Providing Adobe Layout Technology for Form Processing

Context

SAP supports Adobe LiveCycle Designer as standard as the layout editor for form templates. You must install this software on your PC and make settings for Adobe Document Services.

Availability

SAP supports integration of the Adobe layout technology in the ABAP development environment (Form Builder and ABAP Workbench) and in the Java development environment (SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio).

SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe

The Adobe-based form processing (SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe) enables you to create and use interactive forms and output forms. Users need Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat on their PC to display and complete the PDF forms.

Procedure

  • Install Adobe LiveCycle Designer.

    More information: SAP Note 1176858 Information published on SAP site

  • Install and configure Adobe Document Services on the Java stack of SAP Web Application Server. (The documentation in only available in English.)

    More information:

    Adobe Document Services for Form Processing - Complete configuration guide

    A printable version of the configuration guide is on SAP Service Marketplace at Start of the navigation pathservice.sap.com/adobe Next navigation step Media Library  Next navigation step Documentation End of the navigation path.