Designing Forms with Form Builder 

 

Purpose

You can use this process to create or edit a PDF-based form. You can also edit a migrated Smart Form.

 

Prerequisites

●      You must have the authorization object S_DEVELOP.

●      You have installed the Adobe LiveCycle Designer software on your front end.

LiveCycle Designer is installed with the SAP front end.

 

Process Flow

To create a form, you use the Form Builder tool that is integrated with ABAP Workbench.

 

       1.      You create a form object.

       2.      In the interface, you define where the data comes from that you want to display in the form. To do this, you call the interface function in Form Builder.

       3.      You activate the interface.

       4.      In the context in Form Builder, you drag and drop the required parameters from the interface you have defined. You can also insert texts, graphics, and addresses.

       5.      In the layout function in Form Builder, you create the layout. You use this graphical tool to design the printed appearance of the form, and drag and drop data from the form context you have defined.

       6.      You activate the form.

 

Result

You have created a PDF-based form. You can use function modules to integrate this form into the application program that fetches the data.