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An Interactive PDF to guide your configuration of the ADS

The configuration of the ADS… where do you start?  To answer this question, we have developed several interactive forms to guide those working with NW2004 and NW7.0.  Several features of this guide are supported only with Adobe Reader 9.0 and higher.  You will be prompted to upgrade your reader if it does not meet this requirement.

Stepping thru the guide we took care to be concise and present you with only one page at a time. 

We used these icons imageimage and image links in text to support document navigation.

Download the pdf files either NW7.0 or NW2004 and let us start.

Now, Step One, what OS is ADS installed on?  Not all are supported by ADS and these are clearly marked.  This particular issue has been the root cause of a fair number of customer messages.  If you are installed on an unsupported platform click on the link to review the note provided.

Step Two, there are 3 server settings… these should have been configured during installation, but double check.

Step Three, the ADS lives on the AS Java stack and so there are two installation configurations that can you can choose from, ABAP+Java or Java only.  Will other systems be connected to this system?  If there are no other systems to be connected then there is only one configuration step.  If there are other systems that will be connected then for each type of system there are a concise number of configuration steps detailed.

We provided screen shots and overlaid dynamic text to ensure at each step what, exactly, you should see when configuring.  When stepping thru the configuration you will encounter the following image, you have reached the end of selected configuration step.  If you proceed by selecting this icon you will be presented with a ‘print view’ of the document, allowing you to see all the steps taken over multiple pages.

To return to the configuration document view select the following icon image.

We hope this tool is useful.  We are willing to extend this guide to support other configurations, i.e., SSL. So, please provide feedback to help guide our next steps.

I would like to thank my collaborators at Adobe Systems Incorporated for their invaluable support.

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      Author's profile photo Sergio Ferrari
      Sergio Ferrari
      Thanks George,
        the guide is not only very useful but also very innovative.
        "Dreaming a world of interactive Installation Manuals..."

      Sergio

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      Former Member
      Hi George,

      I like the idea of having pdf in interactive form. This way the documentation manuals will be more user friendly and attractive. With this kind of interactive manuals, it will be very easy to read more number of pages without any issues. Looking forward to see more on this.

      Thanks,
      Sivapratap

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      Former Member
      Hi,

      I am able to go Step 1 and Step 2. In Step 2 I am not seeing forward arrow to move to next step. All I am seeing is only back arrow to go step 1

      I am Acrobat Reader 8.1.3 and i did not get any prompt to download acrobat reader 9.0.

      Can you help ?
      Thanks!

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      Former Member
      Blog Post Author
      I would suggest using Reader 9.1.2 due to hyperlink feature not available in earlier releases.  This however should not effect your navigation between pages.  So, can you tell me which OS from the list did you select on step 1?  Also, have you asked another colleague to open and navigate this form?
      Author's profile photo J. Pazahanick
      J. Pazahanick
      Great article George. Has SAP offically confirmed compatability with Adobe 9.0 as I was unable to find any documentation stating so?

      Thanks in advance.

      Author's profile photo Former Member
      Former Member
      Hi George,
      this guide is very helpful.

      Thank you!
      Best Regards
      Ines

      Author's profile photo Steven Hofford
      Steven Hofford
      Thanks!  I really liked the interaction, and it's much easier to use than the configuration guide.
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      Former Member
      Hello,

      I was wondering about the support of ADS on SunOS 5.9, SunOS 5.10. I do not see this as part of the Operating System list on page two of your document. Any suggestions? Thanks.

      Regards,
      Sachin

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      ADS supports in NW70 Spark 9 and 10.  However, not on the x86 64 hardware.  To keep up to date take a look at the PAM in service.sap.com
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      Former Member
      Hi George

      Your configuration guide for ADS is very well done.

      regards.

      Author's profile photo Manish Singh
      Manish Singh
      Hi,

      I am unable to download this guide. If possible then kindly send me this guide at my mail id manish.p.singh@gmail.com

      Regards,
      Manish

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      Sorry for this... but there is an added step.  After you click on the link to download you are taken to another page... click on the button "View this Article" to see the pdf in the browser or right-click on the button and choose "save target as". Either way should get you the pdf.
      Author's profile photo zhou li
      zhou li
      would you kindly forward this document to me? thanks anyway. mail:lizhou.sap@gmail.com
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      Blog Post Author
      Sorry for this... but there is an added step. After you click on the link to download you are taken to another page... click on the button "View this Article" to see the pdf in the browser or right-click on the button and choose "save target as". Either way should get you the pdf
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      Former Member
      would you kindly forward this document to me? thanks anyway. mail:bithhb@yahoo.com.cn
      Author's profile photo Former Member
      Former Member
      Blog Post Author
      Sorry for this... but there is an added step. After you click on the link to download you are taken to another page... click on the button "View this Article" to see the pdf in the browser or right-click on the button and choose "save target as". Either way should get you the pdf
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      Former Member
      Get "Page does not exist" error. Could you please send me the pdf's by e-mail? tiago.soares@beamglobal.com

      Thank you so much

      Kind regards

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      Sorry for this... you must get the source from this page... but there is an added step. After you click on the link to download you are taken to another page... click on the button "View this Article" to see the pdf in the browser or right-click on the button and choose "save target as". Either way should get you the pdf
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      Former Member
      Hi,

      I often used to setup ADS using  this document in the past, and it was very useful
      However, I've tried to use today, and the extended adobe features are not working....so it is quite dificult to follow the steps.

      Author's profile photo Carlos Vera Baca
      Carlos Vera Baca
      I have the same problem. Please post an updated document.

      Thans a lot!.

      Carlos.

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      Former Member
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      Hello Francisco,

      The certificate for the form had expired.  I have generated an new form, please, try again.

      George

      Author's profile photo Alfredo De la Rosa
      Alfredo De la Rosa

      Hi,

      I've tried to use this document today, but the extended adobe features are not working.

      Help please.

      Alfredo

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