Purpose
The simple XSF output does not contain any layout information. It is simply a data format that reflects the contents of the form. Therefore, a Web browser displays only the hierarchical structure of an XSF output. However, you can use SAP Smart Forms to transform XSF output to HTML. You can then integrate this HTML output into your Internet application in order to complete your business processes via electronic media rather then using printed mail. If you display a form in HTML format, you call this form an interactive web form or simply a web form (see:
Web Forms for Internet Applications).Output in HTML format includes additional output:
SAP Smart Forms uses an XSLT program to transform XSF output to HTML. Even though you can access XSF output when creating HTML output, you can use only HTML output, into which the CSS stylesheet is automatically embedded, for the display. SAP Smart Forms passes these types of output in tables at the form interface.
Prerequisites
You know how to
activate XSF output dynamically. In contrast to the exclusive output of XSF (without HTML), SAP Smart Forms returns HTML only as a table.Process Flow
Statically Activating XDF Output in the Form
You can overrule the static setting when you
call the Smart Form.See also:
Dynamically Activating HTML Output in the Form
See also:
Result
For HTML output, SAP Smart Forms returns a number of structures and tables:
For more information on how to integrate Web forms into Internet applications, see to
Integration in BSP Applications.