Saving and sending Adobe Form pdf from WebDynpro

Question

Hi,
I'm developing an application which receives data from a RFC to a R/3. The datas are displayed on a pdf-Document in a Webdynpro. This works fine.
Now I want to send this form as attachment in an email. Do I have to save it first as pdf or can I send it directly?
On SapHelp I found a tutorial how to save a form as pdf:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/dc/f1783fe3263042e10000000a114084/frameset.htm
I tried out the describtion but without success. I defined an action on the view where the form should be displayed and added the coding in the implementation of the event. In the form I added a button Submit to SAP from the Web Dynpro Library. When I press the button, nothing happens. Do I have to make any changes under Object->Field->Control Type?
Another question about the coding:
public void onActionsubmit(com.sap.tc.webdynpro.progmodel.api.IWDCustomEvent wdEvent )
    //@@begin onActionsubmit(ServerEvent)
          IPrivateResultView.IContextElement contextElement =
               wdContext.currentContextElement();
          byte[] bytes = contextElement.getPdfSource();
          try {
               File file = new File("C:
temp
example.pdf");
               FileOutputStream os = new FileOutputStream(file);
               os.write(bytes);
               os.close();
          } catch (IOException e) {
                // do something
               e.printStackTrace();
          wdThis.wdGetAPI().getComponent().getMessageManager().reportSuccess(
               "You have pressed Submit!");
    //@@end
The path where the pdf shall be saved is "C:
temp
example.pdf", I expected something like "C:\temp\example.pdf" on a windows machine.
Where will the pdf be saved? On the machine i deployed the application (what about rights for saving) to or localy on the machine I start the app?
Does anyone knows how to send the pdf by email when saving the form or knows a helpful tutorial?
Many thanks for your help
Mathias Lange

Answer 1

Hi all,
doing Tutorial 31 from SDN (Interactive Forms using E-Mail) I have a problem with the entries for the smtp-host in the coding.
I always get the error message: 
Sending failed;  nested exception is: com.sap.engine.services.javamail.exception.JavaMailMessagingException: Cannot send message to host xxx:25 using the SMTP protocol.
//@@begin onActionSendForm(ServerEvent)
Properties props = new Properties();
String host = "xxx";
props.put("mail.smtp.host", host);
In host I entered the entrie for the smtp i use in Outlook, where it works fine. In the Tutorial i get the errormessage.
I have an smtp-server from our company with which it works too, but it is not the smtp used by Outlook.
And i can't use this smtp at my customers.
Could it be a problem with the used ports or a needed authentication? In the Tutorial is no coding for this.
Does anyone use a freemailer for this tutorial and have success with the smtp of this freemailer?
Kind Regards
Mathias
Message was edited by: Mathias Lange