PDF to TELEFAX using BCS

Question

We have a requirement to send an Adobe PDF form to a FAX. I talked to an Adobe guy and told me that was possible, there is no need to reconvert in OTF, before posting this I search on SDN and found nothing.
First I am using the ABAP CL_BCS (Business Communication Services) class to send PDF has a fax, this is the same as for email, so far so good, it works for email but not for FAX, I am missing a piece in the puzzle but I think I am very close, my FAX is generated and visible in transaction SOST, but the light is red.
The only difference between FAX and EMAIL using BCS is when you create the recipient, it should looks something like this for FAX
recipient = cl_cam_address_bcs=>create_fax_address(
              i_country = <lf_recipient>-c_country
              i_number  = <lf_recipient>-c_fax_number ).
Interrogation
In transaction SCOT, we have 2 nodes under TELEFAX, both active. When I saw my FAX in SOST, it's red, I can see by which node id it was assigned, how the system determine that ?
Wen you click on a telefax node, click on the set button where the checkbox for fax is, your are in the restriction dialog window, this is where you set the country and output type PDF, RAW, PCL, for example the first drow down is for SAPscript / Smartforms, we currently have PCL, it should be PDF ? But if I change the sapscript and smartforms maybe won't work ?
thanks for help
Alex
If we already have a node in transaction SCOT under TELEFAX, but this node is setup has PCL for SAPscript/Smartforms in the restriction, should we change it for PDF in the dropdown list, my guest is yes! But if we do, the smartforms & sapscript output will not fax correctly cause they are PCL, how can we have 2 nodes for PCL / PDF
you help is very welcome,
regards,
Alexandre Giguere

Answer 1

Hi I tried with the lowercase 's' in saveAs(),
I am still getting the same error
'UnsupportedValueError: Value is unsupported. ===> Parameter cConvID.'
Wierd thing is I am not getting the 'saveAs()' method as an option for the JSObj at all I am just forcibily typing it. May be, do you guys think I am missing any reference. I have a project reference for the Acrobat 9 com component (Component Name: Acrobat Typelib version 1.0, C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 9.0\Acrobat\Acrobat.tlb
Please help.
My exact code is:
Dim JSObj As Object, strPDFText As String
' Create Acrobat Application object
PDFApp = CreateObject("AcroExch.App")
' Create Acrobat Document object
PDDoc = CreateObject("AcroExch.PDDoc")
' Open PDF file
PDDoc.Open("D:\Applications\Test_winapp\PDFUtility\WindowsApplication1\WindowsApplication 1\sample.pdf") ' Path of some PDF you want to open
' Hide Acrobat application so everything is done in silent mode
PDFApp.Hide()
' Create Javascript bridge object
JSObj = PDDoc.GetJSObject()
' Create Tiff file
JSObj.saveAs("D:/Applications/sample.tiff", "com.adobe.Acrobat.tiff")
PDDoc.Close()
PDFApp.CloseAllDocs()
' Clean up
System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(JSObj)
JSObj = Nothing
System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(PDFApp)
PDFApp = Nothing
System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(PDDoc)
PDDoc = Nothing