Protecting online interactive PDF

I will sell ebooks online from my website in PDF format made with InDesign. I expect to sell 50 to 100 units.
These PDFs must be password protected and I'd like to give a password to each buyer, so he activates his copy and the password can't be reused.
The Adobe Digital Puslishing Suite makes the job, but it is designed for a big audience (from 2500 ebooks) and is far too expensive for the volume I target.
Would someone know another solution free or not free ?
Thank you.

So it would be a password to open? I can imagine a paying customer getting annoyed with that, they'd have to remember it for life, or the lifetime of opening that PDF anyway.
You could export to interactive PDF from InDesign and set the password each time there. It would probably be able to be scripted, you could ask here and pay someone to do it for you.

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Sending/receiving Mail by Online Interactive PDF Forms

Hai friends,
 Following screnario is my first Online interactive PDF form.
 1) User has to give the input like Employee Number,Employee Name,Employee Mail id in the Online PDF form.When user press submit button the detail which he has entered has to be sent to the entered Mail id.
 2) According to that I can transfer the pdf file without the data which i has entered like Employee Number,Employee Name,Employee Mail id i,e with empty content.
 3) But In my Pdf file should contain all the details i have entered.
 4) I have created my interactive form with the following properties
 Layout type: zcl layout
 Interface type :XML Schema Based Interface.
I have attached my code here.
I don't know where the conflict occurs.
Could you please check it out my code.let me know the conflict.
DATA: FM_NAME TYPE RS38L_FNAM,
 FP_DOCPARAMS TYPE SFPDOCPARAMS,
 lt_att_content_hex type SOLIX_TAB ,
 FP_OUTPUTPARAMS TYPE SFPOUTPUTPARAMS,
 fp_result TYPE fpformoutput.
 data:wa_empdet type zsat_emp.
 data: input_node1 type ref to if_wd_context_node.
 data:ip_xtr type xString.
 input_node1 = wd_context->get_child_node( 'EMPDET' ).
 input_node1->get_attribute( EXPORTING name = 'EMP_NO'
 IMPORTING value = wa_empdet-EMP_NO ).
 input_node1->get_attribute( EXPORTING name = 'EMP_NAME'
 IMPORTING value = wa_empdet-EMP_NAME ).
 input_node1->get_attribute( EXPORTING name = 'FEEDBACK'
 IMPORTING value = wa_empdet-FEEDBACK ).
 input_node1->get_attribute( EXPORTING name = 'EMAIL'
 IMPORTING value = wa_empdet-EMAIL ).
Sets the output parameters and opens the spool job
*CALL FUNCTION 'FP_JOB_OPEN'
CHANGING
 IE_OUTPUTPARAMS = FP_OUTPUTPARAMS
EXCEPTIONS
 CANCEL = 1
 USAGE_ERROR = 2
 SYSTEM_ERROR = 3
 INTERNAL_ERROR = 4
 OTHERS = 5.
*IF SY-SUBRC <> 0.
*ENDIF.
Language and country setting (here US as an example)
*fp_docparams-langu = 'E'.
*fp_docparams-country = 'US'.
*FP_DOCPARAMS-FILLABLE = 'X'.
DATA lo_nd_pdf TYPE REF TO if_wd_context_node.
DATA lo_el_pdf TYPE REF TO if_wd_context_element.
DATA ls_pdf TYPE wd_this->element_pdf.
DATA lv_pdfsource LIKE ls_pdf-pdfsource.
navigate from <CONTEXT> to <PDF> via lead selection
lo_nd_pdf = wd_context->get_child_node( name = wd_this->wdctx_pdf ).
get element via lead selection
lo_el_pdf = lo_nd_pdf->get_element( ).
get single attribute
lo_el_pdf->get_attribute(
 EXPORTING
 name = `PDFSOURCE`
 IMPORTING
 value = lv_pdfsource ).
call function 'FP_FUNCTION_MODULE_NAME'
EXPORTING
 i_name = 'ZTEMPSAMPLE1'
IMPORTING
 e_funcname = fm_name.
CALL FUNCTION fm_name
EXPORTING
/1BCDWB/DOCPARAMS = FP_DOCPARAMS
/1bcdwb/docxml = ip_xtr
IMPORTING
 /1BCDWB/FORMOUTPUT = fp_result
EXCEPTIONS
 USAGE_ERROR = 1
 SYSTEM_ERROR = 2
 INTERNAL_ERROR = 3
 OTHERS = 4
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
 WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
ENDIF.
Close the spool job
*CALL FUNCTION 'FP_JOB_CLOSE'
IMPORTING
 E_RESULT =
EXCEPTIONS
 USAGE_ERROR = 1
 SYSTEM_ERROR = 2
 INTERNAL_ERROR = 3
 OTHERS = 4.
*IF SY-SUBRC <> 0.
*ENDIF.
CALL FUNCTION 'SCMS_XSTRING_TO_BINARY'
EXPORTING
 buffer = lv_pdfsource
 APPEND_TO_TABLE = 'X'
IMPORTING
 OUTPUT_LENGTH =
tables
 binary_tab = lt_att_content_hex.
CLASS cl_bcs DEFINITION LOAD.
DATA:
lo_send_request TYPE REF TO cl_bcs VALUE IS INITIAL.
lo_send_request = cl_bcs=>create_persistent( ).
Message body and subject
DATA:
lt_message_body TYPE bcsy_text VALUE IS INITIAL,
lo_document TYPE REF TO cl_document_bcs VALUE IS INITIAL.
APPEND 'Hi,' TO lt_message_body.
append ' ' to lt_message_body.
APPEND 'Please fill the attached form and send it back .'
TO lt_message_body.
append ' ' to lt_message_body.
APPEND 'Thank You,' TO lt_message_body.
lo_document = cl_document_bcs=>create_document(
i_type = 'RAW'
i_text = lt_message_body
i_subject = 'Interactive Form' ).
DATA: lx_document_bcs TYPE REF TO cx_document_bcs VALUE IS INITIAL.
TRY.
 lo_document->add_attachment(
 EXPORTING
 i_attachment_type = 'PDF'
 i_attachment_subject = 'Pdf Form'
I_ATTACHMENT_SIZE =
I_ATTACHMENT_LANGUAGE = SPACE
I_ATT_CONTENT_TEXT =
I_ATTACHMENT_HEADER =
 i_att_content_hex = lt_att_content_hex ).
CATCH cx_document_bcs INTO lx_document_bcs.
ENDTRY.
Add attachment
Pass the document to send request
lo_send_request->set_document( lo_document ).
Create sender
DATA:
lo_sender TYPE REF TO if_sender_bcs VALUE IS INITIAL,
lo_sender = cl_cam_address_bcs=>create_internet_address( l_send ).
*DATA:
*lo_sender TYPE REF TO if_sender_bcs VALUE IS INITIAL.
*lo_sender = cl_sapuser_bcs=>create( sy-uname ).
Set sender
lo_send_request->set_sender(
EXPORTING
i_sender = lo_sender ).
Create recipient
DATA:
eaddr TYPE ADR6-SMTP_ADDR.
eaddr = wa_empdet-email.
Data:
lo_recipient TYPE REF TO if_recipient_bcs VALUE IS INITIAL.
lo_recipient = cl_cam_address_bcs=>create_internet_address( eaddr ).
*lo_recipient = cl_sapuser_bcs=>create( sy-uname ).
Set recipient
lo_send_request->add_recipient(
EXPORTING
i_recipient = lo_recipient
i_express = 'X' ).
lo_send_request->add_recipient(
EXPORTING
i_recipient = lo_recipient
i_express = 'X' ).
Send email
DATA: lv_sent_to_all(1) TYPE c VALUE IS INITIAL.
lo_send_request->send(
EXPORTING
i_with_error_screen = 'X'
RECEIVING
result = lv_sent_to_all ).
COMMIT WORK.
message 'The form has been emailed to the recipient' type 'I'.
clear wa_empdet.
Regards,
Keerthi.

Hi,
If i understand well you success to send the form without value , that's right ?
Now you are not able to popualte the fields inside your forms with what user set ?
Regards

Online Interactive PDF Form Error

recently i was doing the Online Interactive PDF Form tutorial which is found on <a href="https://www.sdn.sap.comhttp://www.sdn.sap.comhttp://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/49f2ea90-0201-0010-ce8e-de18b94aee2d#50">here</a>
and i encounter errors on it
below is the errors
Internal Server Error
Failed to process request. Please contact your system administrator.
Root Cause:
com.sap.tc.webdynpro.clientserver.adobe.pdfdocument.base.core.PDFDocumentRuntimeException: Severe : PDFDocument is NULL. Exception : Service call exception; nested exception is: java.net.UnknownHostException: pwdf3102
but the problem is i now currently is using Trial Slim Edition. and is there anyway to check whether the server allow or support Online Interactive PDF Form....
or anyway to solve this problem...

hi Sumit Malhotra,
i try ur configuration guide and the user into ADScaller group and test this thing
Checking the User and Password
and the result as below
Request
POST /AdobeDocumentServices/Config?style=document HTTP/1.1
Host: l31017:50100
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=UTF-8
Connection: close
Cookie: <value is hidden>
Cookie: <value is hidden>
Authorization: <value is hidden>
Content-Length: 675
SOAPAction: ""
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"><SOAP-ENV:Body><pns:rpData xmlns:pns='urn:AdobeDocumentServicesVi'><ns1:rpStrings xmlns:ns1='urn:AdobeDocumentServicesVi' xmlns:pns='urn:com.adobe'><pns:RpString><pns:name></pns:name><pns:value></pns:value></pns:RpString></ns1:rpStrings><ns2:rpStreams xmlns:ns2='urn:AdobeDocumentServicesVi' xmlns:pns='urn:com.adobe'><pns:RpStream><pns:name></pns:name><pns:value>AA==</pns:value></pns:RpStream></ns2:rpStreams></pns:rpData></SOAP-ENV:Body></SOAP-ENV:Envelope>
Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Connection: close
Server: SAP J2EE Engine/7.00
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=UTF-8
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 07:04:29 GMT
<SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" ><SOAP-ENV:Body><rpl:rpDataResponse xmlns:rpl='urn:AdobeDocumentServicesVi'><rpl:Response xmlns:pns='urn:com.adobe'><pns:rpStrings><pns:RpString><pns:name>TraceString</pns:name><pns:value>Begin trace
Required stream: "PDFDocument" not found.
</pns:value></pns:RpString><pns:RpString><pns:name>Error_Level</pns:name><pns:value>0</pns:value></pns:RpString><pns:RpString><pns:name>Results</pns:name><pns:value></pns:value></pns:RpString><pns:RpString><pns:name>VersionInfo</pns:name><pns:value>705.20051005114147.242570</pns:value></pns:RpString></pns:rpStrings></rpl:Response></rpl:rpDataResponse></SOAP-ENV:Body></SOAP-ENV:Envelope>
then after that i try to redeploy my application but then still the same
i get back the same errors
Detailed Error Information
Detailed Exception Chain
com.sap.tc.webdynpro.clientserver.adobe.pdfdocument.base.core.PDFDocumentRuntimeException: Severe : PDFDocument is NULL. Exception : Service call exception; nested exception is:
 java.net.UnknownHostException: pwdf3102
 at com.sap.tc.webdynpro.clientserver.uielib.adobe.impl.InteractiveForm.afterHandleActionEvent(InteractiveForm.java:385)
 at com.sap.tc.webdynpro.clientserver.cal.ClientApplication.afterApplicationModification(ClientApplication.java:1117)
 at com.sap.tc.webdynpro.clientserver.cal.ClientComponent.afterApplicationModification(ClientComponent.java:887)
 at com.sap.tc.webdynpro.clientserver.window.WindowPhaseModel.doRespond(WindowPhaseModel.java:573)
 at com.sap.tc.webdynpro.clientserver.window.WindowPhaseModel.processRequest(WindowPhaseModel.java:152)
 at com.sap.tc.webdynpro.clientserver.window.WebDynproWindow.processRequest(WebDynproWindow.java:330)
 at com.sap.tc.webdynpro.clientserver.cal.AbstractClient.executeTasks(AbstractClient.java:143)
 at com.sap.tc.webdynpro.clientserver.session.ApplicationSession.doProcessing(ApplicationSession.java:297)
 at com.sap.tc.webdynpro.clientserver.session.ClientSession.doApplicationProcessingStandalone(ClientSession.java:706)
 at com.sap.tc.webdynpro.clientserver.session.ClientSession.doApplicationProcessing(ClientSession.java:660)
 at com.sap.tc.webdynpro.clientserver.session.ClientSession.doProcessing(ClientSession.java:228)
 at com.sap.tc.webdynpro.clientserver.session.RequestManager.doProcessing(RequestManager.java:152)
 at com.sap.tc.webdynpro.serverimpl.defaultimpl.DispatcherServlet.doContent(DispatcherServlet.java:56)
 at com.sap.tc.webdynpro.serverimpl.defaultimpl.DispatcherServlet.doGet(DispatcherServlet.java:40)
 at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:740)
 at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
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wonder anyone could be me out

Interactive PDF still opens as form

Why hasn't this problem been solved with the release of InDesign CS5?
The problem, which as been discussed in previous posts with previous versions of InDesign, is that multi-page, somewhere over 20 pages, documents exported as interactive PDFs result in displaying the purple forms bar in Acrobat. In the previous threads, work arounds have been discussed and others have decided that "living with it" is acceptable.
Come on Adobe! Please fix this. Give the user the option to export an interactive PDF with multiple pages without turning it into a form. I expect that I can create an elegant solution for my clients. I expect the same from Adobe.

Thanks Bob.
D o n
From: BobLevine <[email protected]>
Reply-To: <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 11:57:41 -0600
To: Don Craig <[email protected]>
Subject: Interactive PDF still opens as form
Don't ask us. Report it to Adobe:
https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform
FWIW, I'm still not sure if it's an InDesign issue or an Acrobat issue. My
money's on the latter, though.
Bob
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Password protect fields in interactive pdf

Hi all,
I have completed an interactive pdf online form and I want to make one of the sections (several fields) password protected. So two questions:
How do you password protect fields?
Do you have to apply password protection to each individual field or can you highlight a section (several fields) and password protect the whole section?
Would really appreciate some help.
Thanks so much. . .

Many thanks George for your helpful advice. It is appreciated.
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View interactive PDF online?

Hi,
Anyone know if there are any PDF viewers out there which support interactive PDF documents, made and exported from Indesign?
What i want is to create a print catalog for a client in Indesign and an interactive version of the same catalog for online publication.
Most viewers i've come across don't support the interactive functions made in Indesign. When you upload a catalog the viewers
convert them to it's own format. So you have to put on all interactive elements and functions in their management tool, which is,
in my opinion, worthless (a lot of extra job).
So, why do i want some kind of viewer? First, due to demands by my client, whom think an ordinary PDF haven't got the
professional look as some viewers got. Second, it has to work in all platforms and devices (both the design as well as the functions).
Third, it has to be online, with no demand on my clients customers to download an program as Reader etc.
So, if anyone have any ideas how to solve this problem, please howl ;).
One more thing, the PDF solution must be cheaper than the printed version (therefor we can't make an app) and the work must be
done in Indesign to be graspable (the catalog is going to be made in over 20 languages for as many countries).
Thank's in advance!
/Fabian

Hi again,
I was thinking if you are able to get online access to an interactive PDF through a file sharing service like Dropbox?
Theoretically it should work to embed the Dropbox link, for example in a frame on a webpage or through a newsletter
in an email? Then it should be accessable on any browser, without the potential customer needing to download a plugin etc.
Or maybe i'm missing something here, any thoughts?
/Fabian

Benefits of Online Help vs. Interactive PDF?

Can someone provide me a list of good reasons to create
online help rather than create an interactive pdf? In general this
would be for any type of project. Specifically, the projects would
be for software support.
Thanks!

Hi Cindi,
Thank you for your thoughts. I'm glad you believe online help
is the way to go, because I feel the same way and I am trying to
justify my job. But I am having a hard time putting together a
definative list of reasons. For all of your great ideas, I can come
up with ways to handle this with a pdf that may sound reasonable to
my management (see below). You said the list goes on and on. Can
you please expand on your list? Thanks!
1. Quick access to up-todate info without having to email,
etc (We would have the pdf accessable from the Web server, Intranet
or Internet and therefore would also be quick and easy to update
and ensure customer is accessing current version.)
2. Colors, and hyperlinks, and map ids, etc (Pdfs can handle
colors and hyperlinks. We currently aren't using map ids. The ones
here that I think are valuable are pop-up, drop-down, and expanding
links, as well as map ids, which we will potentially use.)
3. You can add pdfs to an online help system but you can't
add pdfs to a pdf file. (You can link from a pdf to another pdf. A
pdf can also launch a Captivate movie right inside the pdf.)
4. Document preservation - easy to keep a backup of what a
database instance was at a certain date. (This is only if you have
this feature on your HATT - we currently don't. We source control
outside of our HATT. This would be no different for pdfs.)
Thanks again!
Lynn

Interactive PDF will not open online with IE

I have been using ID 5.0 for a year creating interactive PDF publications. All of the sudden the PDF will not open in any version of IE. Works fine with Chrome, Safari...
I have unistalled ID and reloaded but that did not help. I have changed versions of IE with no improvement.
Previous publications onlie still open fine, its just the current publication that has the issue.7y6
Anyone have any ideas?
Crissymarie

That sounds more like a settings problem or missing plugin in IE than anything else.

Interactive PDF stopped working after upgrade to Safari 7.1 (i.e. all Mavericks users), Suggestions?

We have a set of interactive PDF forms that our users access via the web. We have to use the PDF forms online because they are configured to pre-fill basic information that is acquired from our database/information system, which our users can only access via a web-based interface (i.e. no client). Furthermore, when we save/submit any of these forms, the resulting FDF needs to also be tied to whatever record the user is working on (again, via the web-based interface).
It appears that the Adobe plugin for Macintosh only works for Safari, and 90% of our users are on Macs... so for the last few years we have recommended Safari as the only browser that will work for any Mac user one who uses these forms.
However the Adobe plugin doesn't appear to be working very well with the latest update of Safari (7.1). We can open the forms online, and all the pre-filled data is present, and initially we are able to interact with our form and we can even save/submit. However at some point we simply lose the ability to interact with any of the fields (i.e. after a few minutes of initial use, or if we attempt to edit after re-opening a saved form). Strangely enough - we can still cut and copy text, and the save button still works - but that is about it... no typing or clicking radio buttons etc..
And as Mac users are probably aware, the Safari 7.1 upgrade is tied to the Mavericks OS upgrade - and you can't really just go back to an older version!
Questions:
1) Can Adobe be made to work on a Mac with any browser other than Safari?
2) Are there any other Mac users who use interactive PDF's in Safari 7.1? And if so, are you having (or did you have) any issues and how did you fix them?
3) I have created all our interactive forms on Adobe Pro 9.0 (which I only use to maintain these forms). Until now I have had no reason to upgrade... but could the older version of Pro be part of our problem?

We have a set of interactive PDF forms that our users access via the web. We have to use the PDF forms online because they are configured to pre-fill basic information that is acquired from our database/information system, which our users can only access via a web-based interface (i.e. no client). Furthermore, when we save/submit any of these forms, the resulting FDF needs to also be tied to whatever record the user is working on (again, via the web-based interface).
It appears that the Adobe plugin for Macintosh only works for Safari, and 90% of our users are on Macs... so for the last few years we have recommended Safari as the only browser that will work for any Mac user one who uses these forms.
However the Adobe plugin doesn't appear to be working very well with the latest update of Safari (7.1). We can open the forms online, and all the pre-filled data is present, and initially we are able to interact with our form and we can even save/submit. However at some point we simply lose the ability to interact with any of the fields (i.e. after a few minutes of initial use, or if we attempt to edit after re-opening a saved form). Strangely enough - we can still cut and copy text, and the save button still works - but that is about it... no typing or clicking radio buttons etc..
And as Mac users are probably aware, the Safari 7.1 upgrade is tied to the Mavericks OS upgrade - and you can't really just go back to an older version!
Questions:
1) Can Adobe be made to work on a Mac with any browser other than Safari?
2) Are there any other Mac users who use interactive PDF's in Safari 7.1? And if so, are you having (or did you have) any issues and how did you fix them?
3) I have created all our interactive forms on Adobe Pro 9.0 (which I only use to maintain these forms). Until now I have had no reason to upgrade... but could the older version of Pro be part of our problem?

How do I create an interactive PDF file with variable data

We would like to basically do a 'mail merge' of our list of customers with an interactive PDF file (including videos, menus, etc - not just form fill out and web links) to create a single PDF file that contains multiple mail pieces ... one for each customer ... with each mail piece being customized for that customer. Customizations would include different greetings (Dear Bob, Dear Dana, etc), as well as different charts based on data unique to the customer, different photographs, etc.
I've seen that InDesign and Acrobat Professional can be used to create an interactive PDF (such as from http://tv.adobe.com/watch/ask-the-adobe-ones/14-calling-rufus-about-interactive-pdf-making). However I don't understand how I can insert data from a database, csv file, excel file etc into the PDF file so that each page, or each set of pages, within the PDF can be customized.
Can anyone point me to a tool to use for this?
Thanks,
Bob Kendall

For that kind of volume and unattended operation, you want InDesign Server – which is the server/high volume edition of INDD.
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How can I view just one spread at a time of my interactive PDF?

Hi,
Apologies of this has been asked before.
I am creating an interactive PDF of a magazine, to be viewed online.
I would like to be able to 'flip' through the spreads one spread at a time. I do not want to be able to scroll down.
I do not want to use SWF for various reasons (viewing on ipad etc)
When I open the magazine online it displays like this (one spread below the other) Is there a way for the spreads to be 'stacked' so I can only see one at any one time?
Thanks
Ben

Hi Ben,
You might want to create a pdf portfolio and check.
Regards,
Rave

Extend SAP R/3 4.x with Interactive PDF Forms

Hi there,
In this blog of Matthias Zeller <a href="http:///people/matthias.zeller2/blog/2004/06/22/the-hidden-secret-of-adobe-reader hidden secret of Adobe Reader</a> there is the following paragraph:
While mySAP ERP 2004 provides many business scenarios using Interactive Forms out-of-the-box, a lot of customers have asked me how they can use the new Interactive Forms with existing R/3 applications. Therefore, I would like to encourage you to vote for my SAP TechEd presentation proposal ("Extend your SAP R/3 4.x applications with interactive PDF forms"). I plan to discuss how you can connect your existing SAP R/3 applications with SAP Web AS 6.40 to enable interactive form workflows.
Can somebody tell me if this presentation is somewhere on SDN? Or can somebody tell me where i can find more information about this subject?
Thx in advance.
Regards Maarten.

Hi Maarten,
Here's a brief run-down on how you could make use of SAP/Adobe Interactive Forms and Workflow:
1) Remember that a form is really just a UI for collecting data. A PDF form can be used to collect data online (connected to your SAP system) or offline, e.g. you could send it as a mail attachment, fill it in, and email it to a central point for uploading into the system.
2) The main requirements for using SAP Interactive Forms are:
a) A NW04 (6.40) or NW04s (7.00) WebAs (Java Stack) to run Adobe Document Services. This is the critical component that assigns ReaderRights to the document, e.g. so that the user can change the data and save it on the document. You could run a WebAs like this alongside your R/3 4.7 - e.g. if you have an XI system or Enterprise Portal you could use that system to run Adobe Document Services. Every form you create must be generated via the Adobe Document Services to get the Reader Rights. Note: Get a NW04s environment if you can - as this release has usefuul new features such as loading attachments to the PDF, using digital signatures, etc.
b) A WebDynpro application to generate the Adobe form via Adobe Document Services, and to execute the Adobe Form when using online mode, and to upload offline forms. Tutorials on how to do this are available in SDN - have a look at the Adobe section within WebDynpro. Note: From ECC 5.0 there are some standard WebDynpros apps provided, but in R/3 4.7 you will need to write your own.
c) There's also a licensing requirement for any production custom forms (SAP provided forms and cosmetic changes to those forms are free) so make sure you get your SAP account manager involved to help sort out how your intended usage will fit in with your current license agreement and any discounts that may apply.
3) To use the "form" with workflow has some additional requirements:
a) You need to store the data entered via the form somewhere that is accessible by Workflow. The easiest approach here is to use the standard form handling technique Internet Service Requests. Transaction QISRSCENARIO will let you define all of the form fields, give you BADIs for doing validation, raising workflow events, etc. Also from ECC 5.0 onwards using Adobe forms as the form entry is a standard option for this technique, so this will help reduce the upgrade impact when you eventually do upgrade.
b) Assuming you use ISRs, have your WebDynpro App call the function module ISR_PROCESS_EVENT to pass the data to R/3 and do the validation checks.
c) Assuming you use ISRs, you use the BOR object for notification such as BUS2078, as your main object for the workflow. The form data is attached to the notification and can be retrieved using function module ISR_SPECIAL_DATA_GET.
d) If you want to call your WebDynpro App from SBWP (I take you don't have Enterprise Portal?) then use transaction WF_EXTSRV to define the web service to call your WebDynpro app and generate a workflow task for it. Also you must configure transaction WF_HANDCUST to enable R/3 to handle web services. Note: If you do have the Enterprise Portal, you can use transaction SWFVISU instead.
I'd strongly recommend you read the ISR cookbook at http://service.sap.com/isr as well. ISRs aren't the only way to use Adobe forms with R/3 but they are extremely handy if you want to use your Adobe form with Workflow.
As for Lotus Notes, you can use your WebDynpro app to generate and send/receive a form to/from an email address. You can also put a hyperlink in your workflow task to call your WebDynpro app and use RSWUWFML2 (swap to Enhanced Notifications when you upgrade) to send out a mail with the hyperlink attached as per usual.
You'll also find some useful threads on Adobe forms and Workflow in the SDN BPM Forum. So if you have workflow specific questions try raising them in the BPM forum.
Enjoy!
Regards,
Jocelyn

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A SYSTEM-CALL RFC_ID id RFC_VALUE value
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Best regards,
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