BC481 SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe

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BC481

SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe

SAP NetWeaver Application Server - ABAP

Course Outline

Course Version: 93

Course Duration: 2 Day(s) Publication Date: 27-02-2013

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BC481 Contents

Course Overview

In this course, you will learn how to design interactive forms by using Adobe LiveCycle Designer UI elements and scripting functionality.

Target Audience

This course is intended for the following audiences:

• Project team members, developers, and consultants who are interested in SAP Interactive Forms

Course Prerequisites

Required Knowledge

• BC400, BC401, programming experience with ABAP • BC480 PDF-based print forms

Recommended Knowledge

• Experience with SAPscript or SAP Smart Forms is strongly recommended, but not required

• Web Dynpro ABAP fundamentals

Course Goals

This course will prepare the participant to:

• Create interactive forms with SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe

• Describe the difference between print form, offline form, and online form

• Create interactive forms and manipulate data and layout by scripting with FormCalc and JavaScript

• Download, upload, extract, and parse form data

Course Objectives

After completing this course, the participant will be able to:

• Create and model interactive forms with Adobe LiveCycle Designer • Integrate interactive forms with ABAP programs

• Integrate forms with Web Dynpro ABAP applications • Manipulate form content and form layout by scripting

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BC481 Course Outline

Unit 1

SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe: Scenarios

Unit Overview

Lesson: SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe Scenarios

Lesson Objectives

After completing this lesson, the participant will be able to: • Name the benefits of PDF-based Interactive Forms

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Unit 2

SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe: Basics

Unit Overview

Lesson: The Form Interface

After completing this lesson, the participant will be able to:

• Describe the components of an interface and create your own interface components

Lesson: The Form Context

After completing this lesson, the participant will be able to: • Describe the layout types and when they should be used • Use the "Inbound Handler" field

• Explain basic context elements and when to use them

Lesson: The Form Layout

• Create a form layout for interactive forms with Adobe LiveCycle Designer

• Use content areas, body pages, and subforms to build the layout of interactive forms

Lesson: The Application Program

• Explain the relevant ABAP parameters for interactive form scenarios • Implement an ABAP program for an interactive offline scenario

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Unit 3

Interactive UI Elements and Scripting

Unit Overview

Lesson: Introduction to Scripting with FormCalc

After completing this lesson, the participant will be able to: • Use the script editor

• Name different events and explain what they can be used for • Create scripting with FormCalc

• Access form objects, their values, and their properties

Lesson: Frequently Used UI Elements

After completing this lesson, the participant will be able to: • Use and populate a dropdown listbox

• Use buttons, checkboxes, and radio buttons to control the visibil-ity and protection of fields

Lesson: Validations and Patterns

• Use some important techniques for field validations and field patterns • Code a validation script for the Validate event

Lesson: Advanced Scripting

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• Manipulate the number of rows in tables • Use calculations and further designer functions

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Unit 4

Parsing and Extracting PDF Data

Unit Overview

This unit shows you how to download, upload, and parse data, and three ways to extract data.

Lesson: Download and Upload of Forms

• Download a created form to the file system for further processing steps

Lesson: The DOM Table

After completing this lesson, the participant will be able to: • Extract form data by parsing the DOM table

Lesson: XML Transformation

After completing this lesson, the participant will be able to: • Extract form data with the XML transformation process

Lesson: Inbound Processing of Interactive Offline Forms

After completing this lesson, the participant will be able to: • Extract form data with the inbound processing technique

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Unit 5

E-Mailing PDFs

Unit Overview

Lesson: Sending Forms via E-Mail

After completing this lesson, the participant will be able to: • Send PDF forms via e-mail

Lesson: Implement the Receiving Process

• Receive PDF forms via e-mail and make the PDF content avail-able for further processing

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Unit 6

Web Dynpro Integration

Unit Overview

You can build online form scenarios using the Web Dynpro framework.

Lesson: Form Integration Basics

• Analyze an existing Web Dynpro online scenario with an integrated PDF form

Lesson: Integrate New Forms in Web Dynpro

After completing this lesson, the participant will be able to: • Integrate a new form into a Web Dynpro online scenario

Lesson: Integrate Existing Forms in Web Dynpro

After completing this lesson, the participant will be able to: • Integrate an existing form in Web Dynpro