Demo scenario on Adobe Forms using ABAP WebDynpro - Part 2

By G.K.Akbar, The Washington Post

In the earlier example, we have created a WebDynpro application to populate the data into the custom table ZDEPT. In this, we would display the data from the ZDEPT using ABAP WebDynpro.

Following are the contents of the table:

Create a table type ZDEPTTBL for table ZDEPT

Go to transaction SFP and create a from interface ZDEPTINF as shown below

Select the Interface type as ABAP Dictionary-Based Interface, this time we are not going to use the XML schema based interface, this is to demonstrate that we can make use of any of the existing forms inside the Web Dynpro.

Save the Interface

Create Transport for the Interface

Enter the Import parameter ZDEPT and type ZDEPTTBL. Save and activate the interface

Create the form ZDEPFRM

Enter the Interface Name as ZDEPTINF

Save the form

Drag

and

drop

the

Node

ZDEPT

onto

the

context

Go to the Layout tab and Drag & Drop the ZDEPT node on to the form layout, Save and Activate the form

You can also create a Report program (Print Program) and call the above mentioned form, but we are going to write the print program logic in the Web Dynpro. Go to transaction SE80 and create a Web Dynpro component Z_NON_INT_FRM.

Press Yes to create the object

Enter the details as show below and press enter

Save and enter a workbench request

You can see the Component Controller, Interface controller and window being created

Create a view as shown below:

Give the Name of the View as MAIN_VIEW

Go to the layout tab of the MAIN_VIEW and create a place holder for the adobe form as shown below

Give the name of the node as adobe and type Interactive form

In the properties list set the Height and width and the template source as ZDEPFRM this is the actual name of the adobe form which we have created earlier, you can see the interface context is automatically mapped to the data source.

You can see the mapped data source in the context tab of the MAIN_VIEW

Go to the Methods table of the MAIN_VIEW and double click on the WDDOINIT method,

We are going to write the print programs logic in this method, we are not going to use the standard function modules that we use normally in the Report print program such as FP_JOB_OPEN, FP_FUNCTION_MODULE_NAME, FP_JOB_CLOSE.

Copy and Paste the below given code in the method.

method WDDOINIT . data: Node_Zdepfrm type ref to If_Wd_Context_Node, Elem_Zdepfrm type ref to If_Wd_Context_Element, Stru_Zdepfrm type If_Main_View=>Element_Zdepfrm , Item_ZDEPT like Stru_Zdepfrm-ZDEPT, i_dept type zdepttbl. * navigate from <CONTEXT> to <ZDEPFRM> via lead selection Node_Zdepfrm = wd_Context->get_Child_Node ( Name = IF_MAIN_VIEW=>wdctx_Zdepfrm ). * @TODO handle not set lead selection if ( Node_Zdepfrm is initial ). endif. * get element via lead selection Elem_Zdepfrm = Node_Zdepfrm->get_Element( ). * @TODO handle not set lead selection if ( Elem_Zdepfrm is initial ). Elem_Zdepfrm = Node_Zdepfrm->create_element( ). endif. select * from zdept into table i_dept. Item_Zdept = i_dept. * get single attribute Elem_Zdepfrm->set_Attribute( exporting Value = Item_Zdept Name = `ZDEPT` ). Node_Zdepfrm->bind_element( Elem_Zdepfrm ). endmethod. Go to the window Z_NON_INT_FRM and select the window tab as shown below

Drag and Drop the MAIN_VIEW on to the window

Save and activate the Web Dynpro

Create a Web Dynpro application as show below

Enter the name of the application Z_NON_INT_FRM and save the application

Test the Web Dynpro application

Logon with you credentials enter the username and password.

You can see the output in the form below.