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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=968480901-14012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Thanks Jocelyn and Cristiana for your
inputs.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=968480901-14012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I'll check out based on this
information.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu
[mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Dart,
Jocelyn<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, January 13, 2009 7:16 PM<BR><B>To:</B> SAP
Workflow Users' Group<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [LIKELY JUNK]RE: [LIKELY JUNK]RE:
[LIKELY JUNK]Workflow and PDFattachments<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=083151100-14012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Akshay/Cristiana - By the way I did a quick search on the
SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe forum and it looks like the solution is to use
server-side signatures which are stored in the keyStore of Visual Admin.
<SPAN class=083151100-14012009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Suggest you
take it up further in the forum. </FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=083151100-14012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>The main thing is to make sure you are using the
application i.e. SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe and all its features optimally -
rather than try to use workflow features in a less than optimal way as an
alternative to features provided natively by the application.
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=083151100-14012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Regards,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=083151100-14012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Jocelyn</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu
[mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>akshay.bhagwat@wipro.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, 14 January 2009 1:43
AM<BR><B>To:</B> sap-wug@mit.edu<BR><B>Subject:</B> [LIKELY JUNK]RE: [LIKELY
JUNK]RE: [LIKELY JUNK]Workflow and PDF attachments<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=218223114-13012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Hi Jocelyn,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=218223114-13012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=218223114-13012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>The requirement was a form should be sent for
approvals and this form will have to be signed digitally at every
approval.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=218223114-13012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Now as you have suggested, if I have to retrieve the form
filled in by 1st approver, <SPAN class=218223114-13012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I have a key number based on which I can retrieve the
stored pdfsource data. Only problem was that I was not able to populate the
form with the digital signature.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=218223114-13012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2> So my actual doubt is related to point -4.
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=218223114-13012009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Displaying the PDF form based on pdfSource data- because only problem is
if I have to display the previous Digital signature as it is on the
form.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=218223114-13012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Do you mean to say that we can just go on storing the PDF
source at every approval , and during each approval just display the details of
previous approval i.e. when it was signed etc on the form and not the actual
signature?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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[mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Dart,
Jocelyn<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, January 12, 2009 9:19 PM<BR><B>To:</B> SAP
Workflow Users' Group<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [LIKELY JUNK]RE: [LIKELY
JUNK]Workflow and PDF attachments<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=930220302-13012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Hi Akshay, </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=930220302-13012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Well if you are already storing your PDFSource data in a
custom table then surely you would just:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=930220302-13012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>1. Add a key to the custom
table</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=930220302-13012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>2. Send the key to workflow </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=930220302-13012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>3. Have workflow call the ABAP WD program passing the
key</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=930220302-13012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>4. Using the key look up the table and import the
pdfsource in your ABAP WD program and display it.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=930220302-13012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>5. When the user updates the form with the
digital signature, reimport it and update your custom table.
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=930220302-13012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>6. You could use your ABAP WD program to read data
from the form to pass to the workflow container, as well as reading the PDF in
full, before closing.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=930220302-13012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>(After all workflow probably doesn't need all the details
of the digital signature - mostly it needs to know if it was signed at
all.)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=930220302-13012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>This would provide data for subsequent steps in
workflow, rather than having to create an attachment or try and get the
workflow to parse the file in background. </FONT> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=930220302-13012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Similarly if you were sending the form offline via email or
uploading a returned from via email you would need the key as well as the PDF.
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=930220302-13012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=930220302-13012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>The approach would be much the same regardless of what
storage area you use. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=930220302-13012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=930220302-13012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>The point is to get away from thinking of workflow as the
carrier of the document. Rather workflow handles the communication needed to
complete the process. It's the ABAP WD program that accesses the PDF
document. So all you need is for the workflow and the ABAP WD to agree on
some way of uniquely identifing a document. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=930220302-13012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=930220302-13012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Please look at the Adobe tutorials on
SDN.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=930220302-13012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Regards,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=930220302-13012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Jocelyn </FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu
[mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>akshay.bhagwat@wipro.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, 13 January 2009 12:57
PM<BR><B>To:</B> sap-wug@mit.edu<BR><B>Subject:</B> [LIKELY JUNK]RE: [LIKELY
JUNK]Workflow and PDF attachments<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=703364701-13012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Hi Jocelyn,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=703364701-13012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=703364701-13012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Thanks for the inputs.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=703364701-13012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>But I am not able to visualize how can I use the retrieved
data?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=703364701-13012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>e.g. In my case As this is custom application, we had
created a custom table and stored the data from PDFsource of context in custom
table as Xstring. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=703364701-13012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>However, problem is how to use this data for displaying
again as PDF?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=703364701-13012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Another issue is how to reproduce the digital signatures
from this data? Even though it's stored inside XSTRING
,,,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=703364701-13012009>So I thought of using the form getting manually saved
on Front end when use digitally signs it.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=703364701-13012009>Then create attachment of it - then use it for further
purpose inside workflow.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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class=703364701-13012009></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=703364701-13012009>Now the issue was how to create attachment in
background step of workflow.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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class=703364701-13012009></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=703364701-13012009>Please suggest.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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+91-20-22933700 Ext 3608 | M: +91-9881471909 | Email:</SPAN><SPAN
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[mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Dart,
Jocelyn<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, January 12, 2009 6:37 PM<BR><B>To:</B> SAP
Workflow Users' Group<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [LIKELY JUNK]Workflow and PDF
attachments<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=729191323-12012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Hi Akshay, </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=729191323-12012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Ok well if that is the scenario you might want to approach
the problem in a different way. Rather than pass attachments around, which
is always a pain when you have to convert between different formats, why not
just pass a reference number ? i.e. assign some sort of
id to the form. Your actual binary
data representing the current known form would be
stored somewhere in SAP. Some applications such as SAP HCM Workforce
Process Management have used Records Management (transaction SCASE) to store the
binary/XML data of the form and then assign a GUID as the reference that is
passed throughout the workflow. Then your ABAP WD application uses the
reference to read/update the pdf. It's not particularly important where
you store it from workflow's point of view - so long as you can use your form id
to find the form data. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=729191323-12012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=729191323-12012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Trying to use SOFM - which is really only intended for
creating and displaying attachments - will be very restrictive. Also
passing around a large attachment in the workflow is likely to have other
implications - e.g. sizing issues. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=729191323-12012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=729191323-12012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>You might also want to look at the many Adobe
tutorials on SDN. There are various approaches to handling
incoming PDF forms. <BR>Regards,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=729191323-12012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Jocelyn</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu
[mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>akshay.bhagwat@wipro.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, 10 January 2009 12:55
PM<BR><B>To:</B> sap-wug@mit.edu<BR><B>Subject:</B> [LIKELY JUNK]Workflow and
PDF attachments<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=921564001-10012009>Hi
All,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=921564001-10012009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=921564001-10012009>I know
this topic is discussed a lot, still posting the questions as I am not able
to achieve the requirement.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=921564001-10012009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=921564001-10012009>Just to elaborate
the scenario, we are using Web dypnro for ABAP to host Interactive form
.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=921564001-10012009>This Form in turn
triggers the workflow, as this form is to be approved using workflow process.
i.e. UWL will be used to launch the form when executing the work
items.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=921564001-10012009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=921564001-10012009>As the form includes
Digital signatures, we are not able to read the same from contexts (e.g. using
UWLs dynamic parameters such as WI_ID.) So we have decided to use attachments
i.e. send this form as an attachment inside workflow, since saved PDF file has
all the data intact.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=921564001-10012009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=921564001-10012009><SPAN
class=921564001-10012009>Now the issue is: </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=921564001-10012009><SPAN
class=921564001-10012009>How this form in Webdynpro is to be saved as PDF file
automatically and then send as an attachment in
workflow?</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=921564001-10012009><SPAN
class=921564001-10012009></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=921564001-10012009><SPAN
class=921564001-10012009>1. I have tried using SAP Office function modules such
as SO_OBJECT_UPLOAD to create PDF files in SOFM object. However the problem is
these FM s can not be used from Webdynpro as Front end services are
unavailable.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=921564001-10012009><SPAN
class=921564001-10012009>2. Same is the issue If I use background step for
creating SOFM document so that it can be used as an
attachment.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=921564001-10012009><SPAN
class=921564001-10012009></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=921564001-10012009><SPAN
class=921564001-10012009>Can any body please suggest what approach can be taken
so that from webdynpro , attachment can be created and passed to workflow
seamlessly?</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=921564001-10012009><SPAN
class=921564001-10012009></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=921564001-10012009><SPAN
class=921564001-10012009>Any inputs are appreciated.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=921564001-10012009><SPAN
class=921564001-10012009>Thanks in advance.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=921564001-10012009></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Regards<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
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