A SAP component which is
responsible for integration of active components in web based user interfaces
of SAP is called Active Component Framework (ACF). It enables usage of technologies
like Adobe Forms or MS Office components in SAP technology like WebDynpro.
Implementation of the ACF contains
ActiveX controls, JavaBeans, and applets that run in Web browsers or in SAP
NetWeaver Business Client (NWBC). What the ACF does is to provide services
to process mass data while fetching the data from the backend and reset
modified data state), displaying data in-place or outside a browser or the NWBC,
integrating components in the Web Dynpro programming model (data binding, event
handling), keeping the status of a component when a new page is loaded.
Web Dynpro
ABAP (WD4A) provides the following ACF based UI elements for developers of
user interfaces: Gantt, Network, OfficeControl, InteractiveForm, AcfExecute, AcfUpDownload,
FlashIsland, SilverlightIsland and ActiveX.
Technically the AFC is
installed with SAP GUI. However it can be also download from SAP SMP via support.sap.com/patches -> "Browse
our Download Catalog" -> "SAP Technology Components" -> "ACF"
-> Download the latest available ACF patch. Also see following SAP Notes for
the same.
891202 -
Installing Active Component Framework for NW04S SP04
In closing words I need to
say that as whole software world is moving to light wave option of HTML5 based
UIs also SAP is shifting away from UIs based on such an active components. SAP is
heavily investing in their Fiori based UI.
Useful links:
846952 - Erase ACF
from client PC
1150277 -
Prerequisites for using ACF
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