Adobe Form and R/3 integration

Hi
I am facing an issue with adobe interactive forms and ABAP R/3 integration.
How to get the control back to Report Program after the 'SUBMIT' Button is clicked in interactive Adobe Form.
Can anyone help me how can I resolve the same?
Thanks.
Shivani

Hi Shivani,
There are many ways by which you can post data back to R/3 from an adobe form. It depends on the scenario which you want to use.
1) If it is an online form, the form has to be incorporated with in a webdynpro component and you can use webdynpro native submit button to post data back to R/3
2) If it is offline form and is generated out of a driver program in ABAP, you can use the following methods:
GUI Upload
Mail attachment to SAP Inbox
Using Web Services
Upload form to portal
Hope this will clarify your doubt on integration
Thanks & Regards,
Sanoosh

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