Adobe forms vs website, which solution is better

Hi experts,
Please tell me the pro and con of the following 2 solutions:
Adobe forms
asp.net call sap web service
Thanks

The information below from SAP Help might help you make the decision.
[http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/en/2c/241a427ff6db2ce10000000a1550b0/frameset.htm]
"We recommend you use interactive forms only after carefully checking the requirements of your application. Interactive forms should only be used if a PDF-based form really does have advantages over a normal Web Dynpro view. This can include for instance scenarios in which paper-based processes are to be replaced or complimented by an online scenario with exactly the same form layout. Other cases can be applications where, in addition to the online scenario the same form is needed in static form for printing, archiving, sending by e-mail, or for other purposes."

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Which solution for better perfomance?

I'm writing java application based on XML. This application have to store very large XML file into DB (XML file is about 1000MB large). My solution is to divide it into smaller (100MB) parts (because of memory resources) and store it in DB. I have one XMLType table based on object-relational storage (so at the end there will be 10 rows each of 100MB size).
XML file looks like:
<students>
<student id="1">
...// 5 nested elements or collections of elements
</student>
<student id="2">
</student>
<student id="3">
</student>
</students>
</students>
Now I need to get java object Student which correponds to <student>element. My solution is to select whole <student> element and use JAXB to convert it to Java object. While solving a problem with selecting <student> element (just in case you know a solution for my another problem: How to select specific element from a XML document using JDBC? another question raised in my mind.
Which solution has better performance when I don't need to select relational data but I'm interested in xml fragment?
1) Use object-relational storage
2) Use CLOB storage
As I figured out object-relational storage is better for selecting data like student name. But is it also better when I need whole xml fragment?
Isn't my solution completely wrong? I'm quite a newbie in XML DB so it's possible that I missed better solution.
Thanks for any advice

I don't know which version you have regarding 11g, but probably in this case I would go for a table with a XMLType Binary XML column. To make xpath and other statements perform use Structured or Unstructured XMLIndexes to support your queries. The following has worked for far smaller XML documents but the millions we used were good for a total of >> 1 TB total storage size...
CREATE TABLE XMLTEST_DATA
(    "ID" NUMBER(15,0),
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) SEGMENT CREATION IMMEDIATE
NOCOMPRESS NOLOGGING
TABLESPACE "XML_DATA"
XMLTYPE COLUMN "DOC" STORE AS SECUREFILE BINARY XML
(TABLESPACE "XML_DATA"
NOCOMPRESS KEEP_DUPLICATES)
-- XMLSCHEMA "http://www.XMLTEST.com/Schema1.0.xsd"
-- ELEMENT "RECORD"
DISALLOW NONSCHEMA
PARTITION BY RANGE(id)
(PARTITION XMLTEST_DATA_PART_01 VALUES LESS THAN (100000000) TABLESPACE "XML_DATA" NOCOMPRESS
,PARTITION XMLTEST_DATA_PART_02 VALUES LESS THAN (200000000) TABLESPACE "XML_DATA" NOCOMPRESS
,PARTITION XMLTEST_DATA_PART_03 VALUES LESS THAN (300000000) TABLESPACE "XML_DATA" NOCOMPRESS
,PARTITION XMLTEST_DATA_PART_04 VALUES LESS THAN (400000000) TABLESPACE "XML_DATA" NOCOMPRESS
,PARTITION XMLTEST_DATA_PART_05 VALUES LESS THAN (500000000) TABLESPACE "XML_DATA" NOCOMPRESS
,PARTITION XMLTEST_DATA_PART_06 VALUES LESS THAN (600000000) TABLESPACE "XML_DATA" NOCOMPRESS
,PARTITION XMLTEST_DATA_PART_07 VALUES LESS THAN (700000000) TABLESPACE "XML_DATA" NOCOMPRESS
,PARTITION XMLTEST_DATA_PART_08 VALUES LESS THAN (800000000) TABLESPACE "XML_DATA" NOCOMPRESS
,PARTITION XMLTEST_DATA_PART_09 VALUES LESS THAN (900000000) TABLESPACE "XML_DATA" NOCOMPRESS
,PARTITION XMLTEST_DATA_PART_MAX VALUES LESS THAN (MAXVALUE) TABLESPACE "XML_DATA" NOCOMPRESS
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LOCAL
parameters ('GROUP PARENTINFO_GROUP
             XMLTable test_cnt_tab_ParentInfo
            ''/RECORD/ParentInfo''
            COLUMNS
             GroupingID01 VARCHAR2(4000) PATH ''Parent/GroupingID'',
             GroupingID02 VARCHAR2(4000) PATH ''Parent/Parent/GroupingID''
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Which solution is better for schedules task? Console application or windows service?

I have a "MULTI-LEVEL" XML file that I will be getting on daily basis and I want to accomplish following tasks:
1) I have to read and parse the "MULTI-LEVEL" XML data
2) Then I have to set or create some kind of .net service (c#) that read the xml and parse the data once a day (daily)?
3) Now I have SOAP service from other software where I want to feed this XML data to. The schedules service will compare the XML data with software data and update (or add) based on the comparision.
For this task, I come to conclusion that there are 2 best ways to do this:
1) Create a console application and use windows task scheduler to run it everyday
2) Create a windows service that runs in the background
Which is a better way (or reliable) solution to do this task? Please advise

There are several things to keep in mind when writing an app that is designed to run without a user logged in. One of the most common mistakes is requiring some sort of user input. Since the task will run without user intervention you don't want
any sort of calls to Console.ReadLine, MessageBox.Show, etc. They will cause the task to freeze and eventually need to be terminated. You also don't want to rely on any sort of desktop apps running since a user may or may not be logged on at the
time.
Also be aware that a task can be scheduled to run under any user context. As such you either need to ensure it runs under an account with sufficient privileges or that your app needs no special privileges. You mentioned you tried to run it from
bin\debug but you most likely have your project under your Documents directory. Only you would have permissions to that folder and therefore will run into issues if the task is run under a different context. You also mentioned you put it in the
C:\ but users don't have write privileges to that folder and therefore if you tried to write a file out it would fail. If you need to read/write files then you should pick a common location that all users have access to or at least the one that will run the
scheduled task. Be aware that, by default, Task Scheduler will not run a task elevated. You need to check the option to run elevated when you configure the user to run the task under.
One of the key things to ensure you do with a task is verify it is working properly as a normal app. You should also ensure that you have good logging so that if it does fail you can trace down the failure more easily. One common thing that people
tend to do in console apps is put a try-catch around the main function and display a message if an unhandled exception occurs. This is going to cause problems in a task. Simply log the exception and rethrow it so Task Scheduler will flag the run as a
failure.
If you still cannot figure out why your task is failing then please add some logging and then tell us what code is being run at the time and what the failure is.

Which solution is better

Hi all ,
I have a table callled preference (usr_id, pref_cd,prod_cd,prod_Fam_cd,updated_date)
user who logs in to the application will set the preference for a product ..
Now Java team wants me to create a stored procedure that accepts array of preference objects(each preference object contains all the fields of preference table) and I have to update/insert the preference table .
I have created the procedure.
But my question is Is this a good way ? cant java code directly access the table tot do this ? why to make it complex to create a stored procedure and create table types and object types which is additional maintenance.
Plz suggest which is the better approach?

raj_fresher wrote:
now I write a function to perform this and this function will have to return some success code(say 0) to the java program if the inserts and updates are successful else i will have to return some failure code (say 1)1) I assume you really mean that you are creating a stored procedure to do the DML, right? Functions should not do DML.
2) Why do you need to return a status code? It is generally far preferrable to throw an exception if a procedure fails than to force every caller of the procedure to add code to check the status code after every call.
Now what condition i have to test for a success or failure when writing a function ?
I used Merge command to insert a record if it is not present or update the record if it is present.
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secondly , if it is an oracle error how do i pass on the exception to the java code which is calling this proc?If your procedure throws an exception, that exception will automatically propagate to the Java code. The Java code will get a SQLException with the stack trace and error information.
Justin

Handling RAW data types (from SAP) in Adobe forms - Illegal Arg Exception

Hi,
I have a scenario where I have to get data of type RAW in SAP to Adobe Forms using web dynpro java. What is the corresponding type in Web Dynpro / Adobe Forms.
I am using Adaptive RFC and when I get the model from SAP function module, the RAW type is created as Binary type in the data dictionary of Web Dynpro.
When I map the model context to controller context, the type is taken as byte[].
I tried to set the attribute for this field and I got the Illegal Argument Exception error.
I am using NWDS 7.0.9 and NW04s SP12. Pl help. I am working on this since 10 days but could get no solution.
The initial exception that caused the request to fail, was:
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at com.sap.dictionary.runtime.DdTypeBinary.format(DdTypeBinary.java:60)
at com.sap.dictionary.runtime.DdTypeBinary.toString(DdTypeBinary.java:64)
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Also it is better to create separate view attributes in the context to get the values rather than mapping the model attributes directly in the form or view.
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About adobe forms...

Hi abapers,
i recently dowloaded sap netweaver 2004s trial version.
now i want to start doing adobe forms in that version.
can anyone tell me how to start adobe forms like thru which t-code etc.,.
i m new to adobe forms and i got some material thru sdn and i m in confusion state like how to start?
do i need to install any setup if i want to start adobe?
waiting for the replies.
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Hai.
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'.
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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
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docparams-country = 'US'.
docparams-fillable = 'X'.
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is_customer = is_customer
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system_error = 2
internal_error = 3
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WITH sy-msgv1 sy-msgv2 sy-msgv3 sy-msgv4.
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IMPORTING
E_RESULT =
EXCEPTIONS
usage_error = 1
system_error = 2
internal_error = 3
OTHERS = 4
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MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
ENDIF.
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Hope someone can help me
I have an entry form for an event created in Word and converted into an fillable Adobe Form, all of which works OK. I now want to add an option to submit by email before I add the form to the webpage.
I have done this previously and it worked OK, and there was an option to Submit Form next to the option to Highlight Existing Fields (in the purple toolbar). When this was clicked, it opened up a Send Form window where you could enter your email address & full name. This was perfect, and what I want again......
The problem is I cant figure out how to do this. The only thing I can find online is how to add a submit button, but when I do this it asks you to select if its a web email or outlook, and then asks you to save the form.
Can anyone help please? Ive tried searching online to find a solution to no avail
Thanks
Neil

Add a button and attach a "Submit form" action to its Mouse Up event. You yourself don't need to have an email address set up in order to do that.
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mailto:[email protected]

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I need to download pdf from the Adobe form Spool number (which have the "TEXT" type).
1. i tried by converting Spool into binary format using FM: CONVERT_ABAPSPOOLJOB_2_PDF.
2. By converting spool inti XSTRING using FM FPCOMP_CREATE_PDF_PROM_SPOOL and converting XSTRING into Binary using FM SCMS_XTRING_TO_BINARY.
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HI,
i have created offline adobe form using webservices which call rfc to pull the data ...to get inspection lot details ...
iam getting header data....but iam not able to get multiple line items of the table data ..here in scenario there are 4 line items but only 1 line item is getting displayed in the form...
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Moderator message: please have a look in the dedicated forum for "Adobe Interactive Forms".
Edited by: Thomas Zloch on Jan 18, 2011 3:08 PM
<< Moderator message - New question asked, so this is locked >>
Edited by: Rob Burbank on Jan 18, 2011 10:19 AM

This is oofline adobe form which is created throgh webservices
Edited by: tousif_ig on Jan 18, 2011 3:19 PM

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Hi Experts,
I have to develop an application in WDA which integrates already created (in SFP) interactive adobe form with standard layout.
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      others             = 4.
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Regards,
Manish
Regards,
Nik
Edited by: Nikhil on Jun 21, 2010 2:59 AM

I cannot download a MAG form for my doctor appraisal adobe form Windows8.1 only get message to down load latest Adobe which I have done and rebooted

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