To create Interactive Adobe Forms

[Former Member]

Hello,

I am new to Adobe Forms. I have remote ECC system access where I can create ABAP programs. Now I want to create Custom Interactive Adobe Forms. What else do I need to install /configure to do the same?

Any help would be highly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Welcome to the form mate...!

well to start the development you need to have Adobe LiveCycle designer installed in your desktop.

if you have the latest GUI instalation check in that, it comes with ADLC component.

besides development of forms, for the SAP system to publish or service these documents you need to have Adobe Document Service installed and configured (this is done on Java stack, this is a Basis job).

For how to do developement & installing ADS check for the respective guides.

Hope this helps you out to kickstart on Adobe froms in SAP.

Cheers,

Sai

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hello,

Thanks for the reply. I configured ADS on the Java Stack and also installed Adobe LiveCycle Designer. Now I am ready to create custom Adobe Forms. Can you please tell me now how to create a simple custom form to read/write data to/from SAP tables.

Looking forward to your co-operation.

Thanks

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Mate,

well as you said the ADS config etc are completed, just run the test forms provided by SAP to check if its all working fin..

the form names would be like

FP_TEST_00....

Now for the Adobe forms in SAP there are 3 approaches to my knowledge.

Web Dynpro ABAP

Web Dynpro Java (check in NWDS help for a basic step by step approach)

Having a Driver Program.

in SFP TCODE design the form interface and form.

the driver program (functional) module is a 4 step process of executing the developed form.

set form/document properties.

open the form

execute the form by passing parameters

close the form.

to explain it detail is impossible here, I would suggest just google it you have lots and lots of docos @ these 3 approached.

check this link for a quick start:

Hope this helps you.

Cheers,

Sai

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thanks for the Reply.

I created Adobe Form and integrated it with Webdynpro ABAP. Now I want to perform certain validations on the Form fields using FormCalc or Java Script. How can I achieve the same?

I don;t know anything about Scripting languages.

Please help.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Mate,

Where to do scripting in ADLC:

Tool bar>pallets>script editor.

A small bar comes up just above the form designer.

As the forms contains UI elements, each and every UI element will have some sort of events like click, change, on load, form load etc. so you can script for all these events in that script editor. the scripts follow a sequence when the form is loaded and are executed with results accordingly.

How to do Scripting:

You need to refer some scripting guideline docuemnts provided by adobe, I dont have any links as of now but there are a lot posted in this form itself.

for a beginner, you can find them from ADLC help.

Hope this helps,

Cheers,

Sai

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi,

I would also advice you to search SDN and go through few documents before getting into the validations using javascript/formcalc. When you start your Lifecycle Designer, you will get the scripting reference from the "Help" as well. Find the below links to the wiki by Chintan. It directly gives you few common useful scripts in Adobe development context.

[http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/ABAP/JavaScriptforCommonScenarios-PartI]

[http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/ABAP/JavaScriptforCommonScenarios-PartII]

Use these scripts in the appropriate events.

Thanks & Regards,

Sanoosh