ADOBE interactive form

Introduction

System Requirement

Technical Overview

Demo
Appendix

The integration of Adobe PDF capabilities with the SAP

NetWeaver open integration and application platform has
placed SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe at the heart of
projects around the world to automate form-based
processes, eliminate paper throughout an organization,
and keep compliant with industry standard. SAP Interactive
Forms by Adobe enable end-to-end workflows with rich and
intelligent common user experiences for online and offline
use to
Increase user productivity
Extend SAP business processes to every computer with
Adobe Reader software
Increase trust in documents and data anywhere in the
process

Use Cases of Interactive Forms

Use case

Enviroment

Available with

General interactive use of forms

for data capture

Web Dynpro for Java

SAP NetWeaver 04

Web Dynpro for ABAP

SAP NetWeaver 04s

Interactive use in offline processes Guided Procedures

as part of a workflow framework

SAP NetWeaver 04s

Interactive use in online processes Internet Service

as part of a workflow framework
Request

mySAP ERP 2004

High-volume printing, for example

invoice or payroll runs

ABAP Workbench

SAP NetWeaver 04

Enterprise reporting, that is

printing of dynamic BI tables

(function for end user)

SAP NetWeaver 04s

ADOBE interactive form

Introduction

System Requirement

Technical Overview

Demo
Appendix

Complete architecture of ADOBE interactive form

integration with SAP

ADOBE document service (ADS)

Adobe Document Services provided by SAP runs as a
module on J2EE Application Server to provide Adobe
PDF Based Form Outputs and also Adobe Interactive
Forms for Input/Output.
Web services are used to generate the PDF forms at
runtime; in interactive scenarios, they extract the XML
data from the form and send it to the system.
For complete documentation about the configuration of
Adobe document services, see the following link:
Adobe Document Service Configuration Guide

Adobe LiveCycle Designer

LiveCycle Designer is installed locally on the developers PC
and tightly integrated into the following development
environments:
- ABAP Workbench
- SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio (transaction SFP)

Features

Convert XForms
Import static document formats
Work with a point-and-click XML template design tool
Add digital signatures to templates
Support XML data and schema bindings

Create rich and engaging form guides for data capture

Additional Installations on the Client PC

Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat (Version 7.0.9 or higher)
SAP Web Dynpro Active Component Framework (ACF)
-Not required when form build in ZCI layout
Interactive form needs Reader Rights Credential for
accessing advance capabilities.
- Reader Rights are configured as part of the installation
and configuration process of Adobe Document Services

ZCI layout
System Prerequisites
- SAP NetWeaver NW7.0 SPS10 or higher
- SAPGUI Release 6.40 Support Package Level 20 or
higher (see SAP Note 940637).
- Adobe LiveCycle Designer 7.1, support package level 1
Prerequisites for ZCI Forms
- Adobe Reader Version 7.x with x >= 08
- ZCI and HTTPS require Adobe Reader 8.1
- Adobe Designer, version 7.1 SP 1 only
- GUI patch level 20 must be installed.

ADOBE interactive form

Introduction

System Requirement

Technical Overview

Demo
Appendix

How can we design a form with ADOBE

Livecycle Designer?

Interface in Form Builder

You can choose from the following three
interface types:

ABAP Dictionary-based interface

Smart Forms-compatible interface

XML-based interface

Use:

Creating and editing form in form

builder

Only for Migrated smart forms

For Web dynpro forms

Context in Form Builder

In the form context you specify which
data is copied from the interface to the
form. You include this data as a node in
a hierarchy structure. In this hierarchy,
you also decide the form logic by
specifying conditions for processing the
nodes.

Whether the content of the node

(text, addresses, graphics) are included
in the output

Whether the data of a node is

Active or Inactive

Whether a specified node or an

alternative node is processed

Layout in the Form Builder

You use the layout type to define the
runtime environment where the form is
used.

Layout types
Standard layout

for PDF-based print

forms, or offline
interactive form

xACF layout

The Active Components

Framework technology is
used to integrate the
form at runtime in Web
Dynpro applications

ZCI layout

Zero Client Installation

(ZCI) technology is used
to integrate the form at
runtime in Web Dynpro
applications.

Overview of form painter

Script editor
Palette
Window

Layout
Editor

Demo

Palette
Window

Scripting in Layout of Form Builder

LiveCycle Designer supports scripting with both FormCalc and JavaScript.

- FormCalc is a calculation language that includes a wide range of built-in

functions to simplify the most common form functionality.

- JavaScript is a more powerful and diverse scripting language intended to

give you more flexibility and leverage your existing scripting knowledge.

Calling Forms in an Application Program

(1)
(2)
(3)

(4)

(5)

Data retrieval and processing

SELECT ... FROM ......*
Find out name of generated function module
CALL FUNCTION 'FP_FUNCTION_MODULE_NAME'...*
Start form processing
CALL FUNCTION 'FP_JOB_OPEN'...
LOOP AT ...*
Call function module dynamically
CALL FUNCTION <generated function module>...
ENDLOOP.*
End form processing
CALL FUNCTION 'FP_JOB_CLOSE'...

PDF-Based Print Forms

A PDF-based print form is a form designed for mass printing in SAP
systems. It is used for order confirmation, invoices, account statement,
checks, salary statement, delivery notes etc.
Adobe Designer includes two different
types of pages that you can use to
structure your form layout:
- Master pages
- Body pages
You can position various elements on
these pages. These elements are available
in a library in Adobe Designer.
Standard objects
Static objects such as texts, graphics,
rectangles, circles, and lines
Dynamic objects, such as option and list
fields, date and time fields, text fields,
numeric fields, and password fields
Special date objects
Your own user-defined objects Bar codes

Integrating interactive forms in WebDynpro ABAP

For Web Dynpro user interfaces, forms can be created and used in the context of SAP
Interactive Forms by Adobe. For efficient and straightforward development of the user
interface, you can integrate the Adobe Live Cycle Designer tool with editor and the Adobe
UI elements into the development workbench.
Forms that are stored in systems as MIME objects in the MIME repository with MIME type
application/pdf can be integrated and displayed in a Web Dynpro application.
As of NetWeaver 7.0 (NW 7.0) SPS10 forms can be integrated using Zero Client
Installation (ZCI).
Procedure for integrating Adobe interactive with
WebDynpro ABAP. Please click on the document.

Integration Step

Interactive Form in Guided Procedure

Interactive forms in GP enable you to send and receive data as a part of the
workflow managed by the GP framework. In addition, you can also create
standalone forms, which you can publish to URL, or download locally.

Integrating Web Services with ADOVE LiveCycle

Designer to make Interactive Form
In Designer, you not only have the ability to create data connections to schemas
(directly or based on sample XML data) and databases, you can also connect to web
services. Web services are online applications that return information in response to
specific requests. These requests and responses are sent and received via the SOAP
protocol in various formats, as specified by the web service in an XML-based language
called WSDL.

After binding the request/response

parameters to form fields, a button to call
the web service has to be added to the
form. The data connection in the "Data
View" already provides a button that is
configured to call a web service. So you
can simple drag&drop this button onto the
form and you are done.

ADOBE interactive form

Introduction

System Requirement

Technical Overview

Demo
Appendix

First Demo ADOBE Print Form

Key business requirements
A form is required for the generating Inspection Report as per the sample attached in
section 4.0. This form need to be generated for all goods receipts for Food and Non
Food Items. This Form has to be issued at the time of Goods receipt for Non food
items purchase orders. The document is a direct output from the Good Receipt
documents posted under the Purchase order or the Returns Purchase Order. User
can digitally sign the document.
Technical details for generating the
output. Please click on the document.

Technical Details

Second Demo ADOBE Interactive form using

WebDynpro ABAP
Key business requirements
A demo form is created in a simple web
dynpro application for displaying
interactive scenario.

Technical details for generating the output.

Please click on the document.

Technical Details

ADOBE interactive form

Introduction

System Requirement

Technical Overview

Demo
Appendix

Additional Resources
Important SAP Notes for configuration:
894009 Adobe document services: Configuration Guide (NW 7.0)
736902 Adobe Credentials
750784 SAP Interactive Forms: Licenses
752153 Adobe: PDF Manipulation Module High Encryption
766191 Active Component Framework Installation
766410 Interactive forms: XDC Scenarios for the Printer Control
685571 Printing PDF-Based Forms
834573 SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe: Acrobat/Adobe Reader Version
854621 Third Party Software Delivered with Adobe Document Services and Adobe
LiveCycle Designer
944221 Problem Analysis / Troubleshooting in Forms Processing
886572 ADS: Central Patch Note for SAP NetWeaver 7.0