Adding Hidden Fields
Once you have associated the Web Server's URL with the PDF form's Submit button, you must add four hidden fields to the PDF form. These fields will hold the user logon credentials for SAP so that users do not have to manually input them every time.
The four fields in questions are as follows:
- Client
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This is an optional field. It contains the SAP client ID.
- User
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This is a required field. It holds the SAP user name.
- Password
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This is a required field. It holds the SAP password.
- Language
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This is an optional field. It contains the two-digit SAP language code.
To add the hidden fields to the PDF Form, please do the following.
- In LiveCycle Designer, go to the Window > Object Library menu option as shown below:
- Click on the new field and a sidebar called 'Object' will display. In the Field tab, choose 'Invisible' from the Presence drop-down menu as shown below. This makes the field a hidden field. Do not choose 'Hidden' - this will exclude the field from the form and the data transfer will not work.
- Click on each field and in the Name tab; enter the field names listed below as shown in the example.
The four field names are as follows:
- z_client
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This field will contain the SAP client information.
- z_user
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This field will contain your SAP username.
- z_passwd
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This field will contain your SAP password.
- z_language
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This field will contain the SAP language.
- form should now appear as shown below, with the four hidden fields.
Note: The four hidden fields can be placed anywhere in the document - they simply must be present.
