Creating Forms for Integration with Web Dynpro and ZCI  

Use

This procedure is only relevant for forms created with Form Builder at design time and that run in a Web Dynpro application at runtime.

These include interactive forms in the ISR Framework, such as forms for Business Package Manager Self-Service. They can be used (from SAP NetWeaver 7.0 SPS 8) at runtime in Web Dynpro for Java based on Zero Client Installation (ZCI). To enable this, the forms must contain special scripting, which you insert when you create new forms in Form Builder.

Until now, you needed to install Active Component Framework (ACF) on the front-end PC to use interactive forms. From SAP NetWeaver 7.0 SPS8, ZCI enables you to use interactive forms in Adobe Reader without any additional plug-ins, and also has the benefit of being platform-independent. This means that ACF is no longer required for interactive forms. You can use transaction SFP_ZCI_UPDATE to make any interactive forms you created with an older version of SAP NetWeaver ZCI-compliant. For more information, see Check and Update Functions for Zero Client Installation (ZCI).

Prerequisites

●      You use SAP NetWeaver 7.0 SPS 8 or higher.

●      You use SAPGUI Release 6.40 Support Package Level 20 or higher (see SAP Note 940637).

●      You use Adobe LiveCycle Designer 7.1 (see SAP Note 962763).

Procedure

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       1.      Create a form.

       2.      Select ZCI Layout in the Layout Type field under Properties.

       3.      Switch to the Layout tab page. This starts Adobe LiveCycle Designer in SAPGUI.

       4.      Choose Utilities → Insert Web Dynpro Script. The system inserts scripting into the form layout in Adobe LiveCycle Designer. You can see the scripting in the node (Variables)->ContainerFoundation_JS under Hierarchy in Adobe LiveCycle Designer.

       5.      If you want to use Web Dynpro-specific objects in the design of your form layout, use the Adobe Designer library Web Dynpro Native.