Foxit WebPDF for SharePoint Installation Manual

Foxit WebPDF for SharePoint

Installation Guide

Table of Content

Chapter 1 ---Overview ............................................................................................................... 3

Chapter 2 ---Install and Configuration ....................................................................................... 3

Install Foxit WebPDF for SharePoint 2010 ........................................................................ 3

1. Plugin Installation .................................................................................................. 3

2. Install COM Component ...................................................................................... 11

3. Get a 30 days trail ................................................................................................ 11

4. Activate ............................................................................................................... 14

5. Get start .............................................................................................................. 17

Chapter 3 ---Uninstall and Upgrade......................................................................................... 19

Uninstall Foxit WebPDF for SharePoint ........................................................................... 19

Repair Foxit WebPDF for SharePoint .............................................................................. 26

Upgrade Foxit WebPDF for SharePoint ........................................................................... 33

Chapter 1 ---Overview

Server System

SharePoint

-Windows Server 2008/2010/2012

-Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010

-Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010

-Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2013

-Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013

This document will guide the Administrator of SharePoint farm to deploy, activate, upgrade and
uninstall a Foxit WebPDF Reader into a SharePoint environment.

Chapter 2 ---System Requirements

Chapter 3 ---Install and Configuration

Foxit WebPDF for SharePoint supports SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint 2013. Different
versions have different installation packages, but the installation steps are the same, the
following guide is the SharePoint 2010 installation manual.

Install Foxit WebPDF for SharePoint 2010

1. Plugin Installation

 Download the Installation Package (put it in any device of SharePoint server), unzip it, and

you will get the files as below:

 Double click the executable file (run as Administrator), you will see the setup

wizard (as shown below). Click “Next” to continue.

 System checking will be triggered automatically. If any item fails to pass the system

checking, you should check the related configurations. If all the items pass the system
check, click “Next” to continue.

 The Server name and database name will be read automatically.

Fill in your windows account or SQL account and click “Next”

 Please read the EULA in the dialog, check I accept the terms in the License Agreement,

and then click “Next”.

 Select the Web Applications and Site Collections to be deployed (all the Web

Applications and Site Collections in SharePoint service farm will be listed in “Site
Collection Deployment Targets”), and then click “Next”.
Note: you should select central administration as well as the sites where WebPDF will be
used.

 Click “Next” when all operations have been successfully completed.

Check the deployment information, and click “Close” to finish the plugin installation.

2. Install COM Component

COM component provides the core function of PDF conversion. We need to install the COM
component on each Application server, which runs the Foxit PDF conversion service.
Please run following command to install and upgrade the COM component:

Install-SPFoxitComs

To check whether the COM components have been installed in the server, please use the PowerShell

command:

Test-SPFoxitComs

Foxit WebPDF for SharePoint will then be installed successfully.

3. Get a 30 days trail

Once you finished the previous two steps, you have to activate the conversion component on
APP server for the further usage. If not activated, the following dialog (error code: 23) will pop
up when you open a new PDF document in SharePoint with WebPDF Reader.

But the user also can register to try out the plugin for a 30 days trail. In trail version, a watermark
of evaluation will be added to every PDF page. You can register a 30-day trial version by the
following steps.

First, run the “SPWebReaderActivation.exe” program as an administrator in an Application
Server (each application server has to do this register), then the following dialog box will be
shown. Then click the “Register for 30-day trial” button to continue.

Input registration information and click “Register Now” button.

A dialog box with successful information will pop up if the registration is successful. Click “OK”
button to close the activation program.

4. Activate

After the license is paid, you will get the Activation code.
Run “SPWebReaderActivation.exe”, click the “Activate” button,

Copy and paste the license code, and click the “Install the key” button.

If you input an invalid license code, the dialog will be shown as following.

Input a valid license code.

Click “Next” button, and input Licensee.

Click “Active now” button, following dialog will pop up if the activation is successful.

$webapp = Get-SPWebApplication
Remove-SPFoxitWebReaderCache $webapp

Note: Please clear up the existing cache file if you activate the plugin from a trail version. Since
the existing cache files are converted with a trail watermark from PDF, use the below command
to clear it up.

5. Get started

Until now, all the configurations have been completed.
You can “Home” to start to use Foxit WebPDF Reader.

 Upload a PDF file to the document library.

 Click the pop-up menu, select “Open by Foxit WebPDF Reader” or just click the button

, and the PDF file will be opened in a new webpage with WebPDF Reader.

Below is the interface with PDF viewing in WebPDF Reader:

Chapter 4 ---Uninstall and Upgrade

Uninstall Foxit WebPDF for SharePoint

 Double click the executable file (run as Administrator), and you will see the

setup wizard (as shown below). Click “Next” to continue.

 System checking will be triggered automatically. If any item fails to pass the system check,

you should check the related configurations. If all the items pass the system check, click
“Next” to continue.

 If “Foxit WebPDF for SharePoint” has been installed, a dialog (as shown below) will pop

up. Choose the “Remove” option, and then click “Next”. Foxit WebPDF for SharePoint
will be removed automatically.

.

Repair Foxit WebPDF for SharePoint

 Double click the executable file (run as Administrator), and you will see the

setup wizard (as shown below). Click “Next” to continue.

 System checking will be triggered automatically. If any item fails to pass the system check,

you should check related configurations. If all the items pass the system check, click “Next”
to continue.

 If “Foxit WebPDF for SharePoint” has been installed, a dialog (as shown below) will popup.

Choose “Repair” option, and then click “Next”. The Upgrade/Repair will run automatically.

 Restart the IIS to complete upgrade/repair.

Note: “Foxit WebPDF Reader” will be reset in all site collections after upgrade or repair. Please
re-activate for further use.

Upgrade Foxit WebPDF for SharePoint

 Double click the executable file (run as Administrator), and you will see the

setup wizard (as shown below). Click “Next” to continue.

 System checking will be triggered automatically. If any item fails to pass the system check,

you should check related configurations. If all the items pass the system check, click “Next”
to continue.

 If “Foxit WebPDF for SharePoint” has been installed, a dialog (as shown below) will popup.

Choose “Upgrade” option, and then click “Next”. The Upgrade will run automatically.

 Restart the IIS to complete upgrade/repair.

 Install COM Component

After upgrade the Foxit WebPDF, you should reinstall COM component on on each
Application server, which runs the Foxit PDF conversion service.

Please run following command to install and upgrade the COM component:

Install-SPFoxitComs

To check whether the COM components have been installed in the server, please use the

PowerShell command:

Test-SPFoxitComs

 Restart the IIS to complete the upgrade.