Call Adobe Form through ABAP Program

Scenario

Create an Adobe Form and call it through an ABAP Program

Pre-request:

1)  In the Front End System Adobe Life Cycle Designer has to install. Then only the Adobe Form  Layout  and Adobe form will open in the SAP system
2)  Adobe Reader 8.0 and above version has to installed

Steps to Create and Call the adobe form

1)  Create a Table Type for a Table
 2) Create the Interface for the Adobe Form
3)  Create the Adobe Form and design the layout
4)  Write a Program to Call the Adobe Form

Step by Step Approach

1)   Create a  Table Type for a Table

Go to the Transaction Code "SE11" and give the Table Type name as "zmari_tb1".

 

Then click "Create" and a popup will appear as shown below.

Select the radio button "Table Type" and press enter

 

Enter the Table Name 'MARI' in the line type.

 

Then save it as Local Object and activate it.

 

Activate the Table Type.

 

2) Create the Interface for the Adobe Form

Go to Transaction code 'SFP' and create the Interface for the ADOBE FORM

Enter the Interface Name as 'ZSUR_ADOBE_INTR' and click "Create"

 

Give the Description and click save.

 

Give Description and press enter

 

Save as Local Object

 

Then the below screen will appear.

 

Then Click "Append Row" icon as indicated below.

 

Then as new row will inserted and assign the Table Type ZMARI_TBL value as shown below.

 

Then activate it.

 

Then go back and Give the Adobe Form name click Create.

 3) Create Adobe Form and design the layout in the Same Transaction Code "SFP"

 

Give the Description and the Interface name, which just created as indicated below.

 

Then Save as Local Object.

 

Then the below Screen will appear.

 

Expand the import button and you can find the Table Parameter ZMARI.

 

Then Drag and drop it to the Context as shown below

 

After Drag and Drop the Table type to Context, then below screen will appear.

 

Then Click the "Layout" Tab and the Below Screen will appear.

 

Drag and Drop the table type "ZMARI" to Design View Layout as indicated below.

 

Then adjust the Table in the Top center of the layout as shown below. 

 

Select the 'Text' from the Library and drop it the Layout 'Design" View and give a description to the Table as shown below.

 

 

Then Activate the Adobe form

 

4) Write a Program to Call the Adobe Form

Go to Transaction code SE38 and Create a Test Program "ZCALL_ADOBE_FORM". 

 

Save it as local Object.

 

Then enter the Below Code.

 

REPORT  zcall_adobe_form.

&-----------------------------------------------------------------------&

*& Author  : P Surjith Kumar

*& Purpose : Call the Adobe form in the ABAP Program

*&------------------------------------------------------------------------

DATA: fm_name           TYPE rs38l_fnam,      " CHAR300Name of Function Module

      fp_docparams      TYPE sfpdocparams,    " Structure  SFPDOCPARAMS Short Description  Form ParametersforForm Processing

      fp_outputparams   TYPE sfpoutputparams, " Structure  SFPOUTPUTPARAMS Short Description  Form Processing Output Parameter

      it_mari           TYPE zmari_tbl.       " Table Type ZMARI_TBL MARI Table Tyoe

* Sets the output parameters and opens the spool job

CALL FUNCTION 'FP_JOB_OPEN'                   "& Form Processing: Call Form

  CHANGING

    ie_outputparams = fp_outputparams

  EXCEPTIONS

    cancel          =1

    usage_error     =2

    system_error    =3

    internal_error  =4

    OTHERS          =5.

IF sy-subrc <> 0.

*            <error handling>

ENDIF.

*&---- Get the name of the generated function module

CALL FUNCTION 'FP_FUNCTION_MODULE_NAME'           "& Form Processing Generation

  EXPORTING

    i_name     ='ZSUR_ADOBE_FORM'

  IMPORTING

    e_funcname = fm_name.

IF sy-subrc <> 0.

*  <error handling>

ENDIF.

*-- Fetch the Data and store it in the Internal Table

SELECT * FROM mari INTO TABLE it_mari UP TO15ROWS.

* Language and country setting (here US as an example)

fp_docparams-langu   ='E'.

fp_docparams-country ='US'.

*&--- Call the generated function module

CALL FUNCTION fm_name

  EXPORTING

    /1bcdwb/docparams        = fp_docparams

    zmari                   = it_mari

*    IMPORTING

*     /1BCDWB/FORMOUTPUT       =

  EXCEPTIONS

    usage_error           =1

    system_error          =2

    internal_error           =3.

IF sy-subrc <> 0.

*  <error handling>

ENDIF.

*&---- Close the spool job

CALL FUNCTION 'FP_JOB_CLOSE'

*    IMPORTING

*     E_RESULT             =

  EXCEPTIONS

    usage_error           =1

    system_error          =2

    internal_error        =3

    OTHERS               =4.

IF sy-subrc <> 0.

*            <error handling>

ENDIF.

 

Then activate and Execute (F8) it.

 

Then the printer screen will appear.

 

Click the Print Preview

 

Then the Output will shown as below.