Adobe Forms - Using Alternative

By Jayachandra Nagaram, YASH Technologies

In this demo we will create adobe form, which displays two different table data in different scenarios based on the given input. This functionality is achieved by using Alternative in adobe forms. 

Step1: Go to SFP transaction and create interface for the Adobe form. 

Note: Maintain Interface type ABAP-Dictionary Base interface. (IN ECC6.0 Version)

Step2: In interface you will find import, export and Exceptions.

Create import parameters by clicking on below shown create button. 

Step3: Create import parameters IT_SPFLI and FLAG.

The import parameter IT_SPFLI is used to input data and FLAG is used to select the table that should be displayed in the Output. Here the details of either SPFLI or SFLIGHT are displayed depending on the FLAG. 

Step4: Create two global tables SPFLI and SFLIGHT to hold the data that needs to be displayed in the output. 

Step5: Code for fetching the data is written in the code initialization part of interface.

In code initialization the variables whose values are being passed to the code to fetch the details of the output should be declared in the Input parameters and the variables to which the results are assigned needs to be declared in the Output parameters.  

Step6:  Write the below code in code initialization part. Check for errors and activate the interface.

select *
  from spfli
  into table gt_spfli
   for all entries in it_spfli
 where carrid eq it_spfli-carrid
   and connid eq it_spfli-connid.

select *
  from sflight
  into table gt_sflight
   for all entries in it_spfli
 where carrid eq it_spfli-carrid
   and connid eq it_spfli-connid. 

Step7: After the interface part is done, create Form by going to SFP transaction.

Step8: In the creation of the Form, we need to give the name of the interface for which we are creating the Form. This is the additional functionality in Adobe forms. One interface can be used for many Forms if it is suitable.

Step9: In the Context tab of the Form we will find two sections Interface and Context.

In Interface we will find the data that was created in the interface. Content area will be blank initially. We need to drag the elements that need to be displayed in output into the content area.

Step10: Drag and drop element FLAG into context area. 

Step11: Select folder YDEMO_ALTERNATIVE in context and create an ALTERNATIVE. Right-clicking on the folder go to create--> Alternative. 

Step 12: In Alternative will find two nodes TRUE and FALSE.

Initially both are blank.

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