11.3 Installation and configuration on the SharePoint server 2010

    11.3.1 Edit Environment Variables

    Append path of stsadm.exe to PATH environment variable. The default path of stsadm.exe is C:\Program Files\Common Files\MicrosoftShared\Web Server Extensions\14\BIN.

    11.3.2 Extract the web part installer

    When you installed the LiveCycle server, the web part installer for SharePoint server named Adobe LiveCycle Connector-2010.zip was created in the [LiveCycle root]\plugins\sharepoint folder. Copy this file to a folder on the Windows server that hosts SharePoint, and then extract the files.

    11.3.3 Install and Activate Connector

    1. (Optional)Select options for SharePoint Server Context menu before installing connector. See 11.3.4 Enable/Disable features for detailed steps.

    2. Run following commands in the listed order to install Connector for SharePoint Server. Ensure that you run stsadm - o enumsolutions after each command to verify that the changes have been the propagated to all the servers. Run stsadm - o enumsolutions repeatedly, until the resultant xml contains <state>pending</state> tag. 

      install.bat -create 
install.bat -add 
install.bat -deploy 
install.bat -install

    3. Activate the connector from SharePoint Web Application. To activate the connector:

      1. Open SharePoint Web Application in a browser.

      2. Click Site Settings.

      3. Click Site Collection Features.

      4. Click Activate for Adobe LiveCycle Connector and Adobe LiveCycle Workflow feature.

    11.3.4 Enable/Disable features

    You can change options of context menu and disable other features on SharePoint Sites. For the Sharepoint Connector installed with default set of options, following options are enabled on SharePoint Server:

    • Convert to Adobe PDF

    • Enable for commenting by adobe reader.

    • Secure with Adobe Policy.

    • Invoke Adobe LiveCycle Processes

    You may make changes to Elements.xml file to change above options and to enable or disable another features. To make changes to Elements.xml

    1. Navigate to the folder containing extracted contents of Adobe LiveCycle Connector-2010.zip file.

    2. Take backup of Elements.xmlfile. The default location of Elements.xml is < Directory containing Extracted Adobe LiveCycle Connector-2010.zip File >\TEMPLATE\FEATURES\LiveCycle\Elements.xml

    3. Open the Elements.xml file in a text editor.

    4. Delete or comment the CustomAction elements of features that you want to disable .

      Docuent Server feature

      CustomAction element ID

      Description

      Reader Extensions

      LiveCycle.ApplyReaderExtensions

      Enables Reader Extensions on PDF documents.

      Rights Management

      LiveCycle.RightsManagement.ApplyPolicyToPdf

      Rights-protect PDF documents

       

      LiveCycle.RightsManagement.ApplyPolicyToDoc

      Rights-protect Microsoft Word documents
       

      LiveCycle.RightsManagement.ApplyPolicyToXls

      Rights-protect Microsoft Excel documents
       

      LiveCycle.RightsManagement.ApplyPolicyToPpt

      Rights-protect Microsoft PowerPoint doments
       

      LiveCycle.RightsManagement.ApplyPolicyToDocx

      Rights-protect Microsoft Word documents
       

      LiveCycle.RightsManagement.ApplyPolicyToXlsx

      Rights-protect Microsoft Excel documents
       

      LiveCycle.RightsManagement.ApplyPolicyToPptx

      Rights-protect Microsoft PowerPoint doments
       

      LiveCycle.RightsManagement.ApplyPolicyToDwg

      Rights-protect Microsoft Excel documents
       

      LiveCycle.RightsManagement.ApplyPolicyToDxf

      Rights-protect AutoCAD documents
       

      LiveCycle.RightsManagement.ApplyPolicyToDwf

      Rights-protect AutoCAD documents

      PDF Generator

      LiveCycle.GeneratePDFFromPdf

      Convert a PDF created from an image to a�text-based PDF if Standard OCR was used� as the file type in Site Settings.
       

      LiveCycle.GeneratePDFFromDoc

      Generate PDF from Microsoft Word documents
       

      LiveCycle.GeneratePDFFromPs

      Generate PDF from PostScript files
       

      LiveCycle.GeneratePDFFromEps

      Generate PDF from EPS documents
       

      LiveCycle.GeneratePDFFromPrn

      Generate PDF from PRN files
       

      LiveCycle.GeneratePDFFromDocx

      Generate PDF from Microsoft Word 2007 documents
       

      LiveCycle.GeneratePDFFromPpt

      Generate PDF from Microsoft PowerPoint documents
       

      LiveCycle.GeneratePDFFromPptx

      Generate PDF from Microsoft PowerPoint documents
       

      LiveCycle.GeneratePDFFromXls

      Generate PDF from Microsoft Excel documents
       

      LiveCycle.GeneratePDFFromXlsx

      Generate PDF from Microsoft Excel documents
       

      LiveCycle.GeneratePDFFromBmp

      Generate PDF from BMP files

       

      LiveCycle.GeneratePDFFromGif

      Generate PDF from GIF files

       

      LiveCycle.GeneratePDFFromJpeg

      Generate PDF from JPEG images

       

      LiveCycle.GeneratePDFFromJpg

      Generate PDF from JPG images

       

      LiveCycle.GeneratePDFFromTiff

      Generate PDF from TIFF images

       

      LiveCycle.GeneratePDFFromTif

      Generate PDF from TIF images

       

      LiveCycle.GeneratePDFFromPng

      Generate PDF from PNG images

       

      LiveCycle.GeneratePDFFromJpf

      Generate PDF from JPF images

       

      LiveCycle.GeneratePDFFromJpx

      Generate PDF from JPX images

       

      LiveCycle.GeneratePDFFromJp2

      Generate PDF from JPEG 2000 images

       

      LiveCycle.GeneratePDFFromJ2k

      Generate PDF from JPEG 2000 images

       

      LiveCycle.GeneratePDFFromJ2c

      Generate PDF from JPEG 2000 images

       

      LiveCycle.GeneratePDFFromJpc

      Generate PDF from JPEG 2000 images

       

      LiveCycle.GeneratePDFFromHtm

      Generate PDF from HTM documents

       

      LiveCycle.GeneratePDFFromHtml

      Generate PDF from HTML documents

       

      LiveCycle.GeneratePDFFromSwf

      Generate PDF from SWF files
       

      LiveCycle.GeneratePDFFromFlv

      Generate PDF from Flash video files
       

      LiveCycle.GeneratePDFFromTxt

      Generate PDF from text files
       

      LiveCycle.GeneratePDFFromRtf

      Generate PDF from Rich Text Format files
       

      LiveCycle.GeneratePDFFromMpp

      Generate PDF from Microsoft Project files
       

      LiveCycle.GeneratePDFFromPub

      Generate PDF from Microsoft Publisher�documents

      Invoke LiveCycle process

      LiveCycle.InvokeGenericLiveCycleProcessOnALL

      Invoke LiveCycle Process

      Adobe Forms Library

      AdobeFormsLibrary

      Set up SharePoint as the repository for forms data.Remove the CustomAction, ListTemplate and ListInstance elements.

      LiveCycle User Tasks

      LiveCycleUserTasks

      Lists the user tasks.Remove the ListTemplate element.

      LiveCycle Group Tasks

      LiveCycleGroupTasks

      Lists the group tasks.Remove the ListTemplate element.

    5. Save and close Elements.xml

    11.3.5 Uninstalling Connector for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010

    1. Deactivate SharePoint Connector from Shrepoint Web Application. To deactivate SharePoint Connector

      1. Open SharePoint Web Application in a browser.

      2. Click Site Settings.

      3. Click Site Collection Features.

      4. Click Deactivate for Adobe LiveCycle Connector and Adobe LiveCycle Workflow Features

    2. On the command prompt, run the following commands in the given order. Ensure that you run stsadm - o enumsolutions after each command to verify that the changes have been the propagated to all the servers. Run stsadm - o enumsolutions repeatedly, until the resultant xml contains <state>pending</state> tag.
      Install.bat -uninstall 
Install.bat -retract 
Install.bat -delete

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