11.3 Installation and configuration on the SharePoint server 2010 and SharePoint server 2013

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 files named Adobe LiveCycle Connector-2010.zip and Adobe LiveCycle Connector-2013.zip are created in the [LiveCycle root]\plugins\sharepoint folder.

  • If you are using Microsoft SharePoint 2010, copy file Adobe LiveCycle Connector-2010.zip to a folder on the Windows server that hosts SharePoint, and then extract the copied file.

  • If you are using Microsoft SharePoint 2013, copy file Adobe LiveCycle Connector-2013.zip to a folder on the Windows server that hosts SharePoint, and then extract the copied file.

11.3.3 Install and Activate Connector

  1. If your old LiveCycle setup had SharePoint Connector installed, perform the following commands in the listed order to uninstall the old SharePoint Connector:

    install.bat -uninstall 
    install.bat -retract 
    install.bat -delete.
  2. (Optional)Select options for SharePoint Server Context menu before installing connector. See 11.3.4 Enable/Disable features for detailed steps.

  3. 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 
    Note: For the install.bat -deploy command, run stsadm - o enumsolutions repeatedly, until the resultant xml contains <LastOperationResult>DeploymentSucceeded</LastOperationResult> tag.
  4. 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 or Adobe LiveCycle Connector-2013.zip file.

  2. Take backup of Elements.xmlfile. The default location of Elements.xml is < Directory containing Extracted Adobe LiveCycle Connector-2010/2013.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 and Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013

  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
    Note: For the Install.bat -retract command, run stsadm - o enumsolutions repeatedly, until the resultant xml contains <LastOperationResult>RetractionSucceeded</LastOperationResult> tag.

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