Adobe Interactive Forms and Attachments

[Former Member]

Does Adobe Interactive Form (NW2004s SP 09) support Adobe Interactive Forms that contain attachments? We have a Business requirement where the users will download the form, complete it, add attachments and submit it to initiate a Guided Procedure. Any help/examples is appreciated!

Thanks!

- Rao

[Former Member]

Interactive Forms support two types of attachments:

1) Attachments as comments

- Interactive PDF Forms generated by the Adobe Document Services (ADS) in SAP turn on by default the commenting/annotations toolbar in Adobe Reader. You can then select "Attach a file as a comment" to attach a file anywhere on the page.

- This is available since the first release of Interactive Forms

- These attachments cannot be handled (e.g. detached) automatically on the server. You can use it to archive the PDF with the attachments or to open the form in Acrobat or Reader and open them on the client.

- Like any annotation functionality this does not work for dynamic interactive PDF forms (PDF forms which can dynamically grow/shrink in the client)

2) Document Level Attachments

- This is available with NW04S SPS10 and higher.

- To attach a document select Menu -> Document -> Attach a File in Reader

- Attachments can be manipulated/detached on the server using custom Java or ABAP code with the PDFDocument Object... Here is the documentation for the Java PDF Document Object (http://help.sap.com/javadocs/NW04S/current/wd/index.html)

- This works for all types of PDF documents (dynamic and static)

Cheers,

Matthias

[Former Member]

Hi Matthias,

Can these attachments can be carried forward in a Workflow in the UWL iView in portal?

Is there any description or link for this

Thanks

Regards

Madhu

[Former Member]

Hello Madhu,

unfortunately I am not an expert on Guided Procedures or SAP Workflow. I assume that tasks from, Guided Procedures can be exposed in the UWL.

Do you need to handle the attachments in a separate workflow from the PDF form? If not then the user could open the attachment through the PDF form.

[Former Member]

Hi Matthias,

I was wondering if the attchments are possible in PCR forms scenario in NW2004s SPS11? Do they support passing the attchment up the workflow in PDF forms?

can you please share your thoughts

-Mike

[Former Member]

Hello Michael,

if you are just using ISR to implement PCR forms it does not support passing attachments, because ISR just exchanges the XML information from the form with the server (not the complete PDF, so attachments and Digital Signatures cannot be handled with ISR today). However if you are using the HR Admin and Forms framework (new in ERP05) to implement the PCR forms then they allow attachments outside of the form (attachment is uploaded through Web Dynpro UI outside the form, but included in the workflow).

Cheers,

Matthias