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Rohith Ramagiri
December 28, 2020
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Download adobe form into local system in PDF format.

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Introduction:

I came across a situation where my client wants to download and save adobe form into local system in PDF format from the report on the
user confirmation. Confirmation message is shown when the user clicks back from output screen.

The below are the following function modules and methods:

FP_JOB_OPEN
FP_FUNCTION_MODULE_NAME
FP_JOB_CLOSE
POPUP_TO_CONFIRM
SCMS_XSTRING_TO_BINARY
 cl_gui_frontend_services=>gui_download
cl_gui_frontend_services=>execute
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Step 1:

Call function ‘FP_JOB_OPEN’.  Like

Here, we pass the form’s output parameters into lv_fp_outputparams.

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CALL FUNCTION 'FP_JOB_OPEN'

CHANGING

ie_outputparams = lv_fp_outputparams

EXCEPTIONS

cancel = 1

usage_error = 2

system_error = 3

internal_error = 4

OTHERS = 5.

IF sy-subrc <> 0.

ENDIF.

Step 2:

Call function ‘FP_FUNCTION_MODULE_NAME’

Gets the technical name of the generated form.

CALL FUNCTION 'FP_FUNCTION_MODULE_NAME' "& Form Processing Generation

EXPORTING

i_name = ' ' "&Adobe form name

IMPORTING

 e_funcname = lv_fm_name.

IF sy-subrc <> 0.

ENDIF.
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ELSE.

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Step 3:
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Call function ‘lv_fm_name’ (This variable contains technical name of the form). Here, we get a pdf in xsting format generated in
‘lv_fp_formutput-pdf’.

CALL FUNCTION lv_fm_name

EXPORTING

/1bcdwb/docparams = lv_fp_docparams

gw_ers = gw_ers

IMPORTING

/1bcdwb/formoutput = lv_fp_formoutput

EXCEPTIONS

usage_error = 1

system_error = 2

internal_error = 3.

IF sy-subrc <> 0.

ENDIF.

Step 4:

Call function ‘FP_JOB_CLOSE’.

CALL FUNCTION 'FP_JOB_CLOSE'

* IMPORTING

* e_result =

 EXCEPTIONS

usage_error = 1

system_error Follow
= 2

internal_error = 3

OTHERS = 4.

IF sy-subrc <> 0.
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ENDIF.

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Step 5:

Call function ‘POPUP_TO_CONFIRM’ (The is optional).

We use this function module to generate an editable pop up to confirm saving the form into local system.

CALL FUNCTION 'POPUP_TO_CONFIRM'

EXPORTING

text_question = text_question

display_cancel_button = ' '

IMPORTING

answer = answer

EXCEPTIONS

text_not_found = 1

OTHERS = 2.

Step 6:

I have executed the following FM’s when user click’s ‘Yes’ in the step 5.

Call function ‘SCMS_XSTRING_TO_BINARY’.

This function module converts xstring data to binary data from lv_fp_formoutput-pdf into data_tab.

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CALL FUNCTION 'SCMS_XSTRING_TO_BINARY'

EXPORTING

buffer = Like
lv_fp_formoutput-pdf

TABLES

binary_tab = data_tab.
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Step 7:

Using this method we can download the generated form. Here, we have to mention the desired file path in the exporting parameter
‘Filename’. We can save and open our file in the desired path.

CALL METHOD cl_gui_frontend_services=>gui_download

EXPORTING

filename = filename1

filetype = 'BIN'

CHANGING

data_tab = data_tab

EXCEPTIONS

file_write_error = 1

no_batch = 2

gui_refuse_filetransfer = 3

invalid_type = 4

no_authority = 5

unknown_error = 6

header_not_allowed = 7

separator_not_allowed = 8

filesize_not_allowed = 9

header_too_long = 10

dp_error_create = 11

 dp_error_send = 12

dp_error_write = 13

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unknown_dp_error = 14

access_denied = 15

dp_out_of_memory = 16

disk_full  Like = 17

dp_timeout = 18

file_not_found = 19

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dataprovider_exception = 20

control_flush_error = 21

not_supported_by_gui = 22

error_no_gui = 23

OTHERS = 24.

IF sy-subrc <> 0.

ENDIF.

Step 8:

This method is optional. Here, we can able to view the saved or downloaded form in the local system or desktop.

CALL METHOD cl_gui_frontend_services=>execute

EXPORTING

document = filename

EXCEPTIONS

cntl_error = 1

error_no_gui = 2

bad_parameter = 3

file_not_found = 4

path_not_found = 5

file_extension_unknown = 6

error_execute_failed = 7

synchronous_failed = 8

 not_supported_by_gui = 9

others = 10

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IF sy-subrc <> 0.

* Implement suitable error handling here

ENDIF.  Like

 
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Conclusion:

Using the above steps one can save the adobe form into local system in PDF format at the desired path.

Thanks for Reading.

Hope this post would be helpful.

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