Sap Interactive Forms by Adobe - Rilegato

Hauser, Jrgen; Deutesfeld, Andreas; Szcs, Thomas; Rehmann, Stephan

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 1592293980 ISBN 13: 9781592293988

Casa editrice: Sap Pr America, 2011

Riassunto

· Find everything you need to know in this comprehensive guide to creating forms in SAP
· Learn how to solve real-life problems that occur when working with interactive forms
· Expand your knowledge with new information on ABAP Offline Infrastructure, XDC Editor, JobProfiles Editor, parallelization of print jobs, and much more

If you’ve ever had any questions about working with SAP’s interactive forms, this book will be a valuable addition to your library. Whether you are a beginning or advanced technical consultant, developer, or form designer, you will learn everything you need to know about working with SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe. The book offers a comprehensive discussion of the topic, explaining what interactive forms are, how they are created and used, and how to solve common problems associated with them.

This expanded second edition is updated for SAP NetWeaver 7.20, and includes new coverage of ABAP Offline Infrastructure, XDC Editor, JobProfiles Editor, parallelization of print jobs, and more.

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L'autore

Dr. Jürgen Hauser has worked for Adobe Systems since 2005. His responsibilities include representing Adobe at SAP AG in Walldorf, Germany; product management for SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe, and additional duties, such as local contact for Adobe Flex and Adobe AIR. He has presented SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe at numerous conferences worldwide. He previously worked as a project manager and system architect for a large German consulting firm. After finishing his studies in computer science, with a minor in mathematics, he participated in the Distributed Systems research group. He earned his doctorate in multimedia systems from the University of Stuttgart, Germany.

Andreas Deutesfeld studied physics and computer science at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany. After finishing his studies, he joined SAP AG in Walldorf, Germany, in 1996. His work focused on form technologies in the development of SAP NetWeaver. He has conducted numerous workshops and classes and consulted for many projects on this topic. Since 2003, he has been heavily involved as a development architect in the design and implementation process of the new form solution, SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe. He lives in a small town on the Rhine with his wife and son.

Thomas Szücs was senior software developer at SAP AG for the Web Dynpro ABAP division where he was in charge of Adobe integration, among other things. After almost nine years at SAP working on SD, CRM, and SAP NetWeaver, he now works as a senior solution architect at Corporate Business Solutions GmbH in Heidelberg, Germany. He is married and lives near Bruchsal, Germany, with his wife.

Dr. Stephan Rehmann holds a PhD in low-temperature physics from the University of Bayreuth, Germany. He joined SAP AG in 1998 and worked in the development division of the overhead cost-controlling product team. At present, he is responsible for the ISR framework for SAP ERP, among other things.

Contenuti

1 ... Introduction ... 17
2 ... Use of SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe ... 23
2.1 ... PDF, PDF-Based Print Forms, and Interactive PDF Forms ... 23
2.1.1 ... PDF File Format ... 23
2.1.2 ... PDF-Based Print Forms ... 24
2.1.3 ... Interactive PDF Forms ... 27
2.1.4 ... Accessibility of PDF Forms ... 28
2.1.5 ... Using Interactive PDF Forms ... 29
2.2 ... Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat Family ... 29
2.2.1 ... Comparing Adobe Reader and Acrobat Professional ... 30
2.2.2 ... Selecting the Appropriate Adobe Reader Version ... 33
2.2.3 ... Useful Settings of Adobe Reader ... 34
2.3 ... Examples of PDF-Based Print Forms and Interactive PDF Forms ... 34
2.3.1 ... Example for Print Output ... 34
2.3.2 ... Creating an Interactive PDF Form ... 38
2.4 ... Using Interactive Forms in Business Processes ... 40
2.4.1 ... Online Scenarios ... 41
2.4.2 ... Offline Scenarios ... 41
2.4.3 ... Combining Online and Offline Scenarios ... 43
2.4.4 ... When Do You Use Online and Offline Scenarios? ... 43
2.4.5 ... Notes on the Use of Interactive Forms ... 45
2.5 ... Software Components and Architecture ... 46
2.5.1 ... Adobe LiveCycle Designer ... 47
2.5.2 ... Adobe Document Services ... 52
2.5.3 ... Interaction of Components ... 56
2.6 ... Summary ... 60
3 ... Installation and Configuration ... 63
3.1 ... Prerequisites ... 63
3.1.1 ... Credentials and Password for SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe ... 64
3.1.2 ... Adobe LiveCycle Designer 8.2 ... 64
3.2 ... Basic Configuration ... 64
3.2.1 ... ADSUSER ... 65
3.2.2 ... ADSCaller ... 68
3.2.3 ... Web Service Test ... 68
3.3 ... Scenario-Dependent Configuration ... 72
3.3.1 ... RFC Destination ... 73
3.3.2 ... Destination and ICF Service ... 75
3.3.3 ... Web Service Proxy ... 82
3.3.4 ... ReaderRights Credential ... 85
3.3.5 ... FPCONNECT ... 88
3.4 ... Configuration for Parallelization ... 89
3.4.1 ... Web Service for Parallelization ... 91
3.4.2 ... Web Service for Monitoring ... 93
3.4.3 ... Connection Test for the Two Web Services ... 94
3.4.4 ... Assigning the Logical Port to the ADS Connection ... 95
3.5 ... Optional Configuration ... 96
3.5.1 ... Licensing ... 96
3.5.2 ... Credentials, Trusted Anchors, Certificate Revocation Lists ... 98
3.5.3 ... Service Properties ... 101
3.5.4 ... Number of Parallel Print Jobs ... 103
3.5.5 ... Fonts ... 105
3.5.6 ... XDCs ... 105
3.6 ... Error Analysis ... 105
3.7 ... Using ADS ... 107
3.7.1 ... Monitoring and Performance Tracing ... 107
3.7.2 ... Log Configurator ... 108
3.8 ... Installation of Adobe LiveCycle Designer ... 110
3.9 ... Automatic Configuration via CTC ... 110
3.10 ... ADS Hub ... 111
3.11 ... Summary ... 114
4 ... Interface and Form Context ... 115
4.1 ... Structure of a Form ... 115
4.2 ... Interface of a Form ... 116
4.2.1 ... ABAP Dictionary-Based Interface ... 119
4.2.2 ... XML Schema-Based Interface ... 129
4.2.3 ... Smart Forms-Compatible Interface ... 131
4.2.4 ... Documentation of a Form Interface ... 132
4.3 ... Context of a Form ... 134
4.3.1 ... Creating a Form ... 134
4.3.2 ... Structure of a Form ... 137
4.3.3 ... Structures ... 141
4.3.4 ... Data Nodes ... 144
4.3.5 ... Text Nodes ... 146
4.3.6 ... Graphic Nodes ... 153
4.3.7 ... Address Nodes ... 157
4.3.8 ... Alternatives ... 160
4.3.9 ... Tables or Loops ... 163
4.3.10 ... Single Record Nodes ... 167
4.3.11 ... Conditions ... 170
4.3.12 ... Folders ... 171
4.4 ... Documentation of a Form ... 172
4.5 ... Summary ... 173
5 ... Creating Form Templates ... 175
5.1 ... Adobe LiveCycle Designer ... 175
5.1.1 ... Menu Bar and Toolbar ... 177
5.1.2 ... Script Editor ... 177
5.1.3 ... Hierarchy and Data View ... 178
5.1.4 ... Library and Object Palette ... 180
5.1.5 ... Form Design Area ... 182
5.2 ... The Basic Principles of the Form Template Design ... 182
5.2.1 ... Getting Started ... 184
5.2.2 ... Using Text Fields ... 187
5.2.3 ... Formatting Texts ... 193
5.3 ... Data Binding for Form Fields ... 195
5.3.1 ... Defining the Data Binding ... 195
5.3.2 ... Using Preview Data ... 198
5.4 ... Structuring Form Templates with Subforms ... 199
5.4.1 ... Adding a Hierarchy ... 200
5.4.2 ... Extending the Form Template ... 203
5.5 ... Using Master Pages and Rich Text Fields ... 209
5.5.1 ... Customizing the Master Page ... 209
5.5.2 ... Rich Text Fields ... 210
5.5.3 ... Alternative Method for Adding the Footer ... 213
5.5.4 ... Activating Forms ... 213
5.6 ... Reusing Form Objects ... 213
5.6.1 ... Creating Your Own Libraries ... 214
5.6.2 ... Adding Form Objects ... 215
5.6.3 ... Using Form Objects ... 216
5.7 ... Implicit Data Binding ... 217
5.7.1 ... Creating Copies of Forms ... 217
5.7.2 ... Implementing the Implicit Data Binding ... 218
5.8 ... Useful Functions in Adobe LiveCycle Designer ... 222
5.8.1 ... Customizing the Toolbars ... 222
5.8.2 ... Object Editor ... 222
5.8.3 ... Spelling ... 223
5.8.4 ... Hyphenation ... 223
5.8.5 ... Managing Multiple Form Fields ... 225
5.8.6 ... Managing Data Bindings ... 225
5.8.7 ... Adobe Reader Target Version for a Form Template ... 226
5.8.8 ... Defining the Tab Order ... 227
5.8.9 ... PDF Structure ... 228
5.9 ... Summary ... 228
6 ... Form Output ... 229
6.1 ... Print Program ... 230
6.1.1 ... Data Selection ... 230
6.1.2 ... Determining the Generated Function Module ... 232
6.1.3 ... Opening a Print Job ... 234
6.1.4 ... Calling the Generated Function Module ... 237
6.1.5 ... Closing the Print Job ... 239
6.1.6 ... Form Output ... 240
6.2 ... Spool System ... 244
6.3 ... Device Types for the Output ... 246
6.4 ... Special Output Scenarios ... 249
6.4.1 ... Archiving ... 249
6.4.2 ... Returning Documents ... 250
6.5 ... Error Analysis ... 254
6.5.1 ... Trace and PDF with Additional Information ... 254
6.5.2 ... Activating and Retrieving the Trace in the Print Program ... 258
6.5.3 ... More Detailed Error Messages ... 258
6.5.4 ... ICF Recorder ... 258
6.6 ... Performance Optimization Through Bundling ... 263
6.6.1 ... Bundling Forms ... 263
6.6.2 ... Activating Bundling ... 264
6.6.3 ... Deactivating Bundling ... 265
6.6.4 ... Bundling Example ... 266
6.6.5 ... Bundling the PDF Return ... 269
6.7 ... Parallelization of Print Jobs ... 270
6.7.1 ... Activating Parallelization in the Print Program ... 272
6.7.2 ... Monitoring Requests ... 273
6.7.3 ... Tracing Using the SOA Manager ... 276
6.8 ... Translating Forms ... 281
6.8.1 ... Translating Short Texts ... 282
6.8.2 ... Translating Long Texts ... 283
6.8.3 ... Output of a Translated Form ... 284
6.9 ... XFP Output ... 285
6.10 ... Summary ... 287
7 ... Advanced Form Template Design ... 289
7.1 ... Advanced Techniques for Print Forms ... 289
7.1.1 ... Preparations ... 289
7.1.2 ... Floating Fields ... 290
7.1.3 ... Using Tables ... 292
7.1.4 ... Page Breaks ... 296
7.1.5 ... Subform Set ... 300
7.1.6 ... Using Patterns for Display Formatting ... 302
7.1.7 ... Conditional Page Breaks ... 307
7.1.8 ... Form Output with Duplex Printing ... 309
7.1.9 ... Output of the Completed Form Template ... 311
7.2 ... Interactive PDF Forms ... 312
7.2.1 ... Preparations ... 313
7.2.2 ... From PDF-Based Print Forms to Interactive PDF Forms ... 317
7.2.3 ... Form Fields of Interactive PDF Forms ... 330
7.2.4 ... Dynamic Properties ... 338
7.3 ... Using Script Programs ... 341
7.3.1 ... First Script Program ... 342
7.3.2 ... Tips for Debugging Script Programs ... 346
7.3.3 ... Calculations via Script Programs ... 348
7.3.4 ... Input Validation via Script Programs ... 349
7.3.5 ... Controlling the Ready-for-Input Status and Visibility of Form Fields ... 350
7.3.6 ... Determining the Recipient Address for an Email Message at Runtime ... 352
7.3.7 ... Querying Reader Version Information ... 353
7.3.8 ... Access to Data Nodes and Form Fields ... 356
7.3.9 ... Dynamic Tables ... 357
7.4 ... Using Barcodes ... 361
7.4.1 ... Properties of Barcodes ... 362
7.4.2 ... Notes on the Output of Barcodes with Zebra Label Printers ... 363
7.5 ... Tips for Increasing Performance ... 363
7.5.1 ... Merging Static Texts ... 363
7.5.2 ... Resolution of Used Images ... 364
7.5.3 ... Ensuring Correct Data Bindings ... 364
7.5.4 ... Nesting Depth of Subforms ... 364
7.5.5 ... Gradient Fills for PostScript Level 2 ... 365
7.5.6 ... Using Script Programs ... 365
7.5.7 ... Enforcing Strict Scoping Rules in JavaScript ... 365
7.5.8 ... Limiting the Volume of Transferred Data for the Form Output ... 366
7.5.9 ... Using Fonts ... 366
7.6 ... Introduction to Accessible PDF Forms ... 366
7.6.1 ... Creating Accessible PDF Forms ... 367
7.6.2 ... Tips for Creating Accessible PDF Forms ... 368
7.7 ... Additional Information ... 369
7.7.1 ... Additional Information on the Internet ... 369
7.7.2 ... Adobe Designer Scripting Reference ... 369
7.7.3 ... XFA ... 370
7.7.4 ... Acrobat JavaScript Reference ... 370
7.8 ... Summary ... 371
8 ... Integration with Web Dynpro ABAP ... 373
8.1 ... Web Dynpro ABAP ... 374
8.1.1 ... Initial Overview ... 374
8.1.2 ... Step by Step: Hello World ... 378
8.2 ... Scenarios for the Integration of Interactive Forms ... 385
8.2.1 ... Print Scenario ... 385
8.2.2 ... Online Scenario ... 387
8.2.3 ... Offline Scenario ... 388
8.3 ... The InteractiveForm UI Element ... 389
8.4 ... Interaction wi...

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Sap Pr America
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1592293980
• ISBN 13: 9781592293988
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 758