configuration step manually .
1. If no ADS configuration steps have been performed yet after installation, perform the basic ADS configuration automatically
Call the functional unit configuration tool.
More information: Java Functional Unit Configuration
In the list of functional units, choose Adobe Document Services .
Choose EnableAutomatically .
Check the status of the ADS configuration and, if necessary, perform the respective steps manually.
More information: Checking ADS Configuration in an ABAP Environment
2. To change or correct specific settings, perform the basic ADS configuration manually
Create the system user required for the secure communication between the Forms Processing Framework ABAP and the ADS running on an AS Java.
More information: Creating a User for Authentication to ADS in an ABAP Environment
Create a connection from the ABAP environment to the ADS.
More information: Setting Up Basic Authentication to ADS in an ABAP Environment
If form templates are stored in the standard forms repository on the AS ABAP, create the service user required for the communication between the ADS and the AS ABAP (via the Internet Communication Framework ICF).
More information: Creating the Service User for Communication with ADS
Create or adapt the Destination service (in the AS Java), that facilitates communication and data transmission between the ADS and the ABAP environment.
More information: Creating the Destination Service for Communication with ADS
Make sure that the Internet Communication Framework (ICF) service needed for the communication between the Destination service (on the AS Java) and the AS ABAP, is avctivated.
More information: Activating the ICF Service
3. For interactive use and security of PDF forms, apply a Reader Rights Credential
To make advanced usage rights - like filling in interactive PDF forms and saving them, adding comments to forms or signing forms - available to users of the free Adobe Reader software, apply a company-specific Reader Rights Credential to forms.
More information: Applying a Reader Rights Credential to PDF Forms