Questions regarding Adobe Interactive Forms capabilities

Hi,
We have the following questions regarding Adobe Interactive Forms.
1. Not able to create a text field with dynamic size according to the data entered in the text field in a form with Static Content type forms.   We use a scroll area, but cannot print content that is not visible in the scroll area.
    We currently have Designer 7.0 and 2004 SP 16. I tried to set Form Properties -> PDF Render Format to be Acrobat 7.0 Compatible Dynamic PDF but the text field did not grow dynamically.
2. Another requirement is that once one form is accepted by the Customer, we need to generate a second, new form (with all user entered information from the first form) and the customer should be able to print the form.
    To implement this, we need to have a form that can support dynamically growing text field in some areas, and specific positioning of form elements for other areas. Can we have a dynamic form which lets the fields grow dynamically according to the data entered in the field and with specific positioning of elements?
3. Sending emails from Offline forms Requirement is to send an email as soon as the form is accepted by our Customers. But the Customers can complete the form offline. Is it possible to automatically send an email in an offline forms without having the user push the send button from their email application? Can the Adobe Form do that part automatically?
Appreciate any help regarding above questions.
Thanks,
Kalyan

HI Francois,
Thank you very much for the very helpful information.
1. I am able to insert now the floating field inside a static text but the text does not grow dynamically even when I set the form type to be "Flowed Content". Is it something that required Adobe Designer 7.0 and also 2004s ADS?
2. I can still select only Flow or position content from the option but how can we use both in the same form? I am using Adobe Designer 7.0 and it allows to select only one. Is it again a problem in lower versions that I use?
3. This is an excellent idea and I strongly believe this is going to work (am trying to create POC for this solution). The form should be able to call the webservice as long as the user is connected to internet.
Can you provide your views on the first two points. I appreciate your help.
Thanks,
Kalyan

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Hi everybody,
I have some questions about Adobe Interactive Forms with CRM 2007.
I can create AIFs with the Template Designer via the WebUI. These templates appear e.g. for the account in the selection PopUp "Create from template". But these templates are not interactive at all, just the BP-information is displayed.
Is the template-function only a static way to create a static PDF from the BP-information? Or is there a way to have the BP-information loaded to the PDF but still interactive input to communicate via a webservice?
Thanks a lot for answers.
Regards,
Ben.

My really modify is :
CLASS: CL_CRM_WFD_ASSIGNMENT_FOLLOWUP
METHOD: GET_ATTACHMENT
ORIGINAL CODE:
cl_crm_oi_ads=>call_ads(
        EXPORTING
          iv_xml_string      = lv_ws_data
          iv_xdp_string      = lv_template_data
          iv_returntype      = lv_doc_type      "cl_crm_oi_ads=>gc_doc_type_pdf
        IMPORTING
          ev_result_document = lv_pdf_xstring
NEW CODE
cl_crm_oi_ads=>call_ads(
        EXPORTING
          iv_xml_string      = lv_ws_data
          iv_xdp_string      = lv_template_data
*{   INSERT         CRDK900138                                        1
* Modify for correct Interactive Form
          iv_fillable        = 'X'
*}   INSERT
          iv_returntype      = lv_doc_type      "cl_crm_oi_ads=>gc_doc_type_pdf
        IMPORTING
          ev_result_document = lv_pdf_xstring

Regarding adobe interactive forms

plz tell me the which purpose we use ABAP-HR,
which purpose we use ADOBE INTERACTIVE FORMS,
ADOBE PRINT FORMS.
IF POSSIBLE PLZ SEND ME THE SAMPLE MATERIAL AND FAQ
Edited by: Alvaro Tejada Galindo on Apr 22, 2008 1:41 PM

Below link will he helpful for Adobe Interactive Forms
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/adobe
Regarding ABAP HR. ABAP HR is an integral part of ABAP.It is the development of ABAP in the area of HR to meet the clients requirements according to the functional specifications .They may be in any area of HR like in the areas of time aspects ,pay aspects, OM aspects and Self Services like E-recruitment, ESS etc.,
Saravanan
Edited by: Saravanan on Apr 22, 2008 7:28 PM

Adobe Interactive Forms Set Fillable through SFP

Hello Gurus,
I have a question regarding adobe interactive forms. I have created an interface and form in transaction SFP. The form is being called as an email attachment during an issue creation. What i want to do is set the form fillable in the import structure /1BCDWB/DOCPARAMS. I tried to do this through the code initialization in the interface but it does not set the form fillable. I have no other code interaction with the from besides in the code initialization section of the interface. Is there a straight forward way to set it fillable? Thanks.

Hello Timothy
You must be generating the PDF and emailing it as an attachment in background in your program.
Refer to code below, It should work
* get the name of the generated function module
   try.
       call function 'FP_FUNCTION_MODULE_NAME'
         exporting
           i_name     = 'DEMO_ADOBE_OFFLINE'
         importing
           e_funcname = fm_name.
     catch cx_fp_api.
       assert 1 = 2.
   endtry.
* set output parameters and open spool job
   fp_outputparams-preview = 'X'.    " do not launch print preview
   fp_outputparams-nodialog = 'X'.    " suppress print dialog
   fp_outputparams-connection = cl_fp=>get_ads_connection( ).
   fp_outputparams-getpdf   = 'X'.
   call function 'FP_JOB_OPEN'
     changing
       ie_outputparams = fp_outputparams
     exceptions
       cancel          = 1
       usage_error     = 2
       system_error    = 3
       internal_error = 4
       others          = 5.
   assert sy-subrc = 0.
* set the form to be editable
* Try to set fp_docparams- FILLABLE = 'F' instead of fp_docparams- FILLABLE = 'X'
fp_docparams-fillable = 'F'.
* call the generated function module to generate the pdf
   call function fm_name
     exporting
       /1bcdwb/docparams = fp_docparams
       /1bcdwb/docxml     = xml
     importing
       /1bcdwb/formoutput = fp_result
     exceptions
       usage_error        = 1
       system_error       = 2
       internal_error     = 3
       others             = 4.
   assert sy-subrc = 0.
* close spool job
   call function 'FP_JOB_CLOSE'
*   IMPORTING
*     E_RESULT             =
     exceptions
       usage_error          = 1
       system_error         = 2
       internal_error       = 3
others               = 4.
Regards
Sandy

Is Adobe Interactive Forms compatible with SAP-PM in ECC 6 ??

Hi experts
My question : is Adobe Interactive Forms compatible with SAP-PM in ECC 6 ??
Thanks

Hello,
I can recommend you to search sap official documents for the standard-SAP-delivered-Adobe-forms and maybe there are some for the PM module. Would that help? Or you´ve learnt Adobe yourself? Regards, Otto

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.

Questions concerning the use of Adobe Interactive Forms

Hi All,
I have two questions that I would to see if I could get an answer to.
1) Has or can one use an Adobe Interactive form on a Tablet PC to allow a user to draw, say a small diagram or map, and have that image then stored in an R/3 database?
2) I may already know the answer to this, but want to verify it anyway. Can Adobe Interactive forms be used to provide data to other applications outside of SAP using NetWeavers J2EE or .Net API?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Mark

Hello!
1) As far as I know (and can see in Adobe Designer opened at my PC right now) there are no standard controls
in the library that can be used to add drawing (ink) area to the form. Maybe external are available, but unlikely.
Even more, googling shoes that Adobe itself is not eager to support ink in their Acrobat products... Pity but so.
So my answer for the first question is "NO".
2) That depends on what you mean on "providing data to other applications outside of SAP using NetWeaver J2EE and .NET".
If you are using NetWeaver J2EE than you are still using SAP.
If you want to install SAP's ADS server on J2EE server from another vendor, than it is not a good idea:
First - it should be merely legal to use SAP software like this.
Second - Adobe's standalone forms solution (Link: [Adobe LiveCycle Forms ES|http://www.adobe.com/products/livecycle/]) should be cheaper.
On the other hand, if you create a simple form in LifeCycle Designer not inside SAP, but launched standalone and
set this form to send data to let's say XML-service, than there is no problem to use any other server application / platform.
It's just have to be a web-service like: support HTTP-requests with XML inside.
In the last case still the question persists "why use SAP in this case?"
Just few ERP 2005 licenses will cost more, than entire Adobe product line, so maybe you have to change the platform?

GP and WD with Adobe Interactive form question - need some guidance.

Hello experts,
FYI, I'm running ECC 5.0 Support Stack 9, EP 7.0 SPS 11, NWDS 2.0.9_15 with Adobe Livecyle Designer.
I am slightly stuck with what I'm trying to do. I have created a web dynpro application that has an Adobe interactive form. I'm trying to use guided procedures to initiate a process so that this interactive form can be filled out and submitted to an approver. I need the relevant parties to receive a notification email. I have setup email templates and services, I just need to know how it will fit into the process. Once approved in the process, a BAPI should be invoked to populate some fields in the form. Should I be creating the Web Dynpro application to invoke the bapi or should a guided procedure callable object invoke the bapi? I know how to do these things, but I dont know which method I should use, in order to correctly have this process flow from point A - point B. Should the process appear in the Universal Worklist? If not, why not? Will it only appear in the GP runtime? I have pretty much read thru most of the tutorials but still cannot get this GP stuff to work as a WHOLE process.
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Hi,
It seems you have not activated the Composite Form object. Only after activation you will be able to use it to create a Callable Object of type composite form.
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We are currently on Netweaver 7.0 & ECC 6.0 and ESS - MSS Business Package 50.4. We are using JSP Forms on portal front for Personnel Change Requests (PCR's ) where in all the scenarios in the backend are heavily customized with good amount of usage of Javascripts. For certain scenarios, where in a huge amount of information is fetched from ECC 6.0 backend system, JSP are performing really bad and the total time taken to display the form is actually causing a lot of irritation to the end user.
We are planning to propose an upgrade to SAP adobe interactive forms. The prerequisite is that the business wants to reuse all the customized scenarios without any changes and just want to move towards better front end forms.
My questions are:
1. Please list benefits of SAP Adobe interactive forms - ABAP component over JSP forms (performance wise)
2. Issues with SAP Adobe Interactive forms?
3. Since Javascripts do not work in Webdynpro ABAP. How can we implement those front end checks and validations.
3. Any other options available for UI that can be suggested?
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Thanks a lot for your time and help.
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Is your performance issue with the Javascript with JSP pages? or the Java script you are using within the Adobe form in your WDJ custom application using Adobe form? I have worked on PCR's using ISR framework old school it used to call as PCR and now HCM Processes and form, Developed PCR's using WDJ also integrated workflow with the WDJ PCR for approval(we never had any performance issue) infact ISR frame work was kind of slow compare to custom WDJ solution and less flexible for a developer to develop.
I have also worked created WDA custom application for PCR's , WDA is definitely better when you compare it with WDJ but I have not seen much performance issue with WDJ atleast on custom PCR solutions.
I don't have any case study to share with you, can you please tell what kind of PCR's your client is using and what kind of performance issue you are experiencing and where and why you guys are using Javascript.

Calling webservice in Adobe interactive form

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I have a webservice created for a function module which in turn calls the BAPI_PR_CREATE (purchase requisition creation) BAPI. I am trying to call this webservice from an Adobe interactive form I've created. Basically the user will enter all necessary data inside the form and when he presses a button the webservice should be called and the purchase requisition should be created.
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Unfortunatelly I was waiting for a long time from the BASIS team to install the ADS. Yesterday they've told me it's finally done.
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Data Passing Problem with Adobe Interactive Forms

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Anybody worked on Adobe Interactive forms with ISR frame work in Webdynpro for Java in ESS/MSS development.
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Adobe has a number of stand-alone products that are the foundation for what SAP can now offer thanks to our partnership. This is exactly why we decided on a partnership that provides us with established technology, which is now integrated.
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I am using XML interface based Adobe interactive form in Web Dynpro ABAP. The form just contains some date fields and numeric fields.
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