Creating Layouts with Adobe LiveCycle Designer 
SAP supports Adobe LiveCycle Designer as the standard editor for form layouts.
Prerequisites
You have installed the Adobe LiveCycle Designer software.
More information: Providing Adobe LiveCycle Designer
Integration
For information about layout design and the objects provided by Adobe, see the online help for Adobe LiveCycle Designer. Here is some specific information for form developers:
SAP-Specific Objects for Form Design
Adobe LiveCycle Designer provides you with objects that you can use to design your form layout. Also included are some objects developed specially for the SAP development environment.
The SAP-specific objects are described in the online help for Adobe LiveCycle Designers at the following location: 
Working with Objects 
Using User-Defined Objects User-Defined Objects for the SAP Environment 
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Output of Date Objects in German and US Format
Under Library Form Builder , Adobe LiveCycle Designer provides you with the following date objects:
Localized Full Date
Localized Long Date
Localized Medium Date
Localized Short Date
You use these date objects to format dates locally when you call the form. The dates are formatted according to the parameter values entered for language and country in the application program. These values are sent to the generated function module that contains the form description:
data fp_docparams type sfpdocparams.
[...]
* German format
fp_docparams-langu = 'D'.
fp_docparams-country = 'DE'.
* US format
* fp_docparams-langu = 'EN'.
* fp_docparams-country = 'US'.
* Call the generated function module
call function fm_name
exporting
/1bcdwb/docparams = fp_docparams
Date Display as Specified by Date Object
Date Object |
German Date |
US Date |
|---|---|---|
Standard Date/Time Field |
17.05.2010 |
May 17, 2010 |
Localized Default Date |
17.05.2010 |
May 17, 2010 |
Localized Full Date |
Montag, 17. Mai 2010 |
Monday, May 17, 2010 |
Localized Long Date |
17. May 2010 |
May 17, 2010 |
Localized Medium Date |
17.05.2010 |
May 17, 2010 |
Localized Short Date |
17.05.10 |
5/17/10 |
More information: Example: Calling Forms in an Application Program
FormCalc Language Reference
Adobe's FormCalc provides a simple script language for typical calculations in forms. For information about FormCalc and a FormCalc language reference, see the online help for Adobe LiveCycle Designer or print it as a PDF file. The PDF file is in your local installation of Adobe LiveCycle Designer, for example under C:\Program Files\Adobe\Designer <version>\Documentation\<land>\FormCalc.pdf.
For <land>, enter the two-digit country code, for example DE for a German installation.
Note
To improve performance when generating forms, keep scripting in the form to a minimum. If possible, perform calculations and data analysis in the application program before the form is called.