differnce between smartform and adobe form

[Former Member]

What is the differnece between the smartform and the Adobe form

[Yasindu_Fernando]

Smart Forms are more straightforward and integrated with SAP, ideal for standard forms with less complex design requirements. Adobe Forms offer advanced design features and flexibility, suitable for complex forms with intricate layouts and design needs.

[Former Member]

Hi,

Smartform is a tool to design a layout in abap. Tcode for this is SMARTFORMS.

The final output of the smartform can be obtained in PDF format.

As far as I know adobe form is different, using it we can enter some values or press some buttons in the adobe form.

[RichHeilman]

Well, they are too different technologies which do pretty much the same thing, but Interactive Forms by Adobe(IFbA) take it one step further. So you can use IFbA to print forms just like with SmartForms and SAPscript, but there is also the possibility to use the interactive part as well. This is where you create the form with input fields and buttons and stuff, send it out via email, the user enters data and click submit button, and the backend system is updated, automatically. For IFbA, you do your development in the Adobe LifeCyle Designer, which is embeded inside of the SAPgui in transaction SFP. Lastly with IFbA, you also need a java stack in your landscape for the Adobe Document Services to run on .

Regards,

Rich Heilman