Maintaining Plug-Ins and Opening a Structure: Workflow 

Prerequisites

You have created a form with Visual Basic.

You have either defined a single-step task to be executed as a form and copied this task to your workflow definition or have defined a single or multistep task that is to be started by a form.

You have launched the SAPforms Designer as a Visual Basic add-in and are in the main window. The form controls are shown in the table displayed in the bottom control.

The procedure described below is the same if you are using the Submit control or the stand-alone version of the SAPforms Designer.

Procedure

Maintain Plug-Ins

  1. Choose Tools ® Options.

    2. The Options dialog box of the SAPforms Designer is then displayed.

  2. Select the Plug-Ins tab page.

    3. Enter SAPforms Data Plug-In for Workflow in the Active Plug-In field in the SAP Forms Data Plug-In box.

    The value in the SAPforms Plug-In box is set by default according to the form development environment you are using. If you are using the stand-alone version of the SAPforms Designer, you must also maintain this plug-in.

  3. You can enter one of the following values in the Active Plug-In field in the SAP Transmit Plug-In box.

    4. Communication Plug-Ins

    SAPforms Transmit Plug-In for RFC

    SAPforms Transmit Plug-In for MAPI

    SAPforms Transmit Plug-In for SMTP via WinSock

    Once it has been processed, the work item can communicate with the R/3 System either synchronously via RFC or asynchronously via mail. The same applies to starting a task. The decision is made by choosing the appropriate communication plug-in.

    Note that certain default settings must be defined so that you can exchange data via mail. For more information, see SAPforms Administration.

  4. Exit the dialog box.

The Workflow Task Description entry has been added to the File menu in the main window of the SAPforms Designer

Opening a Structure

  1. Choosee File ® Workflow Task Description.

    2. The SAPforms RFC Logon - System Selection dialog box is then displayed.

  2. Choose the R/3 System you want to log on to from the System tab page .

    3. You can find out which R/3 Systems you are already logged on to on the tab page Recent. You can also select an existing logon.

  3. Choose Next and log on.

    4. The Select (Workflow) Task dialog box appears.

  4. Enter the number of the task in the Selected Task field and choose OK.

You can search for a workflow in R/3 by using the pushbutton Search in the Search area. Enter the task code in the field Search Key.

Result

The container definition for this task is exported from R/3 and displayed as a tree in the top control of the main SAPforms Designer window. You can now define the binding.