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Designer 8.0 is quite an old release and newer Windows operating systems are not supported (for example Windows 7/Windows 8). Please use Designer 9.0 (SAP note 1522483) or higher instead of Designer 8.0. In order to retain compatibility with higher ADS (Adobe Document Services) versions, set the corresponding 'target version' as a Designer form property (SAP note 1317925).

You want to install, or upgrade your existing installation to, Adobe LiveCycle Designer 8.0 on your local machine.

Other Terms

Adobe document services, ADS, Adobe LiveCycle Designer , SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe

Reason and Prerequisites

Adobe LiveCycle Designer 8.0 can be used with the following ADS versions:

l SAP NetWeaver 7.0 SP-14 (or higher)

l SAP EhP1 for NetWeaver 7.0

l SAP NetWeaver 7.1 SP-4 (or higher)

l SAP NetWeaver 7.1 CE SP-3 (or higher)

For developing forms in AS ABAP, you need the following SAP GUI patch (SAP Note 864634):

l SAP GUI 620 Patch level 56 or higher

l SAP GUI 640 Patch level 12 or higher

l SAP GUI 710 any patch level

l SAP GUI 720 any patch level

Solution

You can download Adobe LiveCycle Designer from the SAP Service Marketplace: http://service.sap.com/installations Installations and Upgrades -> Installations and Upgrades - Entry by Application Group -> SAP NetWeaver and complementary products -> SAP NETWEAVER -> SAP NETWEAVER 7.0 -> Installation and Upgrade -> <Choose any OS and DB combination.> Download the file '50098620_1 NW 7.0 Presentation - Adobe LiveCycle Designer 8.0' and extract it to your local hard drive.

Stand-Alone Installation

1. Uninstall all older versions of Adobe LiveCycle Designer            First, you need to uninstall all older versions of Adobe LiveCycle Designer (6.0/7.0/7.1). As Adobe LiveCycle Designer may have been installed in any of several ways, uninstall it according to the corresponding description below.

    1121176 - Adobe LiveCycle Designer 8.0 - Installation  

Version   8     Validity: 24.05.2013 - active   Language   English (Master)

Released On 24.05.2013 06:44:19

Release Status Released for Customer

Component BC-SRV-FP Forms Processing

XX-PART-ADB-IFM Adobe Interactive Forms Maintenance

Priority Recommendations / Additional Info

Category Installation information

Other Components

l Adobe LiveCycle Designer was installed using the Designer installer

           Go to: Control Panel -> Add or Remove Programs -> SAP Interactive Forms -> Select 'Change/Remove' option.            If you cannot see the 'SAP Interactive Forms' item under Add and Remove Programs, Adobe LiveCycle Designer was installed with SAP GUI or the SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio.

l Adobe LiveCycle Designer was installed with SAP GUI

           Select 'SAP Front End' from the list in 'Add or Remove Programs', select 'Change', deactivate 'Interactive Forms' and continue.

l Adobe LiveCycle Designer was installed with SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio

           Select 'SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio' from the list in 'Add or Remove Programs', select 'Change', deactivate 'Interactive Forms', and continue. 2. Install Adobe LiveCycle Designer 8.0            After uninstalling previous versions of Adobe LiveCycle Designer, you can start the installation of release 8.0 by double-clicking the 'SapAldSetup.exe' file from the extracted files.

SAP GUI Server Integration

Adobe LiveCycle Designer 8.0 is only supported with the 710/720 SAPGUI server. For integrating with the 710/720 SAPGUI server, refer to the SAP Front End Installation Guide (Chapter Adding new SAP Front End Components to an existing Installation Server)

Validity

This document is not restricted to a software component or software component version

References

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SAP Notes

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SAP Notes (5)

1522483   Adobe LiveCycle Designer 9.0 - Installation

1317925   Maintaining backward compatibility with Designer

1009567   Functional differences SAP Interactive Forms/Smart Forms

962763   Adobe LiveCycle Designer 7.1 Installation - obsolete

766410   SAP Interactive Forms: XDC scenarios for printer control

1317925   Maintaining backward compatibility with Designer

766410   SAP Interactive Forms: XDC scenarios for printer control

1522483   Adobe LiveCycle Designer 9.0 - Installation

962763   Adobe LiveCycle Designer 7.1 Installation - obsolete

1009567   Functional differences SAP Interactive Forms/Smart Forms