This document summarizes a demo application that allows offline and online editing of an interactive Adobe form within a SAP WebDynpro application. It includes: 1. A business partner contact template built using SAP Forms Personalization. 2. A WebDynpro application containing the source data structures and a PDF object for the form. 3. Three views - to download the form for offline use, upload the offline form, and review online with extracted data binding to WebDynpro fields. 4. When data is saved online, values are read from the interactive form into the WebDynpro context and used to create a business partner record via BAPI calls.

1. Offline & Online Scenario for an
Interactive Adobe Form within a
WebDynpro application
Business Partner Contact Card
This is a demo application I have developed
based from examples from
“SAP Interactive Forms By Adobe” book, Authors:
Hauser, Deutesfeld, Rehmann, Szucs, Thun
steve.coupland@gmail.com 2010

2. The BP contacts template build in SFP
This template has a DDIC interface

3. The WebDynpro Application
Context includes Source
Data structures &
The PDF object

4. 3 Views - Download, Upload & Review
• 1- Download the required PDF BP IAF for ‘offline’ use
• 2- Upload the empty/part filled/completed BP IAF
• 3- Review the PDF IAF ‘online’, extract the data fields
entered offline, display them in WebDynpro fields. If
you update the Interactive Form and press button
‘Save’, new changed values then get updated and sent
to the server, and hence any WebDynpro fields will also
be updated accordingly, automatically.
• Saving will result in creation of BP data. Using the data
entered in IAF in both an offline and / or online
scenario, too.
The following screen shots depict the application working

5. Source code to extract data
In the ‘Review’ view
there is source code to
extract the data from
the form in input plug
handler method, using
IXML conversion of the
PDF content and binding
to the context of the
WebDynpro

6. The Contact IAF Application Working
• The next few slides show the working
application in an internet browser

7. Download PDF for Offline useage

8. Upload the form empty/partly filled
Browse for the Offline ‘Contact Card’
interactive form to upload; there may
be data entered...
Click on ‘Review’ navigates to a new
Dynpro view, in doing so extracts all the
data to IXML format from the PDF and
then binds relevant values to the
appropriate context attributes and thus
screen fields – ready to either edit the
data further or save for final processing,
whereby the values are read from the
context and the BAPI functions invoked.

9. Save (& edit) Contact data to create BP
The data already entered ‘offline’ is read into context of
The data already entered ‘offline’ is read into context of
WebDynpro on app. server & displayed in fields
WebDynpro on app. server & displayed in fields
underneath UI Element of the IAF. The ‘Company’ is going
underneath UI Element ‘online’ in the IAF elementis the
to be completed now of the IAF. The ‘Company’ of
going to be completed now ‘Save’ is in the IAF element is
WebDynpro view – when ‘online’ clicked all the data
ofre-read, validated on the server and the BP partner is
the WebDynpro view – when ‘Save’ is clicked all the
data is re-read, BAPIs calls. the server and the BP
created with validated on
partner is created with BAPIs calls.

10. All data saved and BP created!