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 AEM forms on JEE server, the web part installer for SharePoint server files named Adobe Connector-2010.zip and Adobe Connector-2013.zip are created in the [aem-forms root]\plugins\sharepoint folder.

  • If you are using Microsoft SharePoint 2010, copy file Adobe 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 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. (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
    Note: For the install.bat -deploy command, run stsadm - o enumsolutions repeatedly, until the resultant xml contains <LastOperationResult>DeploymentSucceeded</LastOperationResult> tag.

  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 Connector and 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 AEM forms on JEE 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 Connector-2010.zip or Adobe Connector-2013.zip file.

  2. Take backup of Elements.xmlfile. The default location of Elements.xml is < Directory containing Extracted Adobe 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 Acrobat Reader DC 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.

    AEM forms 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 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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