Regarding Adobe Interactive forms?

[Former Member]

Hi

I am working on SAP Release 5.0 with Web AS 640.

To work on Adobe interactive forms, what else do i need to have. Is there a way to work on them without installing Net Weaver Development Studio?

Regards

Maninder

[Former Member]

Maninder ,

I guess you are asking about how to view your report output in Adobe .

If so,Use the following function module ..that will converts your ABAP report to ABODE.

" CONVERT_ABAPSPOOLJOB_2_PDF "

Hope it helps .

Regrds,

J

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[Former Member]

I appreciate your answer, but this is not what i am looking for. I donot want to convert my output to PDF. I am looking at Adobe Interactive forms, a step ahead of smart forms.

Maninder

[markus_meisl]

Hi Maninder,

for interactive scenarios in mySAP ERP 2004 (ECC 5.0), we recommend using Interactive Forms in the Web Dynpro for Java integration (Developer Studio).

In ABAP, there is transaction SFP designed to create print forms. Please read SAP Note 735050 if you intend to work with this, as it points to limitations in the support for high-volume print scenarios. This transaction also has no out-of-the-box support for returning data from interactive forms scenarios to the SAP system. This would require custom coding.

Kind regards,

Markus Meisl

SAP NetWeaver Product Management

[Former Member]

Hi Markus

Thanks for your reply and all the information that you have put up on SDN. I have gone through most of it.

I have tried to work on SFP. But the transaction errors out when i try to access my Layout editor.

But as pointed out by you, if SFP dosent provide an out of box solution to support returning data, then I guess it makes sense to move on to Interactive forms in the Web Dynpro environment. I currently dont have a stable environment to work on Net Weaver, that is what prompted me to work on the ABAP version. Incase you can suggest me a solution to work on SFP, to start developing Adobe forms, that would be great. As mentioned earlier, i am on ECC 5.0, Web AS 6.40

Regards

Maninder

[markus_meisl]

Hi Maninder,

have you installed the Adobe LiveCycle Designer 7.0? It is on a separate DVD available for download at http://service.sap.com/download. It sounds to me that you don't have it installed on your frontend.

As for the development environment: If you want to do interactive scenarios, our recommendation is clear.

But if you are willing to code your data return, ABAP is an option. Unfortunately, there isn't a lot more I can offer - except wait for SAP NetWeaver 2004s (in mySAP ERP 2005), where you can work with Web Dynpro for ABAP.

Regards,

Markus

[Former Member]

Hi Markus

Thanks for your reply. One last question, could you please let me know if what i conclude is right or wrong?

Other than waiting for the 2005 ramp up, I could intall Adobe Live Cycle Designer at the Front end (is this a free download?) and Adobe Document Services(where can I get this?) on the Server Side and work on ABAP workbench using transaction SFP.

Doing this I would need to code in ABAP to make use of the Interactive functionality of Adobe Forms.

Do you have any links where I could get guidelines on the ABAP codoing for Interactive Forms. Unfortunately, I could not find that on the SDN link for Adobe Forms.

I apologize for all these naive questions, but I would appreciate it if you could answer them for me.

I am finding Interactive Forms a very interesting area, and thats why i am trying to dig deep into them.

Thanks you for your time and help.

Regards

Maninder

[markus_meisl]

Hi Maninder,

your conclusion is correct.

The documentation on working with Interactive Forms in transaction SFP is in the SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/d2/4a94696de6429cada345c12098b009/frameset.htm.

If your company holds a license for NW 04 or ERP 2004, you can download the ADS and Designer 7.0 from service.sap.com/download -> Installations and Upgrades -> Entry by Application Group -> Installations and Upgrades -> SAP NetWeaver -> SAP NETWEAVER -> SAP NETWEAVER 04 -> <choose OS and DB> -> select from the list.

The ADS is under SAP NW04 SR1 ADOBE DOCUMENT SERVICES 1.00.

Regards,

Markus

[Former Member]

Thank you Markus. You have been a big help.

Regards

Maninder