This document discusses how to manage PDF forms in Spagic, an open source BPM and case management platform. It provides an overview of Spagic and its capabilities, including workflows, human tasks, and eForms. It then describes how to create an interactive PDF document to be used in a Spagic process, including adding submit buttons and hidden fields to store user and process instance information. The document directs readers to the Spagic website for more documentation on managing PDF forms.

1. and eForm Services:
a pratical approach to PDF support
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2. Summary
 Spagic Overwiew
 Workflows & Human Task
 EForm & Pdf Form
 How to manage Pdf Form in Spagic
 How to embed a Pdf in Spagic Pdf Management
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3. Spagic Overwiew
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4. Spagic Overwiew
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5. Spagic Overwiew
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6. Spagic Overwiew
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7. Overview / Universal Middleware
Governance
Process &
BPM
Service
modeling
management
Business
Business Rules
Activity
management Inte
gra monitoring
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a rati
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Lifecycle BPM/ETL dlew
and Engine are
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Cooperation
od Connectors
M
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Integration
sin Application
ESB
Bu (Web-Mobile)
(Web-
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8. Overview / ESB – Integration/Cooperation middleware
 SOA middleware for integration and cooperation
 SOA middleware for integration and cooperation
 Messaging, dynamic routing and transformation services, provided in a reliable way
 Messaging, dynamic routing and transformation services, provided in a reliable way
 Virtualization of heterogeneous and distributed services
 Virtualization of heterogeneous and distributed services
SOA Applications Orchestration
Custom bundes BPM
Messaging MQ Routing Transformation
Data services Adapters Web Services
Connectors
SOAP JMS Custom
ETL/Data
application SMS & Wireless
eBusiness Warehouse
XML
EDI HL7 FILE / FTP Legacy CHAT RSS
System DBMS
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9. Overview / Business Modeling and Management
Business Modeling
Business
Process Modeling
Process Modeling
BPMN Standard
BPMN Standard
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10. Overview / Business Modeling and Management
Business Modeling
Business
Technical parameter
Process Modeling
Process Modeling
BPMN Standard
BPMN Standard
Connectors BPM Engine
BPM Engine
BPM
Deploy / tuning
Technical
Metadata &
Historical / real-time info
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11. Overview / Business Modeling and Management
Business Modeling Analysis / tuning
Business
Technical parameter
Process Modeling
Process Modeling Historical & real-time analysis
Historical & real-time analysis
BPMN Standard
BPMN Standard
Connectors BPM Engine
BPM Engine
BPM
Deploy / tuning
Technical
Metadata &
Historical / real-time info
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12. Overview / BPM - Collaboration Middleware
 Processes composed of collaborative services through the definition of human tasks
 Processes composed of collaborative services through the definition of human tasks
User notification by mail, sms, web services …
User notification by mail, sms, web services …
Different use models:
Different use models:
 calling a ready-to-use web worklist
 calling a ready-to-use web worklist
 API Java e Web Services
 API Java e Web Services
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13. Orchestration / Human Activity
Spagic GWT TaskList
 Tasks assignment
 Integration with BPM policies rules
 Can be integrated into applications
Electronic Form
 Automatic forms generation
starting from a defined
schema
 Life cycle management of PDF form Web form
electronic modules on HTML Mapping &
Generation
and PDF formats.
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14. PDF Form / Interactive PDF & Spagic Processes
• How to create or modify an iteractive PDF document in
order to be used in a Spagic process:
– Create in the PDF document two buttons configured as submit
buttons whose name are saveButton and completeButton
– Make the buttons submit XML data and don’t set URL
– Create in the form other four hidden fields that will store
informations concerning
• User
• Process instance
• Url to submit the form
• Other Optional information
For more information you can refer to PDF Form documentation available on Spagic website
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15. For further information
• Downloads : http://forge.ow2.org
• WebSite : www.spagic.org
…thanks for your attention!
Antonietta Miele
antonietta.miele@eng.it
www.spagoworld.org
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