Problem with Smartforms: in a certain form for two differently configured printers, there seem to be a difference in the output of characters per inch (the distance between characters which gives a layout problem - text in two lines instead of one.
It happens when the two printers having different Printer
Controls' if you go to SPAD Menu (Spool Administrator Menu) you can see
the difference in the Printer Control and if you make the Printer control
setting for both the printers as same. then it will be ok. and also u have
to check what is the device type used for both the output devices.
SmartForms Output to PDF
There is a way to download smartform in PDF format.
Please do the following:
1. Print the smartform to the spool.
2. Note the spool number.
3. Download a PDF file (Acrobat Reader) version of the
spool by running Program RSTXPDFT4 and entering the
noted spool number.
How to save smart forms into
PDF at runtime? - by Mehboob Ahmed Salman
Dear ABAP Users,
I hope you are doing great.
Step 1: Execute ABAP Report
Step 2: At Print Preview Type PDF! then Press Enter
Step 3: Save PDF Preview at your Local Directory
Happy Coding!!!
SmartForm Doublesided printing
question
Your customer wants your PO SmartForm to be able to
print "Terms and Conditinos" on the back side of each page. They don't
want to purchase pre-printed forms with the company's logo on the front
and terms & conditions on the back. Now this presents an interesting
problem.
Has anyone else ever had a request like this? If for
example there was a 3 page PO to be printed, they want 3 pieces of
paper, the front side of each to containe the PO information (page 1, 2,
and 3) and the back side of each piece of paper to containg the static
"Terms & Conditions" information.
Anyone have a clue how to force this out?
Easy - page FRONT lists page CONTACTS as next page and
CONTACTS lists FRONT as next page. Since CONTACTS does not contain a MAIN
window, it will print the contacts info and then continue on to FRONT for
the rest of the main items. Additionally, set print mode on FRONT to D
(duplex) and set CONTACTS to 'blank' (for both resource name and print
mode - this is the only way to get to the back of the page).
Transport Smart Forms
How does one transport SMARTFORM?
SE01?
How do you make sure that both, the SMARTFORM &
it's function module gets transported? Or does the FM with same name gets
generated automatically in the transported client?
A smartform is transported no differently than any other
object. if it is assigned to a development class that is atteched to a
transport layer, it will be transported.
The definition is transported, and when called, the function
module is regenerated.
This leads to an interetsing situation. On the new machine,
it is very likely the function module name will be different than the name
on the source system. Make sure, before you call the function module, you
resolve the external name to the internal name using the 'SSF_FUNCTION_MODULE_NAME'
function module.
Typically, generate the SF, then use the pattern to being
in the interface. Then change the call function to use the name you get
back from the above function module.
Smartforms: protect lines in
main window.
How to protect lines in the main window from splitting
between pages?
It was easy with SAPscript, but how to do it with SF's.
For 4.7 version if you are using tables, there are two options for protection
against line break:
- You can protect a line type against page break.
- You can protect several table lines against page break
for output in the main area.
Protection against page break for line types
- Double-click on your table node and choose the Table
tab page.
- Switch to the detail view by choosing the Details pushbutton.
- Set the Protection against page break checkbox in the
table for the relevant line type. Table lines that use this line
type are output on one page.
Protection against page break for several table lines
- Expand the main area of your table node in the navigation
tree.
- Insert a file node for the table lines to be protected
in the main area.
- If you have already created table lines in the main
area, you can put the lines that you want to protect again page break under
the file using Drag&Drop. Otherwise, create the table lines as subnodes
of the file.
- Choose the Output Options tab page of the file node
and set the Page Protection option. All table lines that are
in the file with the Page Protection option set are output on one page.
In 4.6, Alternatively in a paragraph format use the Page protection attribute to determine whether or not to display a paragraph completely on one page. Mark it if you want to avoid that a paragraph is split up by a page break. If on the current page (only in the main window) there is not enough space left for the paragraph, the entire paragraph appears on the next page.
