Keen interest in learning Adobe interactive forms

Hi All,
Currently I am working as a Smartforms consultant. I am interested in learning Adobe interactive forms. Also I wanted to know what is the future in this if I want to shift to this path.
Please advise...
Thanks,
Poornima

Hi Poornima,
If you want to learn basic Adobe Interactive Forms, Visit this pdf
1>https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/22a59890-0201-0010-61aa-e16ab8da7e9f
2>http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/aa/940ee5331b4b8fa0a6cb6714dc5db4/frameset.htm
3>http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04s/helpdata/en/b7/64348655fb46149098d95bdca103d0/frameset.htm
Adobe Installation
Requriements for Adobe interactive forms on client
Sample webdynpro program using adobe
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04s/helpdata/en/dc/f1783fe3263042e10000000a114084/frameset.htm
Creating your first Adobe Form
/people/community.user/blog/2007/01/22/creating-your-first-application-using-interactive-forms
Check this blog for related SAP Notes and usefull about Adobe
/people/markus.meisl/blog/2006/11/03/the-most-important-sap-notes-for-sap-interactive-forms
Hope that helps..reward points

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How to start learning Adobe Interactive Form?

Hi,
I want to learn Adobe Interactive Forms. Does any one has some related materials that can be shared?
Thanks a lot.
Rewards will be provided.
Best Regards,
Chris Gu

Hi Gu Chris ,
The following links contain all the detailed information (PDF & PPT docs) on Adobe Interactive Form with examples which wil make u'r learning easier:
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/adobe
Improving the Performance of Adobe® LiveCycleu2122 Designer Forms(scripting)
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/livecycle/articles/lc_designer_perf_guidelines.pdf
Interactive Forms Based on Adobe Software: Overview
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/e635e290-0201-0010-a9be-9e8e4ce04770
Adobe Interactive Forms
http://www.saplounge.be/Files/media/pdf/Huberland-Interactive-Forms-2007.10.10.pdf
Taking interactive forms to next level
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/8c103c36-0301-0010-cda8-f6b381bedb6e
Introduction to Adobe PDF Library SDK(PDFL SDK)(Simply scroll the document)
http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/en/webseminars/PDFL_WebSeminar.pdf
Creating Interactive forms in webdynpro for java
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/5f27e290-0201-0010-ff82-c21557572da1
PDF-Based Print Forms/SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04s/helpdata/en/c8/4adf7ba13c4ac1b4600d4df15f8b84/frameset.htm
Date Objects in Adobe Designer
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/dd/60694fddb74ad88cdb7d2a094f3dd2/frameset.htm
Checking and Testing a PDF-Based Print Form
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04s/helpdata/en/c2/1fe9aa4d7b413e8515f90b73729e97/frameset.htm
Architecture
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/f2/21021b911f4c0cae11459a4ce0bc62/frameset.htm
http://www.nl4b.com/Adobe/Invitation_SAPBrussels_Q407.pdf

Adobe Interactive Form Beginner

Hi
I am trying to learn Adobe Interactive Form.
As a beginner I would like to see and execute certain basic forms in ESS/MSS scenarios.
Are there any documents that provides a step-by-step approach for creating and executing an Adobe Ineractive form
Thanks a lot
regards
Luke

Hi Luke,
You may have a look at https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/docs?rid=/webcontent/uuid/f5718380-0c01-0010-aebf-8786fb890302">sdn [original link is broken] [original link is broken] .
To view the forms u may use SFP transaction , provided - u have the required installations.(kindly refer the links).
To execute the forms you may search for fptest programms in se38.
To execute the ISR forms (PCR's in MSS), u may go to QISRSCENARIO transaction and select a PCR scenario like SPEG and click on the execute buttton next to the form name.
Hope it would meet your requirement. Do update about your findings.
Thanks and Regards,
Anto

Creating Adobe Interactive Forms in ABAP Web Dynpro

Hi,
I am a begineer to ABAP PDF Form development. Anyone could help me to develop Adobe interactive forms (online and offline cases) using ABAP WebDynpro. I would need Thanks.step by step procedures to develop quickly. I have found the material mostly related to Java. Please suggest some links related to ABAP WebDynpro. What aee the methods that would be called to update a form, open a form and upload/download a form.
Regards,
Namita Bhan

http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/interactiveforms-elearning
the above link helps you out witht he best e learning sessions
http://wwwimages.adobe.com/www.adobe.com/enterprise/partners/pdfs/solution_in_detail_interactive_forms.pdf
this also is a very helpful document
If you have any specific queries please feel free to shoot
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Senon

Navigation problem while using Adobe interactive form in web dynpro

Hi frds,
I have a 2 views..
1st view contains an ADobe from and a button to navigate to the 2nd view..
No problem with the first view.. displays everything...
The Problem is when i click the button to nsvigate to the 2nd view, its not loading...
Wait symbol is coming...
Please Help me friends...

hi ,
pls use the ZCi layout for the adobe interactive form .
Need to Insert the web dynpro script to the form.
Note: Make sure to upgrade the Adobe Interactive for ZCI type using SFP_ZCI_UPDATE transaction
Subsequently, check whether the update of the ZCI was successfully completed. To do this, open your form in the Adobe LiveCycleDesigner and check the version information of the ZCI script. The ZCI script is available on the "Hierarchy" tab page under the "ContainerFoundation_JS" name. The version must be800.20080513120641.469612.469346.
You can also have a look at this e-learning.
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/20029530-54ef-2910-1b93-c41608ae0c90
Refernce thread : adobe online interactive form
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amit

How to use Adobe Interactive forms with ISR frame work in Webdynpro forJava

Hi,
Anybody worked on Adobe Interactive forms with ISR frame work in Webdynpro for Java in ESS/MSS development.
We have already searched in ISR_Cookbook_2004, however we didn't anything related webdynpro for java in that.
Any information regarding this will be of great help.
Regards
Satish Kumar

There are a number of issues here. A form that you created with LiveCycle Designer (XFA) cannot be used with FormsCentral. An Acroform, the kind you can create with Acrobat, can be used with FormsCentral, with certain limitations, one of which is skip logic. A dynamic XFA form allows for this type of thing, but as mentioned, they don't work with FormsCentral. You can set up an Acroform to show/hide or activate/inactivate fields based on selections or entries made in other fields, but you'd have to set this up in Acrobat, not FormsCentral. So you can set up something roughly equivalent to a web form's skip logic, but you'd have to learn how to do this in Acrobat using JavaScript. There is a separate Acrobat JavaScript forum here if you have any questions.

Adobe Interactive forms - ABAP Webdynpro or JAVA Webdynpro?

Hi,
I am an ABAPER and I got few requirements for Adobe Interactive forms Offline Scenario/Online scenarios & ALV reports.
I have practiced a session ( How Tou2026execute an RFC model with inputs from Interactive Formswith RFC Module ) -JAVA webdynpro where it interacts with SAP via BAPI.
Now my question is I am bent more towards ABAP.. I want to do this in ABAP but unfortunately I haven't found any similar material for ABAP webdynrpo.Could anyone pls suggest me !
FYI.. We are also developing some ALV Webdynpro reports and I am using PURE ABAP which i like it.
So the other reason is we don't want install NWDI and complicate this structure as we don't have ESS/MSS requirment here. Just we need some forms/reports on portal.
Any suggestions and links which can help me here?
rgds
Vara

Hi Vara,
You can develop Interactive forms using WD ABAP also.
[E Learning- Interactive Forms using WD ABAP|https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/media/uuid/c766e918-0b01-0010-99b1-c2b78cd059b3]
WD Java is useful in case, when your ABAP system is less than ECC 6.0. Otherwise you can achieve same functionalities in WD ABAP also.
Hope this will help you.
Amit

Smartforms or Adobe Interactive Forms?

Hello Folks,
my client currently are beginning the decision making process to replace all of their current Jetform based SAP printing solution to a newer more stable solution - and they are interested in the possible options available.
Note that this is a major project as we have to migrate all documents (invoices, orders, POs, account statements etc) defined in multi languages and versions. Currently we are running SAP4.6C - but there is the possibility of an upgrade in the near future too.
To me the most stable alternative right now appears to be SAP smartforms - as this is a tried, proven and well integrated technology. Now I read here about the possibilities offered by Adobe interactive forms - and that from 6.40 onwards they will be integrated into the ABAP workbench. It is not clear to me though if Adobe interactive forms are intended to replace Smartforms or if they are merely an alternative approach - and what the pros and cons are of each technique.
Also it is not clear to me how well Adobe forms can be integrated with standard NAST table style output control - is it possible to integrate adobe forms to the standard output control?
What we are really concerned with is that we spend a lot of effort migrating to Smartforms only to find out that it is yesterdays technology and that we subsequently have to remigrate to Adobe interactive forms...
Can anyone there at SAP or on SDN provide any advice as to the pros and cons of the Smartform solution when compared with Adobe interactive forms, and any advice you can offer as to which solution to opt for in our migration project?

Hi Julian,
it sounds to me that all your current forms are output forms (for printing, faxing, e-mailing, etc.) i.e. non-interactive.
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.
Hope this helps.
Best regards,
Markus Meisl
SAP NetWeaver Product Management

Adobe Interactive Form / Web Service - Connection question

Hi
We have CRM 2007 and want to use Adobe Interactive forms for our sales managers to upload customer information when they're out in the field. Before they leave all information about the customer will be downloaded to an Adobe Interactive Form. The client sees the customer and then enters the information required to e.g. create a sales order. He has an Internet connection but is not neccessarily logged into CRM 2007. He is a registered user in CRM 2007.
My question is: if we create the web services to send and receive data to the CRM 2007 system, does the sales manager have to be online and signed into the CRM system to upload the Adobe Interactive Forms back to the server, or does the web service handle this?
Kind regards
Declan

Hello Declan,
You can send the information captured in an SAP Interactive Form by Adobe to your CRM system in two ways based on the way in which your form is designed -
1] By making a direct web service call : A typical use case is that the user fills out all the necessary fields in the form and simply clicks a submit button; on clicking, the particular web service is called and the input data is transferred to SAP CRM. It should be noted that the web service authorizations should be in place to enable this kind of usage.
2] By utilizing SAP CRM via Email scenario : A typical use case here would be that the user fills out all the necessary fields in the form and simply clicks a submit via email button; on clicking, an email is composed with all the form input infomration added as an attachment. The user can then send this email to the SAP CRM system. It should be noted that SAP CRM via Email application should be setup on the SAP CRM system and the particular SAP CRM via Email service & web service should have proper authorizations.
An interesting point to note here is that while scenario 1] would require the user to have just internet access for this to work, scenario 2] could work in a fashion such that if the user isn't having internet access, he/she could still fill out the forms thereby creating emails which would then reside in the outbox of the user's email client. Once the user is having internet acces, the email client would send these emails automatically, thereby achieving a different flavour of "offline functionality".
Hope this info helps!
Best regards,
Sandeep.

Adobe interactive forms: Book and/or documentation

Hi all,
next week I will start a project abount Adobe interactive forms in a huge company here. Therefore I want to read documentation and/or a book about this that I can learn to develop with this functionallity. I have done a lot of changes with SAP Script. Where can I find good documentation or a good book (checked also SAP PRESS) about AIF?
Thx for your answers and your help that I can learn more about this topic.
Regards
Michael

Hi,
/people/thomas.jung3/blog/2005/07/13/lessons-learned-from-adobe-forms-development
/people/community.user/blog/2006/11/20/search-help-in-isr-adobe-forms
/people/franklin.herbas/blog/2005/12/13/2d-barcode-pdf-forms-with-sap-netweaver
/people/vani.krishnamoorthy/blog/2006/05/17/fillable-adobe-forms-using-abap
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04s/helpdata/en/43/849b3482206353e10000000a11466f/frameset.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04s/helpdata/en/43/82538c0c4458bbe10000000a422035/frameset.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04s/helpdata/en/46/55c841d202c317e10000000a155106/frameset.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04s/helpdata/en/6d/bd2d828aa04eeb9451aad0d02ae9a0/frameset.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/dd/60694fddb74ad88cdb7d2a094f3dd2/frameset.htm
Adobe Forms:
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/webcontent/uuid/f5718380-0c01-0010-aebf-8786fb890302 [original link is broken]
https://www.sdn.sap.com/sdn/developerareas/was.sdn?page=AdobeForms.htm
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/d4fe7fca-0b01-0010-569a-9a9c1ddf4132
https://www.sdn.sap.
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Designing Labels using Adobe Interactive Forms

Is anyone out there using Adobe Interactive Forms to design packaging labels? If so, I'd be interested in hearing about your experiences with this. In particular, I'd like to know if you evaluated third-party label design software and did a comparative analysis with Adobe Interactive Forms as well as the results of your analysis (what were the strengths and weaknesses of each).
We are a medical device manufacturing company, so we have to comply with the FDA's 21 CFR Part 820 regulations so ideally I'd like to get some feedback from another FDA-regulated company.

Hi Pedro
in principle, this is the way you need to set up your landscape to work with a 4.7 system.
However: If you read the FAQ here in <a href="http://sdn.sap.comhttp://www.sdn.sap.comhttp://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/interactiveforms">SDN</a> or in the <a href="http://service.sap.com/adobe">SAP Service Marketplace</a>, you'll see that SAP explicit recommends NOT to use this setup for printing scenarios. This is due to possible issues with performance expectations.
You are welcome to use this setup for interactive scenarios.
Best regards,
Markus Meisl
SAP NetWeaver Product Management

Can BPM support off-line Adobe Interactive Form

Can anybody tell me weather BPM can support off-line Adobe Interactive Form or give me a solution for this scene. Thank you for your help
Eric Ji

Hi Eric,
NW BPM in CE 7.11 EhP1 only supports "WebDynpro 4 Java" as UI technology. Nevertheless the following thread might be interesting for you:
Galaxy Frontends
Galaxy Frontends
Best regards,
Martin

Web Service is not triggering using Adobe Interactive Form

Hello Experts,
I know this is a common topic now , but the problem I am facing, no thread help me to solve that.
Problem:--
My requirement is to create an adobe form , in which
-> an input field is needed,and some description is needed.
I used button to trigger my webservice.
Here , I want to clear that , I have made a proper WEB SERVICE using Remote Enabled FM.
My web service is working fine as I have tested from WS NAVIGATOR(Note: http://<source>:<port>/wsnavigator).
In Adobe Form (SFP), I have made a new Data connection using WebService WSDL.
All Request and Response parameters are availabe in Data View palletes of Form.
Button that is available from data connection is used.
I have used Button as an Execute button , under execute tab in connection , I had given DATA CONNECTION name .
But above things not worked so ,
I also tried with Regular Button , and under click written Javascript/FormCalc which is:--
var cURL = 'http://x.y.com:8012/sap/bc/srt/rfc/sap/ZMATERIAL_DESCRIPTION?sap-client=800&wsdl=1.1';
var service = SOAP.connect(cURL);
xfa.connectionSet.DataConnection2.execute(0);
But this also not worked .
So, I think there can be a little issue may be , I am forgetting to click some special atrributes in form .
Please help me and let me know what can be probable reasons that webservice is not triggering
Thanks a lot ,
Jeet

Solved my self, converted PDF into image and used that pdf as a static image in Adobe Interactive Form.

How to binnding the data in the adobe interactive forms for making a table?

Hi, experts,
Function:
Through the sharing context node between adobe interactive form and a WDA for ABAP, display the data of the sflight_node in the ADOBE.
version:
Acrobat Reader 8.1.0
currently both of the SAP-ABA and SAP-BASIS SP level: 9
ADS : Successful.
The following is my action:
1.     Create a interface (Z_SFLIGHT_INTF) with a attribute node (SFLIGHT_NODE) that type is "sflight" using the transaction code "sfp"
2.     Create a form (Z_SFLIGHT_FORM) using the transaction code "sfp" with the interface Z_SFLIGHT_INTF.
3.     Trag the sflight_node in the Z_SFLIGHT_INTF to the form( Z_SFLIGHT_FORM).
4.     Open the layout tab in the form(Z_SFLIGHT_FORM), and create a table(table1). Click the table created just now, select the binding tab in the object tab, and in the Default Binding, select the SFLIGHT_NODE under the Z_SFLIGHT_FORM.
Problem 1:
Do you tell me whether is right for binding the context SFLIGHT_NODE using this way? If bind 3 context attributes in the sflight, how can I do it?
5.     Create a WDA for abap (ZZ_02_SFLIGHT), and create a view(MAINVIEW) using transaction code "se80" in the sap-gui with adobe interactive form. Set the templatesource(Z_SFLIGHT_FORM) in the adobe interactive form properties and saved, and then, datasource is "MAINVIEW_Z_SFLIGHT_FORM" automatically.
6.     But I only found the attribute SFLIGHT_NODE under the context node(Z_SFLIGHT_NODE), and I don't found the NODE ( SFLIGHT_NODE ) context in the context tab in the WDA for abap so that I don't set data to the context NODE (SFLIGHT_NODE).
Problem 2:
Do you tell me what can I do it so that I get the node SFLIGHT_NODE rather than attribute in the WDA for setting the data to the CONTEXT NODE (SFLIGHT_NODE)?
Thanks a lot.
Best regards,
Tao

Hi, experts,
You can reply back to me via e-mail if you think we should discuss this internally at [email protected] or [email protected]
Thanks a lot.
Best regards,
tao

How to create a dynamic fields in the Adobe Interactive form ?....urgent...

Hi Experts,
I'm working on Adobe Interactive form developed in WDP ABAP.( I have successfully config the ADS in my server.)
Action:
1. Create two view -
first_view and second_view in the WDP ABAP..
2. In the first_view, there are a input field( named "elements_number") and a button(named "create_button") .
3. In the second_view, there is Adobe Interactive form ( named "adobe_form" ).
4. Run the WDP ABAP: first_view is opened. Type a number ex."3" in the "elements_number", click the "create_button".
5. The second_view is opened.
6. The "adobe_form" is occured.
7. There are 3 text_fields in the "adobe_form".
Steps (1) ~ (6), I have completed, but I don't know how to implement the step (7).
Please give me some hint on this. I try to use the CL_WD_ADOBE_SERVICE, but I didn't found any examples. Do you give me some ways to implement the function? Thanks a lot.
Thank you very much.
Thanks,
Tao

Hi Philippe,
Thank you very much in advance.
Do you tell me how to hide elements in the "adobe_form" in the WDP ABAP? How can I get the elements attributes in the "adobe_form" from the method WDDOMODIFY of the second_view in the WDP ABAP.
Please give me some hints on this. Do you give me some ways to implement functions( hide elements and get elements's attributes)? Thanks a lot.
Thank you very much.
Thanks,
Tao

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