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Use

The user interface elements of the Adobe library support the development of interactive PDF forms in a Web Dynpro application. On the one hand, you have the generic InteractiveForm user interface element in the Web Dynpro tool View Designer at your disposal. With the help of this, you can define a PDF document within a Web Dynpro interface. The user interface element InteractiveForm uses the WD InteractiveForm API of the Web Dynpro runtime.

In addition, you have various elements for designing and implementing the form interface at your disposal. These elements are called form user interface elements and are, technically speaking, XFA (XML Forms Architecture)→ objects. Seamless integration of the Adobe Designer→ tool within the SAP Web Dynpro development environment makes for efficient design and quick development of interactive Adobe forms in the SAP environment. For example, it is possible to integrate a check procedure into the form that would compare the values entered by the end user with those in an existing SAP system. Furthermore, there are various input helps available as well as an element for suppressing the Adobe tools list in the browser during form output. In this way, local downloading or printing of the content of a form by the end user can be prevented.

Prerequisites

You have installed the SAP NetWeaver 4.0 Developer Workplace. You must also have Acrobat Reader 7.0 or a full version of Adobe Acrobat 7.0 if you want to use the InteractiveForm UI element. In addition, the Adobe component of the SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio must be installed as this component is not installed in the standard version. However, it is very easy to install it if you want to use interactive PDF forms.

Web Dynpro Form UI Elements

With the integrated Adobe Designer tool, you have at your disposal – through Library → Web Dynpro – the following elements:

·        CheckFields

·        EnumeratedDropDownListNoSelect

·        EnumeratedDropDownList

·        HideReaderToolbar

·        SubmitToSAP

·        ValueHelpDropDownList

 

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