Converting bmp file to pdf

Question

Hi all,
Please help me to solve this:
1) convert bmp file to PDF( using FM) .
2)There can be many such bmp files ..append them to single pdf file after converting them.
Thanks and Regards,
KC

Answer 1

As has been discussed many times here before, you can't really merge PDF files programmatically in ABAP after they have been created.  Your best bet with this 'unique' requirement is to use a form-based approach I think.
With a smartform one approach is to create a single page with a window with a graphics node (dynamic name) in it, with the bitmap name specified in the form interface.  Unless you have already loaded the bitmaps in the graphics manager (SE78), you would load the bitmaps at runtime from the presentation server or the application server and then create the graphics dynamically using the methods of class CL_BDS_DOCUMENT_SET prior to calling the form for each bitmap (a topic discussed recently in the ABAP forums or you can view how SE78 does it by checking the code).  Create a merged spool and then use the standard function to convert the OTF data to PDF format.
A similar approach can be used with Adobe forms, but you would need to load the bitmaps to the web repository, not the graphics manager.
What exactly is in the bmp files and where are they stored?  Are they form templates?  You may get a better answer with more details.