License for read only PDF

[Former Member]

Hello,

We are currently developing a KM/WebDynpro application in which we want to generate PDF files (one template) for reading/printing purpose only. Adobe Document Services seems to us a natural choice.

Do we need additional licenses in that case ?

Or would it be easier to use an open source solution like iText ?

Thanks a lot

Regards,

Nicolas

[markus_meisl · Accepted solution]

No, you do not need an additional license for non-interactive (output) PDF forms.

Just ensure that the interactive property of the InteractiveForm UI element in your Web Dynpro application is disabled.

Best regards,

Markus Meisl

SAP NetWeaver Product Management

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thanks Markus, points rewarded !

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Markus,

I am doing the tutorial "TutWD_DynamicForm", but I cannot get it to work. I always get the following exception :

com.sap.tc.webdynpro.pdfobject.core.PDFObjectRuntimeException: Service call exception; nested exception is:

java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Read timed out

at com.sap.tc.webdynpro.pdfobject.core.PDFObject.doSoapCall(PDFObject.java:280)

at com.sap.tc.webdynpro.pdfobject.core.PDFObject.createPDF(PDFObject.java:222)

I can pass the test of getting the version in http://<server>:<port>/AdobeDocumentServices/Config.

I cannot find the "interactive" property of the InteractiveForm UI element in the Web Dynpro application to set it to false. Maybe the problem is coming from there ? Do you have any idea on that ?

Thanks a lot.

Regards,

Nicolas

[markus_meisl · Accepted solution]

Sorry, Nicolas, my mistake: The property to be disabled in Web Dynpro is called 'enabled' (no, it wasn't me...).

Your error is unfortunately not totally uncommon. Please check Notes 867502, 826419, and 811342, which all have to do with ADS time-outs.

Cheers,

Markus

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Markus,

Indeed, setting the property 'enabled' to 'false' solved the issue !

Once again, thanks a lot.

Regards,

Nicolas