Adobe form code initialization with HCM Processes and Forms?

Question

Hi,
We're trying to dynamically determine some language-dependent text label values in the form interface code initialization routine before displaying an interactive PDF form. All works fine when using the transaction SFP test tool, label values are dynamically determined using the code on the PDF printout.
However in our case, the interactive form is embedded in a HCM P&F scenario and when launching the process form WDA application from the UWL, it looks like the same code initialization code is executed (when debugging it) but the values are not updated on the PDF when displaying.
Any ideas how to go forward? Should we instead be using an ISR BAdI or such to do the same thing? We do not want to store all the label fields in the HCM P&F form scenario, because they are not supposed to be stored in HCM, we just need to dynamically display some text labels on the PDF form.
We're on SAP ERP 6.0 EhP4, NW 7.01.
Best regards,
Mikko

Answer 1

Hi Chris,
thanks for your answer. Just to give you some background on the requirement, we are dealing with the public sector and they are let's say quite strict about form appearances
To elaborate more, we have a need to build a single work contract printout PDF form for all the company codes (embedded into a second form scenario in our HCM P&F hiring process), because 90% of the layout and of all the labels in the work contract are common to all ccodes. Unfortunately for us, there are however some static texts / text labels with their translations whose customer requirements vary between the company codes. In addition, the customer is not ready to harmonize these texts mostly because of legal reasons. An example of this is as follows:
- ccode 1 label: work contract (+ translations to several languages)
- ccode 2 label: work contract approved by local union (+ translations to several languages)
- ccode 3 label: work contract signed and approved by local union and company (+ translations to several languages)
As silly as the requirement may seem, they are not ready to harmonize these labels into a single label because of these reasons (we have tried this many times without much success and told them about the technical difficulties to come). So we need to come up with a working solution
What we have gone forward with so far is a Z-table containing all the dynamic texts and their translations. We are now just looking for a way how to dynamically populate PDF form label values upon runtime. In normal PDF print form cases (= without HCM P&F involved), the code initialization routine works just fine. We bind the label values to the form interface elements and then upon runtime we populate the interface elements in the routine based on the incoming company code value.
But this is where we are stuck now. It seems HCM P&F somehow prevents or overwrites the changes done in the PDF forms code initialization routine when launching the PDF form from UWL and the HCM P&F process form WDA app and I'm looking for ways to make it happen.
Any ideas?
Kind regards,
Mikko