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Integrating IBM Lotus Forms with SAP using the Lotus Forms Services Platform

Padraig O'Dowd (odowdp@ie.ibm.com), Associate IT Architect, IBM
Dr. Padraig O'Dowd is an Associate IT Architect based in IBM's Dublin Software Lab. He is currently working on a number of SOA growth projects. He has a Ph.D. in Distributed and Grid Computing from University College Cork, Ireland.
Bernd Beilke (BEILKE@de.ibm.com), IT Specialist, IBM
Bernd Beilke is an accredited IT Specialist based in Berlin, Germany. He is currently working on the Techworks Team as a Presales Specialist to support IBM Lotus Forms engagements in Northeast Europe. He has 10 years of experience with various IBM Lotus products working in different areas of IBM. His areas of expertise include Lotus Forms, Portal, and Collaboration products.

Summary:  This tutorial outlines how to integrate IBM Lotus Forms with SAP, using Lotus Forms Services Platform, released as a component of IBM Workplace Forms V2.7. Using an embedded IBM WebSphere Transformation Extender runtime allows the easy mapping of data between Lotus Forms and SAP.

Date:  25 Sep 2007
Level:  Intermediate
PDF:  A4 and Letter (2071 KB | 31 pages)Get Adobe® Reader®

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This tutorial covers the development and runtime of an example application that integrates IBM Lotus Forms with SAP using the Lotus Forms Services Platform.

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In this tutorial, you learn how to integrate Lotus Forms with SAP using the Lotus Forms Services Platform (formerly called IBM Workplace Forms Services Platform).

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Prerequisites

This tutorial is written for architects and developers who already have a basic to intermediate knowledge of Lotus Forms, IBM WebSphere Transformation Extender, and SAP.

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System requirements

The following software is required to develop and execute the sample application in this tutorial:

  • IBM WebSphere Application Server
  • IBM Lotus Forms Server V3.0 (includes Services Platform)
  • IBM Lotus Forms API V3.0
  • IBM Lotus Forms Designer V3.0
  • IBM Lotus Forms Viewer V3.0
  • IBM WebSphere Transformation Extender V8.1 (Build 114 or later)
  • SAP RFC client library 6.40
  • SAP Extender Pack for WebSphere Transformation Extender V8.1

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