[LIKELY JUNK]SAP Interactive Form convert to Smartform

[Dart, Jocelyn]

Hi Gokselin, 
 
Well the short answer is  NO - YUCK - WHY?
 
And the long answer is that SmartForms are being superseded with Adobe print forms across SAP. 
So that even where SmartForms exist often there is a newer Adobe equivalent now available, and generally SAP has committed
to replacing all of these print forms with Adobe forms. 
 
It might be more helpful if you tell us your concerns?
 
If it's a skills issue then you would be well advised to learn Adobe LiveCycle Designer, given the number of forms now produced that way. 
It's a WYSIWYG editor and fairly straightforward.
 
If you have licence concerns, these only apply where Adobe forms are used in Interactive mode - i.e. where a user starts a form, enters data against a form and submits the form, usually triggering a workflow.    Smartforms NEVER had this capability.    There are no licence issues around Adobe forms used in print mode.
 
If it's an issue of "where do I put my code exits" you need to understand the options in your application area.  Yes it's true you don't put code against parts of the form in the same way as you did SmartForms, but this is only because use of Adobe print forms enforces a better separation of business logic and UI.  There are always a number of options available - such as in the initialization section of the form interface, or in the calling program, or by using wizards or Javascripts in the form design to achieve similar features.  So look at the examples and read the doco for your area. 
 
Hope that helps.
 
Regards,
Jocelyn 

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From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu] On Behalf Of Acar Gökselin
Sent: Thursday, 12 March 2009 6:15 PM
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Subject: [LIKELY JUNK]SAP Interactive Form convert to Smartform



Hello dear experts,

 

I would like to know whether it is possible to convert an Interactive Form to Smartform???

 

Thank you in advance for your answer.

 

With kind regards.

 

Gökselin Acar

Germany

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