Creating a SAPform Form (SAP Library - WebFlow Engine (BC-BMT-WFM))

Creating a SAPform Form

Purpose

An employee does not have a SAPGUI for HTML on his or her local PC but still wants to start a workflow or execute a work item in the SAP System. These activities should be possible both online and offline (for example, on an external notebook).

Prerequisites

Using the First Steps, for example, you have performed the following:

You have installed SAPforms.

You have a development environment for SAPforms forms (Microsoft Visual Basic, Microsoft Outlook).

You are confident using the SAPforms Designer.

Process Flow

To design a SAPforms form, you must work through the following steps:

In the SAP System:

Definition of a workflow

Definition of a SAPforms form task for execution as a form

Default settings for communication by mail. For more information, see SAPforms - Administration.

In the development environment for the SAPforms form:

Design of the form.

Designing Forms with Microsoft Visual Basic

Designing Forms with Microsoft Outlook

Call the SAPforms Designer or

Include the Submit Control or

Calling the SAPforms Interface Directly

In the SAPforms Designer:

Maintain the plug-ins

Defining and Generating a Binding

Result

Once you have designed your SAPforms form and processed it in the SAP Forms Designer, you can make it accessible to the end users.

Since SAPforms does not have its own mechanism for distributing forms to end users, you must either use existing mechanisms or create your own. For example, you can pull down your forms from public folders in Exchange or from your intranet.

Forms that are directly launched by the end user, for example a form starting a purchase requisition workflow, can be stored locally on the user’s PC.

Forms that are launched indirectly, for example by executing a work item in the SAP System, are normally started using the SAPforms Helper. In this case, the forms must be stored in the active directory or under .../SAPforms/Forms.