Wed dynpro Screen VS Adobe forms

Hi,
as i understood adobe forms can be used as offline files and later can be uploaded, and also functionality like printing is possible with adobe forms.
what i dont understood is why dont we just use normal webdynpro screens instead of adobe forms
what are the basic differences that force us to use adobe forms rather than normal web dynpro screens
this may seems weird question!!!
your suggestions are invited.
Thanks,
Kranthi.

Hi,
SAP and Adobe have a very strong relationship, both at the business level and the technical level. SAP ship a number of PDF form templates as standard forms for to use, complementing SAP's Smartform and SAPScript offerings. They also ship the Adobe Form designer in both the ABAP and Java development environments. However, *to develop inhouse forms or enhance existing forms customers will need some expertise in LiveCycle and need to pay some additional licensing fees.* The Adobe Forms are very familiar to end-users and offer both online (through Webdynpro) and offline solutions for data entry.
One thing to be aware of is that Adobe Forms are not as tightly integrated to the ABAP runtime as say WD4A and therefore do not offer the richer client functionality, but are very suitable for simple forms and simple requirements.
Another thing,
Smart forms / scripts are used to show the data in SAP. Most likely you will use these to print / display some kind of reciepts / forms. Many companies must be using this for hard copies / ALE / EDI or to transfer data from SAP to others.
Adobe forms are used to post data into SAP from SAP too.  So this has an additional feature compared to smartforms.
Hope you are cleared...
Regards,

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