Adobe form distribution question

Form created in LiveCycle and distributed with Adobe Pro...3 choices for distribution.
1) Through Acrobat.com (which stores the responses on Adobe servers)
2) By email (This is not an option for me because these forms can not invoke an email client on submission from the user. --> group policy locked-down machines.)
3) To an internal server
Option 3 works great for me as long as the person submitting the form is on my LAN. The problem is that we have users not on the LAN submitting the form. My repository for the responses needs to be accessible from the internet.
What I tired:
Shared folder on server. Full permissions for "everyone" just to avoid that as a problem during configuration....
Folder web shared by IIS.
Trying to use the distribution wizard to set this up for that folder. It wants a UNC path but that will not work for external users and no matter what http path I put in there is tells me it is unable to create the shared folder....
Obviously, if the forms can distribute and submit to Acrobat.com then they can submit to my own server. The question is how can I do this? Very frustrating.

Please repost to either the LiveCycle Designer forum or the acrobat.com forum.

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Adobe form distribution problem

Form created in LiveCycle and distributed with Adobe Pro...3 choices for distribution.
1) Through Acrobat.com (which stores the responses on Adobe servers)
2) By email (This is not an option for me because these forms can not invoke an email client on submission from the user. --> group policy locked-down machines.)
3) To an internal server
Option 3 works great for me as long as the person submitting the form is on my LAN. The problem is that we have users not on the LAN submitting the form. My repository for the responses needs to be accessible from the internet.
What I tired:
Shared folder on server. Full permissions for "everyone" just to avoid that as a problem during configuration....
Folder web shared by IIS.
Trying to use the distribution wizard to set this up for that folder. It wants a UNC path but that will not work for external users and no matter what http path I put in there is tells me it is unable to create the shared folder....
Obviously, if the forms can distribute and submit to Acrobat.com then they can submit to my own server. The question is how can I do this? Very frustrating.

Hello Gregg,
I'm sorry to hear that you're having trouble distributing your form. However, I'm not sure I understand exactly what's going wrong when you try to use Acrobat.com to distribute the form; what happens when you select that option? It should be a mostly automated process, and there's a video on using Acrobat.com for form distribution here:
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/video_workshop/?id=vid0348
If you are not interested in using Acrobat.com for forms (it's not entirely clear whether you are trying to use Acrobat.com or another server), please post your question to the Acrobat forum; as this forum is for Acrobat.com questions, we are not able to help with questions specific to other Adobe products and services.
Here is the home page for Acrobat Help and Support:
http://www.adobe.com/support/acrobat/
Here is a link to the moderated Acrobat Users forums:
http://www.acrobatusers.com/forums/aucbb/index.php
Please let me know if I can be of further assistance.
Best regards,
Rebecca

Newbie with fill-able form distribution questions

Please can someone help me understand a few things about creating electronic forms in LiveCyle Designer ES so our HR department can:
Make the blank forms available on our Intranet
Make the forms fill-able by our own employees with Intranet access and Acrobat Reader 6 and above.
Allow the form and the form data to be emailed back to HR as an PDF attachment
Allow HR to send out the part filled form as an email attachment to Authorising managers (numerous people involved in the authorisation process)
Allow the authorising managers to submit their authorisations back to HR
Allow HR to store and print the completed forms with all the authorisations (not digital signatures, just email addresses I think)
Is the above possible just using LiveCycle Designer ES (stand-alone version) to create the forms, saving as 6.x, setting the compatibility tab settings correctly, sending to HR so they can do the distribution bit in Acrobat and then putting the form_distributed.pdf file on the Intranet? Or do we need other tools to accomplish the above?
Best Regards to all.

I'm pretty sure this is possible with a standalone version of LiveCycle Designer. I don't believe any of the functionality you described requires a LiveCycle server. My only caution would be the use of Adobe Reader 6.0. At the very least, if you can push the use Reader 7.0 (or even better 8.0), your ideas will function better. There is a pretty big gap from 6.0-7.0. If you'd like to discuss this further, feel free to email me.
Hope this helps!
Ryan D. Lunka
Cardinal Solutions Group
[email protected]

Adobe Form urgent questions!

Okay, I've just created a form using Adobe Designer, one that contains fields that someone can fill out when the form is open with Adobe Reader. The form I've created specifically is for a medical practice, and the first few fields are the doctor's last name, first name, and middle initial. Is there any way that, when I click Save As, a file name is automatically created in the Save As box that contains the last name, first name, and middle initial? I'd like the file name to look like this: LastName-FirstNameMiddleInitial.
Also, this is a form that the people who work at this practice will be using regularly. After the doctor's name fields are a few fields for the date, time in, and time out. Right now, we'd like the date to look like this: 07-16-2008. We'd also like the time in and time out to look like this: 12:00. I'd like it so that, if some data entry person at this medical clinic is tying in the date, and, say, they type in the date as 07/16/2008, it is automatically formatted to 07-16-2008 with the hyphens. Same with the time. Everyone types things in differently, and I'd love to know what I need to do so that it's automatically converted to the date/time design I listed above.
Help!

Mike, in response to your questions:
The purpose of the signature field is mainly to expand on the services we offer in terms of going paperless. We want to help our clients STAY paperless, which means preventing the need to print off more paper. This form I'm working on is for a medical practice and is simply a doctor's form, with field for the doctor's name, date/time, a field for any info the doctor would like to input, and then the electronic signature field.
After the PDF is created, it is more than likely saved, which presents other problems, as I've now learned you can't save with Adobe Reader.
As far as looking up data on the form in the future is concerned, I'm pretty sure that's a big yes. I don't know that this particular PDF would be updated constantly, but I'm sure it will need to be retrieved at some point. How can the data be inputed so it can be retrieved from a database?
Geo, how exactly do I go about providing JavaScript? I know how to create a button in Designer, but I've had little experience with JavaScript. I've downloaded a program (PF Merge?) that might allow me to link the form I've created to a database, but I'm not sure how it works yet. :-) Is that what you were referring to as far as our comments about an SQL database is concerned? Is there another way I can create a connection to a database, say, a slightly easier way? :-)
Thanks!

Update SAP from Adobe forms

Hi all,
I use BAPI with web service to update several line items (e.g. of a PO) from a table in Adobe forms to SAP. I expect that all the occurrences of the line items to be transferred to the func mod. via the defined table interface, but only the last line got transferred and the others seem to be overwritten. I have tried adobe fixed and dynamic tables but that did not change the outcome (In another application, I'm able to display all line items from func. mod. to Adobe form). Question : What do I need to do to have ALL the line items transferred from Adobe form to the func. mod. ?
Components used : Designer 7, SAP ECC 6 level 9 .
Please, provide help with concrete and proven information only.
Best regards,
Nancy

Hi Vaibhav,
Thanks for the reply. I use table and not structure but somehow all the records did not get transferred. So far i've been able to get the data to and from SAP without web dynpro and hope to be able to get this scenario to work as well.
Regards,
Nancy

Using Adobe forms for multiple clients

Hi
I have several of my clients using html web based forms and would like to update them to Adobe forms.
Question is, would i need to setup an account for each client, or can i use one account and manage all my clients from that account?
Many thanks

Adobe Acrobat Pro account.
https://www.acrobat.com/en_us/products/formscentral/subscribe.html
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Adobe Forms - Code Initialization question in ABAP

Hi All,
How do you access an adobe form parameter in the code Initialization section that is passed in the adobe form function call.
I need to retrieve one of the parameters to modify one of my Global Definitions.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.

Maybe I need to refine my question a bit since it has not been answered.
When the following is called. Can I refer to the parameter CUSTOMER in the 'Code Initialization' section of the form interface? Are these parameters global in scope?
Thank you,
CALL FUNCTION FM_NAME
    EXPORTING
      /1BCDWB/DOCPARAMS        = FP_DOCPARAMS
      CUSTOMER                 = CUSTOMER
      BOOKINGS                 = BOOKINGS
      CONNECTIONS              = CONNECTIONS
   IMPORTING
    /1BCDWB/FORMOUTPUT       =
    EXCEPTIONS
      USAGE_ERROR           = 1
      SYSTEM_ERROR          = 2
      INTERNAL_ERROR           = 3.

Basic questions in adobe form

Hello Experts,
i have a few questions in adobe forms
when we first create a form, in the left side of the screen, we have a hierarchy i.e
*MASTER PAGE
CONTENT AREA
UNTITLED FORM PAGE
can you pls explain the concepts of the above... can we have more than 2 master pages in a single page? whats this content area? can we have more than one?
Suppose if i want to build a form with the following elements :
Header part : which should be displayed in all the pages
Body part: which should display internal table which should flow to the next page
immediately after the display of the internal table, i should display some other text
Footer part: should be displayed in all the pages
Now my question is, if i want to build this form, which elements should be a part of what i.e master page or content area or untitled form page?
Thanks in advance
Shekhar

Hi,
MASTER PAGE:
Master pages specify the layout and background for the form design. You can add objects that will occupy the position throughout the form design on a master page. The Master Pages tab is hidden by default. A typical form design that has two pages with different dimensions contains at least two master pages, one for each page.
CONTENT AREA:
Content areas provide anchoring and layout management for all the objects in a form, including subforms.
UNTITLED FORM PAGE:
Pages represent the pages of a form. Each page derives its size and orientation from a master page and, by default, each page is associated with the default master page that LiveCycle Designer creates. Each page is created with a default subform that covers the whole page. If your form design contains more than one master page and page, you can choose which master page to assign to a page.
can we have more than 2 master pages in a single page
yes
whats this content area?
Already described above
can we have more than one?
Yes
For the form designing, put the header and footer part in the Master page as it has to appear in every page. For the table display wrap the table in subform and make the contect type as "Flowed". This will make the table to grow to other pages.
Regards,
Runal

Question regarding HR MSS requisition adobe form?

In MSS a manger has the option of creating the requisition in SAP E-Recruiting using interactive Adobe form. One of the field is a button where the user can select a position to be used in the requisition. Once that button is clicked it opens a WebDynpro application where the user can select a position.
My question is, in which class and method the call is been made to that WebDypro application. I also want the name of that WebDynpro application. The reason for asking is that i am i am modifying this adobe form to add some functionality and one of the requirement is to add a button where the user can click on that button to select a positiongroup.
I have done alot of debugging with out finding where the call is made to WD application.
I will appreciate any help.
Thanks

Hi ,
i dont have much idea on it , but u can try from tcode SFP and search for HRREQUISITION for forms or interfaces.
Regards
Prabhu

Few questions on Adobe Forms

Hi all,
We have upgraded from 4.6c to ECC 6.0 a year ago and we custom scripts
Is it possible to recreate those custom scripts using adobe forms and i have no idea whether its available in our system
My questions are,
1)How to check whether we have adobe forms or do we need activate something
If we have to activate something let me know how to do this
2)If we recreate the adobe forms do we need to create the driver program again
Can anysend me a sample driver program for adobe forms
Thanks

Hi
Check this
look at the Adobe page here in SDN:
Use the Tcode : SFP
https://www.sdn.sap.com/sdn/developerareas/was.sdn?page=AdobeForms.htm
Check these links on Adobe forms
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/1e/05853ff8ec2c17e10000000a114084/content.htm
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/interactiveforms
http://www.sap.com/solutions/solutionextensions/pdf/BWP_Interactive_Forms_Adobe.pdf
It contains lots of useful information, documentation, and e-learning materials teaching you the basics.
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/b7/64348655fb46149098d95bdca103d0/frameset.htm
follow these links.
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/interactiveforms
http://www.sapfinug.fi/downloads/2006/seminaari/uudet/SAP_Adobe.pdf
https://weblogs.sdn.sap.com/weblogs/topic/45?x-o=50
Interactive Forms based on Adobe software is SAP's new solution for forms development. Its first release has the focus on interactive use of forms. High-volume printing is supported in principle, but - being a new solution - the performance has not yet reached the same level as Smart Forms or SAPscript, two established solutions that had years to grow. Interactive Forms is the only solution that will continue to be enhanced with new features, while SAPscript and Smart Forms will be supported without limitations.
When (or if) to move to Interactive Forms depends on your requirements. For interactive forms usage, i.e. the new functions, you have no choice, as the existing solutions don't support it. High-volume print scenarios need to be carefully analyzed to see whether your concrete requirements can be met at this point.
However, it is possible to move to Smart Forms and design your forms in such a way that a migration at any point in the future would be but a small step. Smart Forms offers from Web AS 6.40 a migration wizard to Interactive Forms. Technically, everything can be migrated, but we recommend against things like ABAP program nodes, for example.
You are not forced to ever go to Interactive Forms if you don't want to. It really depends on whether your client needs any of the new features in Interactive Forms. Also, if they are currently working with JetForms, they could enquire with Adobe directly what migration path they offer to the joint solution.
go thru this links
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/d2/4a94696de6429cada345c12098b009/frameset.htm
example
To get an overview idea about Adobe forms ,
Using SFP Tcode , first you need to create a interface . in interface you can declare the import and export parameters and also the declaration part, coding etc : This is nothing but similar to Function module interface.
And now we have to create the Form which is interactive. Create the form and enter the interface name which you have created in first step, so that the parameters , declarations of fields etc : will be copied and available in the form layout. So that you can drag and drop these declared fields ( dclared fields of interface ) to the layout.
Create the context and layout in the form.
The layout generated can be previewed and saved as PDF output.
Now we need to integrate the driver program and the PDF form to get the final output as per the requirement.
On activating and executing the form you will get a function module name just similar to smartforms.
The driver program needs to call this FM.
Refer to the below sample code :
DATA : is_customer TYPE scustom.
DATA : it_bookings TYPE ty_bookings.
DATA : iv_image_url TYPE string.
DATA : iv_sending_country TYPE adrc-country.
DATA : it_sums TYPE TABLE OF flprice_t.
DATA : docparams TYPE sfpdocparams.
DATA : formoutput TYPE fpformoutput.
DATA : outputparams TYPE sfpoutputparams.
PARAMETERS : pa_cusid TYPE scustom-id.
SELECT SINGLE * FROM scustom INTO is_customer
WHERE id = pa_cusid.
SELECT * FROM sbook
INTO CORRESPONDING FIELDS OF TABLE it_bookings
WHERE customid = pa_cusid.
outputparams-nodialog = 'X'.
outputparams-getpdf = 'X'.
*outputparams-adstrlevel = '02'.
CALL FUNCTION 'FP_JOB_OPEN'
CHANGING
ie_outputparams = outputparams
EXCEPTIONS
cancel = 1
usage_error = 2
system_error = 3
internal_error = 4
OTHERS = 5.
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
MESSAGE ID sy-msgid TYPE sy-msgty NUMBER sy-msgno
WITH sy-msgv1 sy-msgv2 sy-msgv3 sy-msgv4.
ENDIF.
docparams-langu = 'E'.
docparams-country = 'US'.
docparams-fillable = 'X'.
CALL FUNCTION '/1BCDWB/SM00000043'
EXPORTING
/1bcdwb/docparams = docparams
is_customer = is_customer
it_bookings = it_bookings
IV_IMAGE_URL =
iv_sending_country = 'US'
IT_SUMS =
IMPORTING
/1bcdwb/formoutput = formoutput
EXCEPTIONS
usage_error = 1
system_error = 2
internal_error = 3
OTHERS = 4
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
MESSAGE ID sy-msgid TYPE sy-msgty NUMBER sy-msgno
WITH sy-msgv1 sy-msgv2 sy-msgv3 sy-msgv4.
ENDIF.
CALL FUNCTION 'FP_JOB_CLOSE'
IMPORTING
E_RESULT =
EXCEPTIONS
usage_error = 1
system_error = 2
internal_error = 3
OTHERS = 4
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
ENDIF.
Regards
Anji

Some questions on Adobe Form

Hi,
I would like to find out if the following requirements are possible:
1) Mass generation of Adobe Form based on a list of personnel number (in SAP HR system). Which means that if I have 20 personnel in my list, then the system will generate 20 Adobe Forms for me with some personal data information populated in the form
2) When I upload the Adobe Form, after the value is populated back into SAP, the Form will be moved into the Attachment List for that personnel.
Appreciate if anyone can share your knowledge on the above mentioned requirements. Thank you.
Rgds,
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That is possible of course. You should use the PDFObject API for that requirements.
1. define a xml schema with all data given by SAP system.
2. create a form template which uses this schema as data connection
3. implement a java application (i.e. J2EE application) which:
- gets the data from SAP system and generates some pdf files (using PDFObject API)
- reads pdf files back to xml and submits the data to a BAPI
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We have an adobe form which is to be filled offline. It consists of a table. Table can have repeating rows and user can add\remove rows as they wish. The cardinality of the context node where we need to bind this table data is set to 1n
We want to know the process to get all the values in the table back into our context node once the form is uploaded. I assume we need to loop through the table, and add elements to the context node. Can someone please let us know if were on the right track, and provide some sample code if possible?
<b>We cant figure out a way to loop through a table inside an Adobe form.</b>
We are using Web Dynpro Java with Adobe Livecycle Designer 7.1
Your help is much appreciated.
Thanks,
Rob.

Try using...
for (z = 0; z < 16; z++) {
this["cb"+z].setStyle("styleName", "cssCBstyle");
That is the way to target them. I haven't dealt with setting styles, so I can't answer for that aspect working or not.

ECC 6.0 and using Adobe forms in Output

Hello,
We're moving to ECC 6.0.
Is there a driver program for Invoicing that would allow us to use adobe forms
as output from within S/D e.g. (from txn VF03 for a invoice).
Scenario:
We have a custom SAPScript invoice that we would like to consider rewriting as an Adobe form. I've created an equivalent Adobe form and now I'm investigating a way to integrate it with the standad Output Determination.
From txn SPRO, under Sales and Distribution>Basic Functions>Output Control>
   Output Determination>Maintain Output Detemination for Billing Documents>
   Maintain Output Types
   Select output type ZRD0
   Select processing routines from the left pane.
   There is a choice of selecting Smartform or PDF as the type.
   There is a smartforms driver program RLB_INVOICE.
Question:
   Is there an equivalent driver program or sample driver program for Adobe forms?
Regards,
Lavaughn

Hi,
Did you check in transaction SFP what are the form available in your system ?
Also , check in the standard print program if it has been adapt to use Adobe Forms instead of smartforms because it's not the same FM used .
Regards

PHOTO IS NOT GETTING REFLECTED IN ADOBE FORM

Hi experts
We have tried the below code to dispaly photo in webdynpro integrated with adobe forms
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      p_pernr                     = v_obj_id
*     P_TCLAS                     = 'A'
*     P_BEGDA                     = '18000101'
*     P_ENDDA                     = '99991231'
    IMPORTING
*     P_EXISTS                    =
      p_connect_info              = l_connect_info
    EXCEPTIONS
      error_connectiontable       = 1
      OTHERS                      = 2.
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    EXPORTING
*     MANDT                       = SY-MANDT
      stor_cat                    = space
      crep_id                     = l_connect_info-archiv_id
      doc_id                      = l_connect_info-arc_doc_id
*     PHIO_ID                     =
*     SIGNATURE                   = 'X'
*     SECURITY                    = ' '
*     NO_CACHE                    = ' '
*     RAW_MODE                    = ' '
*   IMPORTING
*     FROM_CACHE                  =
*     CREA_TIME                   =
*     CREA_DATE                   =
*     CHNG_TIME                   =
*     CHNG_DATE                   =
*     STATUS                      =
*     DOC_PROT                    =
    TABLES
      access_info                 = lt_infos
*     CONTENT_TXT                 =
      content_bin                 = lt_image_bin
    EXCEPTIONS
      bad_storage_type            = 1
      bad_request                 = 2
      unauthorized                = 3
      comp_not_found              = 4
      not_found                   = 5
      forbidden                   = 6
      conflict                    = 7
      internal_server_error       = 8
      error_http                  = 9
      error_signature             = 10
      error_config                = 11
      error_format                = 12
      error_parameter             = 13
      error                       = 14
      OTHERS                      = 15.
CHECK sy-subrc = 0.
READ TABLE lt_infos INDEX 1 ASSIGNING <fs_info>.
CHECK sy-subrc = 0.
CALL FUNCTION 'SCMS_BINARY_TO_XSTRING'
    EXPORTING
      input_length = <fs_info>-comp_size
      first_line   = <fs_info>-first_line
      last_line    = <fs_info>-last_line
    IMPORTING
      buffer       = l_employee_photo_content
    TABLES
      binary_tab   = lt_image_bin
    EXCEPTIONS
      failed       = 1
      OTHERS       = 2.
but the photo is not getting reflected in the adobe forms .
and also i have tried the url method but it doesnt work .
please help me out .

First, have you set a breakpoint in this code and made sure that you are getting data into lt_image_bin? That would seem to be the first place to start.
Then the question is how are you trying to pass the image into the Adobe Form? Are you passing an XSTRING context attribute into the form interface? Have you marked that part of the interface as an image? Are you setting the MIME Type parameter of the form interface as well. You really haven't posted any details about what you are doing on the Adobe Form side.

Adobe Forms function module - downloading the xstring output in PDF file

Hi Guys,
I'm using Adobe forms and fetching its output in an XSTRING PDF format. How can I download this XSTRING output to a PDF file and store on the local file system?
I'm using the following approach to getting a PDF output:
ls_outputparams-getpdf = 'X'.
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CHANGING
    ie_outputparams = ls_outputparams.
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CALL FUNCTION 'FP_FUNCTION_MODULE_NAME'
    EXPORTING
      i_name     = 'ZADOBEFORM'
    IMPORTING
      e_funcname = lv_fmname.
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    CALL FUNCTION lv_fmname
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        /1bcdwb/docparams = ls_docparams
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        /1bcdwb/formoutput = ls_form_output
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        usage_error        = 1
        system_error       = 2
        internal_error     = 3.
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CALL FUNCTION 'FP_JOB_CLOSE'.
Now, the variable LS_FORM_OUTPUT-PDF contains the PDF output in XSTRING. My question is how can I download this as a PDF file to my local machine.
Kind Regards,
Shailesh.

hi guys,
im using all FM to download my PDF adobe but in this part :
ls_spfli-carrid = 'AA'.
ls_spfli-connid = '0017'.
APPEND ls_spfli TO it_spfli.
flag                     = 'X'.
is_address_type          = '1'.
is_address_number        = '22515'.
is_person_number         = '22517'.
is_country               = 'IN'.
*&--- Call the generated function module
CALL FUNCTION '/1BCDWB/SM00000200'
   EXPORTING
*   /1BCDWB/DOCPARAMS        =
     it_spfli                 = it_spfli
     flag                     = flag
     is_address_type          = is_address_type
     is_address_number        = is_address_number
     is_person_number         = is_person_number
     is_country               = is_country
IMPORTING
    /1bcdwb/formoutput       = fp_formoutput
EXCEPTIONS
    usage_error              = 1
    system_error             = 2
    internal_error           = 3
    OTHERS                   = 4
I have usage_error knowing that the execution of the function module in SE37 pass successfuly and also the execution of the forms .
in your opinion what can be the problem?
Kind Regards,

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