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get adobe form pdf data as well as print

kjyothiraditya — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 15:40:52 GMT

Hi,

I have to get Adobe form PDF data as well as print at the same time. I am passing OUTPUTPARAMS-GETPDF = 'X' to FM FP_JOB_OPEN and able to get PDF data. But does it stop spool/printer printing?

What should be done if I have to print as well as get the PDF data at same time ? We can configure 2 different o/p, but that would be like triggering the same thing twice.

Please guide.

Regards,

Aditya

Re: get adobe form pdf data as well as print

Sandra_Rossi — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 18:50:02 GMT

I found an answer:

both print and get PDF "FP_JOB_OPEN" site:answers.sap.com

(function module ADS_CREATE_PDF_SPOOLJOB - Use case in program FP_TEST_SAVE_PDF_TO_SPOOL)

Re: get adobe form pdf data as well as print

kjyothiraditya — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 03:25:40 GMT

Hi,

Thanks, I too have seen that comment by Florian. Just wanted to confirm.

Regards,

Aditya

Re: get adobe form pdf data as well as print

kjyothiraditya — Mon, 07 Sep 2020 04:34:27 GMT

Hi, I need to attach a billing doc o/p to shipment while its being printed using Adobe form. Right now setting GETPDF = 'X' is working, but stops the print preview or the actual .print. Instead thinking of calling the same form in update task so that this time we call the form with GETPDF = 'X' and then attach this. Do you think this is a feasible solution as FP_JOB_OPEN and FP_JOB_CLOSE in update task ? Or do you have any other alternative ? The print program is a standard program while the form is a custom Adobe form. We need to print as well as get the pdf data. To get pdf data, have to enable getpdf flag without which we will not be getting any pdf data. to set this, we need to do in standard program and it might affect the existing print. So should we can convert it to custom driver program or retrigger the output again using implicit enhancement. Please kindly advice. Regards, Aditya

Re: get adobe form pdf data as well as print

FredericGirod — Mon, 07 Sep 2020 05:43:21 GMT

It is standard, you have to use Print & Archiv option

and for the print program have a look to the example FP_TEST_01

Re: get adobe form pdf data as well as print

kjyothiraditya — Mon, 07 Sep 2020 11:31:13 GMT

Thanks Frederic,

Can you please specify how exactly to do it. Right now the o/p is triggered in background and there may be no popup/dialog. If we set GETPDF flag, the dialog/popup for print is not occuring. Also the o/p is not getting issued. So what are the parameters to be passed to be able to get PDF without disturbing the existing print flow. This might support in the old script/smartform technology, but now we have a new Adobe service.

Also not getting any info on spool if they are generated / it may be suppressed on setting GETPDF flag.

Please guide.

Rgrds,

Aditya

Re: get adobe form pdf data as well as print

FredericGirod — Mon, 07 Sep 2020 14:08:22 GMT

If you are playing with billing document, you have to configure the printing option through transaction VV31. In this transaction you could specify with a parameter, if you would like to Print / Print & Archiv / Archiv

if you select the Print & Archiv, and you adapt correctly the print program, you will have the PDF generated & stored directly to the right place

Re: get adobe form pdf data as well as print

FredericGirod — Mon, 07 Sep 2020 14:09:21 GMT

I had created a blog on this topic

https://blogs.sap.com/2014/01/13/configuring-http-content-server-2-save-printed-document-12/

Re: get adobe form pdf data as well as print

aidan_black — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 14:42:53 GMT

Hi,

In this case you could call the Adobe form function module twice in your print program, once with OUTPUTPARAMS-GETPDF = 'X' to FM FP_JOB_OPEN. after this call process the form and then call FP_JOB_CLOSE to return the PDF data which you can save or attach to an email etc. If you then call the function module FP_JOB_OPEN a second time in your program with this parameter OUTPUTPARAMS-GETPDF = ' ', this time a spool will be created when you call the subsequent FP_JOB_CLOSE.