Hi,
Adobe forms are available from ECC 5.0 onwards. For further information on Adobe forms see data below.
Adobe forms : This is another SAP tool designed to create your own forms. The transaction for this is SFP. It is available from version ECC 5.0.
Difference between Adobe forms and smart forms / scripts.
Smart forms / scripts are used to show the data in SAP. Most likely you will use these to print / display some kind of receipts / forms. Many companies must be using this for hard copies / ALE / EDI or to transfer data from SAP to others.
Adobe forms are used to post data into SAP from SAP too. So this has an additional feature compared to smart forms.
There are various advantages of Adobe forms.
1. Full integration into the SAP development environments for Java and ABAP
2. User-friendly tools reduce the time and costs associated with creating form layouts.
3. The usage of the PDF format means that forms retain their appearance regardless of the environment they are used in.
With the integration of Adobe PDF technology into its solutions, SAP will be able to further extend its offerings of end-to-end business solutions by:
Providing for the first time the capabilities of Adobe's interactive PDF-based forms.
SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe provides all the features and functions you need to create form-based output, such as order confirmations, invoices, or pay slips. You can either print such documents or send them by email or FAX.
4. Adobe forms are easy to design. based on requirement you can design the adobe forms as print based, offline and online forms.
5.Visually disabled people can access the data in adobe form ( satisfies the govt laws Section 508 in US ,Barrierefreiheit in DE ,New ISO standard in EU ) using screen readers.
6.Automating the process of moving XML data from SAP applications into interactive forms and vice versa.
7.Reducing time to design, manage, and maintain extended forms-based processes through easy-to-use forms design and deployment tools.
8.Offering its customers enhanced printing capabilities, in particular for interactive Web applications.
Online Interactive Forms
A user logs on to the company intranet to fill in a form required by the HR department (for example, a Non-Disclosure Agreement to be signed by a new employee). The form is displayed in the browser.
As the user is logged on in the background to the company's HR system, his master data is displayed in the form. The user enters the required information in the fillable fields of the interactive form, and sends the data back to the system by pushing a button. The system extracts the data from the form and saves it in the database.
Offline Interactive Forms
The purchasing department of a company creates a bid in its Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system and selects the potential vendors. Based upon this data, the system automatically creates interactive bidding forms with specific vendor information, such as the address or contact person.
The forms are transmitted to the vendors by email. The vendors can fill out the forms offline (without being connected to the system that created the forms) and transmit them back to the company. The company then processes the forms automatically, and the data provided by the vendors is written to the ERP system. The purchasing department uses the data to evaluate the quotation and then issues an order.
The focus of new forms technology from SAP is interactive PDF-based forms that can be created in SAP systems as a result of the integration of Adobe technology with Web Dynpro and the SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio. This integration means that adobe is the future technology.
Cheers,
Ram.
Bluesky
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