Adobe Interactive Form Standard Layout Type

Hi,
We are on SAP ECC 6.0 system with ADS patch level 7.
We are failing the FP_TEST_00 test.. It does not produce any output. System just hangs as if into some infinite loop.
Also noticed that, in SFP in form properties, we just have "Unknown" - "ZCI" and "xACF".. there is no "Standard Layout Type" option. Thus all forms currently have "Unknown Layout Type" in this field, including for FP_TEST_00.
When we call form function module in the application program after FP_JOB_OPEN, it does not give any result.. system hangs as if into infinite loop.
Can anyone tell, how do we resolve these 3 issues? are they linked?
Thanks a lot.

Hi,
The basic difference is:
1) ActiveX Dropdowns requires ACF to be installed on each client machine to get back the data from interactive form back to context.
2) While, the use of Native dropdowns makes a form to ZCI type, so that does not require any xACF component to be installed on each and every machine that uses the Interactive forms.
So, it is recommended to use Native dropdowns in your forms,
Also, for the population of dropdowns of type native you can go through SAP note: 1013227.
Hope this helps,
Thanks,
Amita

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