PDF from Smartforms

[Former Member]

I have been reading about PDF forms and it says you can create interactive fillable PDF forms using Adobe PDF forms.

But can you not use Smart forms and generate a PDF document using it ?

[Former Member]

Hi,

You can create pdf file from smartform,

PARAMETERS:lifnr like lfa1-lifnr.

DATA:number(3) TYPE n value 90.

DATA:ktab TYPE TABLE OF lfa1.

DATA:ltab TYPE TABLE OF ekko.

DATA:w_fmodule TYPE rs38l_fnam,

w_cparam TYPE ssfctrlop,

w_outoptions TYPE ssfcompop,

w_bin_filesize TYPE i,

w_file_name type string,

w_file_path type string,

w_full_path type string.

• Internal table to hold the OTF data

DATA:t_otf TYPE itcoo OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE,

• Internal table to hold OTF data recd from the SMARTFORM

t_otf_from_fm TYPE ssfcrescl,

• Internal table to hold the data from the FM CONVERT_OTF

t_pdf_tab LIKE tline OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE.

SELECT * from lfa1 into TABLE ktab where lifnr = lifnr.

IF sy-subrc = 0.

SELECT * from ekko into TABLE ltab FOR ALL ENTRIES IN ktab WHERE

lifnr = ktab-lifnr.

ENDIF.

w_cparam-no_dialog = 'X'.

w_cparam-preview = space. " Suppressing the dialog box

" for print preview

w_cparam-getotf = 'X'.

• Printer name to be used is provided in the export parameter

• OUTPUT_OPTIONS

w_outoptions-tddest = 'LP01'.

CALL FUNCTION 'SSF_FUNCTION_MODULE_NAME'

EXPORTING

FORMNAME = 'ZBHSFORM'

IMPORTING

FM_NAME = w_fmodule.

CALL FUNCTION w_fmodule

EXPORTING

• ARCHIVE_INDEX =

• ARCHIVE_INDEX_TAB =

• ARCHIVE_PARAMETERS =

CONTROL_PARAMETERS = w_cparam

• MAIL_APPL_OBJ =

• MAIL_RECIPIENT =

• MAIL_SENDER =

OUTPUT_OPTIONS = w_outoptions

• USER_SETTINGS = 'X'

IMPORTING

• DOCUMENT_OUTPUT_INFO =

JOB_OUTPUT_INFO = t_otf_from_fm

• JOB_OUTPUT_OPTIONS =

TABLES

ITAB = ktab

JTAB = ltab

• EXCEPTIONS

• FORMATTING_ERROR = 1

• INTERNAL_ERROR = 2

• SEND_ERROR = 3

• USER_CANCELED = 4

• OTHERS = 5

.

IF SY-SUBRC 0.

• MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO

• WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.

ENDIF.

START-OF-SELECTION.

t_otf[] = t_otf_from_fm-otfdata[].

• Function Module CONVERT_OTF is used to convert the OTF format to PDF

CALL FUNCTION 'CONVERT_OTF'

EXPORTING

FORMAT = 'PDF'

MAX_LINEWIDTH = 132

IMPORTING

BIN_FILESIZE = w_bin_filesize

TABLES

otf = t_otf

lines = t_pdf_tab.

• To display File SAVE dialog window

CALL METHOD cl_gui_frontend_services=>file_save_dialog

CHANGING

filename = w_file_name

path = w_file_path

fullpath = w_full_path.

• Use the FM GUI_DOWNLOAD to download the generated PDF file onto the

• presentation server

CALL FUNCTION 'GUI_DOWNLOAD'

EXPORTING

BIN_FILESIZE = w_bin_filesize

filename = w_full_path

FILETYPE = 'BIN'

tables

data_tab = t_pdf_tab.

Regards,

Harish

[Former Member]

Hi Friend,

Please check the following Thread :

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Regards

Hemant Khemani