Adobe Library 

The interface elements of the Adobe^→ Library support the development of interactive PDF forms in a Web Dynpro application, in addition to this SAP provides a series of additional interface elements. 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 InteractiveForm interface of the Web Dynpro runtime.

Furthermore, various elements are available to you for designing and implementing the form interface yourself, these elements deal with XFA (XML Forms Architecture^→) objects. Seamless integration of the Adobe Designer^→ tool within the SAP Web Dynpro development environment SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio or Web Dynpro perspective 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 the SAP system used. 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 need to have installed an Adobe Acrobat Reader to be able to use the InteractiveForm interface elements or the elements that SAP provides in the integrated Adobe Designer tool. The elements relating to the Reader version that you require can be found in SAP Note 834573. In addition, the Adobe component of the SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio must be installed.

You can find information in the Technical Operations Manual for configuring the Adobe Document Service (ADS).

Additional Information

In SAP Elements for PDF Forms in Web Dynpro you find details about the individual interface elements provided by SAP using the integrated Adobe Designer tool.