Manage LiveCycle features on SharePoint 2007 sites

By default, when you configure the SharePoint server with the LiveCycle features, all features available on the LiveCycle server are available for configuration on all sites on the SharePoint server. This is because you installed the SharePoint Connector web part on the SharePoint server that hosts all the sites. For example, if the LiveCycle server instance has Rights Management, PDF Generator, and Reader Extensions available on the LiveCycle server, all sites on the SharePoint server will have these features available. You can manage the LiveCycle features in the following ways:

  • Enable or disable all LiveCycle features or workflows on a site

  • Selectively disable LiveCycle features on all sites

  • Uninstall the SharePoint Connector web part from the SharePoint server

Note: Making changes to SharePoint Server affects all sites that are on the server. Exercise caution when you enable or disable LiveCycle features and workflows or uninstalling the SharePoint Connector web part.

    Disable or enable LiveCycle features or workflows

    You can disable all LiveCycle features on any site on the SharePoint server. Keep in mind that this step removes all the LiveCycle features from the specified site. If the specified site has any child sites, only the parent site will have the LiveCycle features deactivated. For example, if you deactivate the LiveCycle features on the site http://mysite:80, its child site http://mysite:80/subsite is not affected. Similarly, other sites on the same SharePoint server are not affected.

    On the other hand, disabling or enabling workflow works only for a site collection and not for a site or subsite. That is, enable of disable command for workflow will work with site URL is http://mysite:80/ but not when site URL is http://mysite:80/site.

    Disable LiveCycle features and workflows

    1. Open a command prompt, and navigate to the %TEMPLATEDIR%\FEATURES folder on the Windows machine that hosts SharePoint Server. The default location of the TEMPLATE directory is C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\.

    2. Enter the following commands:

      • To deactivate LiveCycle Connector feature with WSS:

        %STSADM% -o deactivatefeature -filename LiveCycle\feature.xml -url %SITEURL% -force

      • To deactivate LiveCycle Workflow feature with WSS:

        %STSADM% -o deactivatefeature -name LiveCycle/Workflow -url %SITEURL% -force

      In these commands, replace the variables with relevant values. See Appendix- Configuring Connector for Microsoft SharePoint on the SharePoint server in the installation guide for LiveCycle for information about these parameters.
      %STSADM%
      The location of the STSADM utility that you defined as part of the web part installation.

      %TEMPLATEDIR%
      The TEMPLATES directory on the SharePoint server.

      %SITEURL%
      The URL of the site on which you want to disable the LiveCycle features.

    3. Restart the IIS server.

    Enable LiveCycle features and workflows

    1. Open a command prompt, and navigate to the %TEMPLATEDIR%\FEATURES folder on the Windows machine that hosts SharePoint Server.

    2. Enter the following commands:

      • To activate LiveCycle Connector feature with WSS:

        %STSADM% -o activatefeature -filename LiveCycle\feature.xml -url %SITEURL% -force

      • To activate LiveCycle Workflow feature with WSS:

        %STSADM% -o activatefeature -name LiveCycle/Workflow -url %SITEURL% -force

      In these commands, replace the variables with relevant values. See Appendix- Configuring Connector for Microsoft SharePoint on the SharePoint server in the installation guide for LiveCycle for information about these parameters.

    3. Restart the IIS server.

    Selectively disable LiveCycle features on all SharePoint sites

    You can selectively disable LiveCycle server features that are available. Keep in mind that these changes affect all sites on the SharePoint server. To make such changes, you remove the feature configuration defined in the %TEMPLATEDIR%\FEATURES\LiveCycle\Elements.xml file.

    For example, to make only the PDF Generator feature available on SharePoint sites, you remove the definitions for Reader Extensions, Rights Management and Invoke Adobe LiveCycle Process from the Elements.xml file. These definitions are enclosed in CustomAction elements. To disable a feature, you remove or comment out the CustomAction elements related to the features. For example, to disable Rights Management features, you remove CustomAction elements that have the Id starting with LiveCycle.RightsManagement.

    1. Navigate to the %TEMPLATEDIR%\FEATURES\LiveCycle folder, and make a back up copy of the Elements.xml file.

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

    3. Depending on the LiveCycle server feature to be disabled, identify the CustomAction elements related to the LiveCycle feature, and delete entire elements.

      LiveCycle 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 documents

      LiveCycle.RightsManagement.ApplyPolicyToDocx

      Rights-protect Microsoft Word documents

      LiveCycle.RightsManagement.ApplyPolicyToXlsx

      Rights-protect Microsoft Excel documents

      LiveCycle.RightsManagement.ApplyPolicyToPptx

      Rights-protect Microsoft PowerPoint documents

      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 images

      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

      LiveCycle.GeneratePDFFromVsd

      Generate PDF from Microsoft Visio files

      LiveCycle.GeneratePDFFromDwd

      Generate PDF from AutoCAD document

      LiveCycle.GeneratePDFFromDxf

      Generate PDF from AutoCAD document

      LiveCycle.GeneratePDFFromDwf

      Generate PDF from AutoCAD document

      LiveCycle.GeneratePDFFromOdt

      Generate PDF from OpenOffice document

      LiveCycle.GeneratePDFFromOdp

      Generate PDF from OpenOffice document

      LiveCycle.GeneratePDFFromOds

      Generate PDF from OpenOffice document

      LiveCycle.GeneratePDFFromOdg

      Generate PDF from OpenOffice document

      LiveCycle.GeneratePDFFromOdf

      Generate PDF from OpenOffice document

      LiveCycle.GeneratePDFFromSxw

      Generate PDF from OpenOffice document

      LiveCycle.GeneratePDFFromSxi

      Generate PDF from OpenOffice document

      LiveCycle.GeneratePDFFromSxc

      Generate PDF from OpenOffice document

      LiveCycle.GeneratePDFFromSxd

      Generate PDF from OpenOffice document

      LiveCycle.GeneratePDFFromWpd

      Generate PDF from OpenOffice document

      LiveCycle.GeneratePDFFromPmd

      Generate PDF from Adobe PageMaker documents

      LiveCycle.GeneratePDFFromPm6

      Generate PDF from Adobe PageMaker documents

      LiveCycle.GeneratePDFFromP65

      Generate PDF from Adobe PageMaker documents

      LiveCycle.GeneratePDFFromPm

      Generate PDF from Adobe PageMaker documents

      LiveCycle.GeneratePDFFromFm

      Generate PDF from Adobe FrameMaker documents

      LiveCycle.GeneratePDFFromPsd

      Generate PDF from Adobe Photoshop 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.

    4. Save the Elements.xml file.

    5. Restart IIS server for the changes to take effect.

    Uninstall the LiveCycle Connector web part

    You can uninstall the web part from the SharePoint server. The uninistallation process restarts the IIS Server.

    1. Copy the following text in a text editor and make the required changes. See Appendix- Configuring Connector for Microsoft SharePoint on the SharePoint server in the installation guide for LiveCycle for information about these parameters. You must remove any special formatting marks from the text.

      set _my_datetime=%date% %time% 
@echo on 
echo Begin Uninstallation at %_my_date time% 
echo "Customize <VER> <PORT> <SharepointServerNameOrIP> <SiteDirectory> <siteName> in this install.bat file. Verify gacutil.exe path." 
@echo off 
@SET GACUTILEXE="C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\bin\gacutil.exe" 
@SET TEMPLATEDIR="C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\<VER>\TEMPLATE" 
@SET ISAPIDIR="C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\<VER>\ISAPI" 
@SET RESOURCESDIR="C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\<VER>\Resources" 
@SET WEBAPPDIR="C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\<Port>" 
@SET SITEURL="http://<SharepointServerNameOrIP>:<port>/<SiteDirectory>/<siteName>/" 
@SET STSADM="C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\<VER>\bin\stsadm.exe" 
REM cd $(ProjectDir) 
%GACUTILEXE% /nologo /u "AdobeLCSharepoint,Version=1.0.0.0,PublicKeyToken=6720cbcc342f4ca4" /f 
%GACUTILEXE% /nologo /u "AdobeLiveCycleConnector,Version=1.0.0.0,PublicKeyToken=6720cbcc342f4ca4" /f 
%GACUTILEXE% /nologo /u "AdobeLiveCycleWorkflow,Version=1.0.0.0,PublicKeyToken=6720cbcc342f4ca4" /f 
%GACUTILEXE% /nologo /u "AdobeLCFormsIntgr,Version=1.0.0.0,PublicKeyToken=6720cbcc342f4ca4" /f 
%GACUTILEXE% /nologo /u "AdobeLCFormsIntgrListExtnWebService,Version=1.0.0.0, 
PublicKeyToken=6720cbcc342f4ca4" /f 
%GACUTILEXE% /nologo /u "AdobeLCTaskManager,Version=1.0.0.0,PublicKeyToken=6720cbcc342f4ca4" /f 
pushd %TEMPLATEDIR%\features 
Echo Deactivating LiveCycle Connector feature with WSS 
%STSADM% -o deactivatefeature -filename  LiveCycle\feature.xml  -url %SITEURL% -force 
Echo Deactivating LiveCycle Workflow feature with WSS 
    %STSADM% -o deactivatefeature -name LiveCycle/Workflow -url %SITEURL% -force 
Echo Uninstalling LiveCycle Connector with WSS 
    %STSADM% -o uninstallfeature -filename  LiveCycle\feature.xml -force 
Echo Uninstalling LiveCycle Workflow with WSS 
    %STSADM% -o uninstallfeature -name  LiveCycle/Workflow -force 
popd 
Echo Removing source files from WSS \TEMPLATE directory 
    RMDIR %TEMPLATEDIR%\FEATURES\LiveCycle /S /Q 
    RMDIR %TEMPLATEDIR%\IMAGES\LiveCycle /S /Q 
    RMDIR %TEMPLATEDIR%\LAYOUTS\LiveCycle /S /Q 
Echo Removing Custom Web Service files from WSS \ISAPI directory 
    RMDIR %ISAPIDIR%\LiveCycle /S /Q 
Echo Removing Feature Resource files from WSS 12\Resources directory 
    Del %RESOURCESDIR%\AdobeLiveCycleConnectorCore.de-DE.resx /F /Q 
    Del %RESOURCESDIR%\AdobeLiveCycleConnectorCore.de.resx /F /Q 
    Del %RESOURCESDIR%\AdobeLiveCycleConnectorCore.en-US.resx /F /Q 
    Del %RESOURCESDIR%\AdobeLiveCycleConnectorCore.en.resx /F /Q 
    Del %RESOURCESDIR%\AdobeLiveCycleConnectorCore.fr-FR.resx /F /Q 
    Del %RESOURCESDIR%\AdobeLiveCycleConnectorCore.fr.resx /F /Q 
    Del %RESOURCESDIR%\AdobeLiveCycleConnectorCore.ja-JP.resx /F /Q 
    Del %RESOURCESDIR%\AdobeLiveCycleConnectorCore.ja.resx /F /Q 
    Del %RESOURCESDIR%\AdobeLiveCycleConnectorCore.resx /F /Q 
    Del %RESOURCESDIR%\AdobeLiveCycleFormsIntgrCore.de-DE.resx /F /Q 
    Del %RESOURCESDIR%\AdobeLiveCycleFormsIntgrCore.de.resx /F /Q 
    Del %RESOURCESDIR%\AdobeLiveCycleFormsIntgrCore.en-US.resx /F /Q 
    Del %RESOURCESDIR%\AdobeLiveCycleFormsIntgrCore.en.resx /F /Q 
    Del %RESOURCESDIR%\AdobeLiveCycleFormsIntgrCore.fr-FR.resx /F /Q 
    Del %RESOURCESDIR%\AdobeLiveCycleFormsIntgrCore.fr.resx /F /Q 
    Del %RESOURCESDIR%\AdobeLiveCycleFormsIntgrCore.ja-JP.resx /F /Q 
    Del %RESOURCESDIR%\AdobeLiveCycleFormsIntgrCore.ja.resx /F /Q 
    Del %RESOURCESDIR%\AdobeLiveCycleFormsIntgrCore.resx /F /Q 
    Del %RESOURCESDIR%\AdobeLiveCycleTaskManagerCore.de-DE.resx /F /Q 
    Del %RESOURCESDIR%\AdobeLiveCycleTaskManagerCore.de.resx /F /Q 
    Del %RESOURCESDIR%\AdobeLiveCycleTaskManagerCore.en-US.resx /F /Q 
    Del %RESOURCESDIR%\AdobeLiveCycleTaskManagerCore.en.resx /F /Q 
    Del %RESOURCESDIR%\AdobeLiveCycleTaskManagerCore.fr-FR.resx /F /Q 
    Del %RESOURCESDIR%\AdobeLiveCycleTaskManagerCore.fr.resx /F /Q 
    Del %RESOURCESDIR%\AdobeLiveCycleTaskManagerCore.ja-JP.resx /F /Q 
    Del %RESOURCESDIR%\AdobeLiveCycleTaskManagerCore.ja.resx /F /Q 
    Del %RESOURCESDIR%\AdobeLiveCycleTaskManagerCore.resx /F /Q 
Echo Removing Resource files from %WEBAPPDIR%\App_GlobalResources directory 
    Del %WEBAPPDIR%\App_GlobalResources\AdobeLiveCycleConnector.de-DE.resx /F /Q 
    Del %WEBAPPDIR%\App_GlobalResources\AdobeLiveCycleConnector.de.resx /F /Q 
    Del %WEBAPPDIR%\App_GlobalResources\AdobeLiveCycleConnector.en-US.resx /F /Q 
    Del %WEBAPPDIR%\App_GlobalResources\AdobeLiveCycleConnector.en.resx /F /Q 
    Del %WEBAPPDIR%\App_GlobalResources\AdobeLiveCycleConnector.fr-FR.resx /F /Q 
    Del %WEBAPPDIR%\App_GlobalResources\AdobeLiveCycleConnector.fr.resx /F /Q 
    Del %WEBAPPDIR%\App_GlobalResources\AdobeLiveCycleConnector.ja-JP.resx /F /Q 
    Del %WEBAPPDIR%\App_GlobalResources\AdobeLiveCycleConnector.ja.resx /F /Q 
    Del %WEBAPPDIR%\App_GlobalResources\AdobeLiveCycleConnector.resx /F /Q 
    Del %WEBAPPDIR%\App_GlobalResources\AdobeLiveCycleFormsIntgr.de-DE.resx /F /Q 
    Del %WEBAPPDIR%\App_GlobalResources\AdobeLiveCycleFormsIntgr.de.resx /F /Q 
    Del %WEBAPPDIR%\App_GlobalResources\AdobeLiveCycleFormsIntgr.en-US.resx /F /Q 
    Del %WEBAPPDIR%\App_GlobalResources\AdobeLiveCycleFormsIntgr.en.resx /F /Q 
    Del %WEBAPPDIR%\App_GlobalResources\AdobeLiveCycleFormsIntgr.fr-FR.resx /F /Q 
    Del %WEBAPPDIR%\App_GlobalResources\AdobeLiveCycleFormsIntgr.fr.resx /F /Q 
    Del %WEBAPPDIR%\App_GlobalResources\AdobeLiveCycleFormsIntgr.ja-JP.resx /F /Q 
    Del %WEBAPPDIR%\App_GlobalResources\AdobeLiveCycleFormsIntgr.ja.resx /F /Q 
    Del %WEBAPPDIR%\App_GlobalResources\AdobeLiveCycleFormsIntgr.resx /F /Q 
    Del %WEBAPPDIR%\App_GlobalResources\AdobeLiveCycleTaskManager.de-DE.resx /F /Q 
    Del %WEBAPPDIR%\App_GlobalResources\AdobeLiveCycleTaskManager.de.resx /F /Q 
    Del %WEBAPPDIR%\App_GlobalResources\AdobeLiveCycleTaskManager.en-US.resx /F /Q 
    Del %WEBAPPDIR%\App_GlobalResources\AdobeLiveCycleTaskManager.en.resx /F /Q 
    Del %WEBAPPDIR%\App_GlobalResources\AdobeLiveCycleTaskManager.fr-FR.resx /F /Q 
    Del %WEBAPPDIR%\App_GlobalResources\AdobeLiveCycleTaskManager.fr.resx /F /Q 
    Del %WEBAPPDIR%\App_GlobalResources\AdobeLiveCycleTaskManager.ja-JP.resx /F /Q 
    Del %WEBAPPDIR%\App_GlobalResources\AdobeLiveCycleTaskManager.ja.resx /F /Q 
    Del %WEBAPPDIR%\App_GlobalResources\AdobeLiveCycleTaskManager.resx /F /Q 
    Del %WEBAPPDIR%\App_GlobalResources\AdobeLiveCycleWorkflow.de-DE.resx /F /Q 
    Del %WEBAPPDIR%\App_GlobalResources\AdobeLiveCycleWorkflow.de.resx /F /Q 
    Del %WEBAPPDIR%\App_GlobalResources\AdobeLiveCycleWorkflow.en-US.resx /F /Q 
    Del %WEBAPPDIR%\App_GlobalResources\AdobeLiveCycleWorkflow.en.resx /F /Q 
    Del %WEBAPPDIR%\App_GlobalResources\AdobeLiveCycleWorkflow.fr-FR.resx /F /Q 
    Del %WEBAPPDIR%\App_GlobalResources\AdobeLiveCycleWorkflow.fr.resx /F /Q 
    Del %WEBAPPDIR%\App_GlobalResources\AdobeLiveCycleWorkflow.ja-JP.resx /F /Q 
    Del %WEBAPPDIR%\App_GlobalResources\AdobeLiveCycleWorkflow.ja.resx /F /Q 
    Del %WEBAPPDIR%\App_GlobalResources\AdobeLiveCycleWorkflow.resx /F /Q 
     
popd 
Echo Restarting IIS worker process 
IISRESET 
set _my_datetime=%date% %time% 
@echo on 
echo End Installation at %_my_datetime% 
@echo off 
cmd /k
    2. Set values for the following variables:
      %STSADM%
      The location of the STSADM utility that you defined as part of the web part installation.

      %TEMPLATEDIR%
      The TEMPLATES directory on the SharePoint server.

      %SITEURL%
      The URL of the site on which you want to disable the LiveCycle features.

    3. Save the file as Uninstall-sharepoint-connector.bat in the location where you have extracted LiveCycle web part at the time of installation on the SharePoint server. This folder contains the install.bat file that you used to install the web part. and double-click to start uninstallation.

    4. From Windows Explorer, double-click the uninstall-sharepoint-connector.bat file to start the uninstallation. The uninstallation process restarts the IIS Server.

    5. After the uninstallation steps are completed, open the web.config file of your web application in a text editor.

    6. Remove the elements <system.serviceModel> </system.serviceModel> from this file, and then save the file.

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