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Extending the power of SAP® solutionswith Interactive Forms

Successful organizations today are

bridging the gap between traditional

paper-based processes and enterprise

applications by using Web-based,

wireless, and other new enterprise

technologies. Interactive Forms based

on Adobe soware bridges the paper-to-

digital divide by helping organizations

create Adobe Portable Document Format

(PDF) forms that have the same high-

quality appearance and easy accessibility 

of familiar paper documents.

By using information resident in SAP

soware, the Interactive Forms solution

lets IT departments replace inefficient

paper-based processes; include

customers, partners, and employees in

electronic processes; and extend the

reach of enterprise applications to a

much broader set of users inside and

outside the firewall.

Because the Interactive Forms

solution harnesses the power of PDF

and eXtensible Markup Language

(XML), it helps IT departments

streamline form processes and

capture data more accurately. First,

IT departments can easily design

sophisticated forms that look like the

pieces of paper they replace. en,

users can fill out forms with the

ubiquitous Adobe Reader® soware

while online or offline—without

buying additional soware. And

because PDF forms are intuitive

and easy to fill out, IT departments

eliminate time-consuming,

expensive rekeying of data when

users submit forms back to SAP

systems in the enterprise.

Integrated in SAP NetWeaver™,

Interactive Forms lets organizations:

• Create innovative form-based processes

to meet new or changing business

requirements while decreasing

deployment costs

• Reduce development time with easy-to-

use Adobe Designer soware, which is

fully integrated with SAP development

environments for Java and ABAP™

programming languages

• Cut costs for form design, development,

and maintenance

• Reduce IT complexity and costs with

ubiquitous Adobe Reader for client-

side viewing

• Improve data quality through real-time

information capture and route-and-

return processing

Interactive FormsBased on

Adobe®

Software

ADOBE DESIGNER IN SAP NETWEAVER

DEVELOPER STUDIO: THE PREMIER

DEVELOPMENT TOOL FOR CREATING

INTERACTIVE FORMS

 The unified development environments of SAP

NetWeaver Developer Studio and SAP ABAP

Workbench, which include Adobe Designer,

let SAP form authors lay out templates easily

and preview forms in real time. Authors usean intuitive grid layout and drag-and-drop

libraries to position graphics; enter text; and

add form objects such as list boxes, drop-down

lists, command buttons, and check boxes.

With JavaScript support and a simplified

calculation language, authors can create

interactive PDF forms that help reduce errors

and speed processing. Form authors can use

drag-and-drop tools to integrate forms with

Web services and SAP enterprise services,

or link forms to SAP back-end systems.

 These capabilities make it easy to design

sophisticated forms that can validate data,

perform calculations, present selection lists,

and automatically check for errors.

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Because Adobe Designer is seamlessly integrated into SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio and ABAP

Workbench, form authors never have to leave the familiar SAP environment to create sophisticated

interactive forms.

e Interactive Forms solution helps

organizations quickly adapt to changes in

customer and market demand; integrate

people, documents, and IT systems; andreduce IT complexity and costs.

Key features

Exchange data with people and systems

via real-time information capture in

form-based processes

• Create powerful XML-based forms

without ever leaving the integrated

SAP environment

• Offer online and offline access—

anytime, anywhere—with ubiquitous

Adobe Reader client soware

• Enable users to participate in form-based

business processes that are intuitive

• Create forms that maintain visual

integrity and fidelity 

• Maintain process familiarity to help

promote high user adoption

• Share information with greater control

over form security inside and outside

the firewall

• Comply with regulatory requirementsrelated to forms and form-based processes

Build interactive forms

• Reduce form design, development, and

maintenance costs with Adobe Designer

soware, seamlessly integrated withABAP Workbench and SAP NetWeaver

Developer Studio

• Create sophisticated forms with a

point-and-click visual design tool

• Support Web Dynpro, so developers

can create PDF-based Interactive Forms

layouts of Web-based interactive with

minimal coding

• Allow nontechnical users to easily 

create Interactive Forms, reducing the

need for custom programming skills

Provide universal access to forms

• Reduce IT complexity and costs with

free Adobe Reader soware for client-

side viewing and filling of forms

• Enable users inside and outside the

firewall to complete forms online

and offline, and participate in key 

business processes without buying

additional soware

With more than 500 million copies deployed

worldwide, the free, cross-platform Adobe

Reader provides a low-cost solution for users

inside or outside the firewall to view and

complete forms.

SERVER SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

• Supported operating systems: Microsoft®Windows® 2000 Server/Windows Server™ 2003;

Sun™ Solaris™; HP-UX; IBM® AIX®; Red Hat®

Enterprise Linux®; SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

• The Interactive Forms solution is available

as part of SAP NetWeaver (through SAP Web

Application Server 6.40 and mySAP ERP)

FOR MORE INFORMATION

For more information on how you can benefit

from the Adobe and SAP partnership, visit

www.adobe.com/enterprise/ 

partners/sap.html

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