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Getting started with Smart Forms (Building a simple application)
By Sunitha
Go to transaction “Smartforms”.

Enter a name for the form and click on Create.
Enter a short description for the form.

In this example, we will print a simple text using our form. To create a text, expand “Pages and Windows” à New Page. Select Main Window and Right click on that. Select Create à Text

Give a name to the text and short description.
Also enter the text you want to see on the form.

SAVE and Activate the Smart form.
To know the function module that is generated upon activation of this smart form, click on Environment à Function module name.

Following popup with the function module would appear.

Test the smart form by clicking on Test. You would be navigated to the function builder with the function module defaulting to the one that is generated earlier.

Click on execute.

Since we do not have any parameters to pass on, click on Execute.

Printing Address using Smart Forms
By Sunitha
Go to transaction “Smartforms”.

Enter a name for the form and click on Create.
Enter a short description for the form.

Expand “Pages and Windows” and click on “%PAGE1”. Rename the page to your needs and add a short description to the same.

To display the address on the form, right click on “Main Window”, select Create à Address

Following screen appears.

Enter a name to the Address and add a short description for the same.
You all might be aware that Addresses are stored in the table ADRC. Now pick an address number from that table, add provide the same in the “Address Number” as shown below:

Save and Activate the form.
Now execute the Smart form. The output would be similar as shown below:

Calling Smart Form using Driver Program
By Sunitha
Let us prepare a driver program for the Smart Form that displays the address (Click here to for the demo on ADDRESS). This is a simple demo and doesn’t contain any parameter passing in this example.
Check the function module that is generated when the Smart Form is activated by clicking on Environment à Function Module Name.

A pop up would appear displaying the function module name.

We would use this function module in our driver program to call this function module.
Let us create a driver program with a simple call to the above generated function module:
REPORT Zcall_smartform.
* To call a smart form, we would need to call the function module that
* is generated.
* Calling the generated function module directly is not an efficient
* method. For efficient method, click here.
CALL FUNCTION '/1BCDWB/SF00000359'
* EXPORTING
* ARCHIVE_INDEX =
* ARCHIVE_INDEX_TAB =
* ARCHIVE_PARAMETERS =
* CONTROL_PARAMETERS =
* MAIL_APPL_OBJ =
* MAIL_RECIPIENT =
* MAIL_SENDER =
* OUTPUT_OPTIONS =
* USER_SETTINGS = 'X'
* IMPORTING
* DOCUMENT_OUTPUT_INFO =
* JOB_OUTPUT_INFO =
* JOB_OUTPUT_OPTIONS =
* EXCEPTIONS
* FORMATTING_ERROR = 1
* INTERNAL_ERROR = 2
* SEND_ERROR = 3
* USER_CANCELED = 4
* OTHERS = 5
.
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
* MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
* WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
ENDIF.
Execute the program for the output.

Displaying Graphics using Smart Forms
Go to transaction SE78 (Administration of Form Graphics).

Double-click on “GRAPHICS” node and click on “Import (F5)” to import the image.

Select the file name by using the F4 functionality available. Name your graphic and enter a short description. If you have color image, select the radio button “Color Bitmap image”. Click on tick mark to proceed.

The graphic is imported and is stored in “Business Document Server”.
You can test this by selecting print preview:


Now go to transaction SMARTFORM.
Create a new form and give a short description for the same.

To display an image, right click on Main Window à Create à Graphic


Use F4 help to fill the fields.

Save and activate the workflow.
Test run the smart form, to check the appearance of the graphic.
Passing data to the Smart Forms
Scenario: Let us take a simple scenario of passing Material Number and Material description from Driver program to the Smart Form.
Go to transaction SMARTFORMS and create a Smart Form.
To pass the values from the driver program to Smart Form, we need to define the form interface with the parameters to be passed on.
Click on Global Settings à Form Interface.


Now define the import parameters for MATNR and MAKTX (From table MAKT)

Now create a Text in the Main window to display the above two parameters.

To add a field, we need to click on “Insert Field”.

Enter the field names between the ‘&’ (Ampersand) as shown below:


Similarly create for Description.

Save and Activate the Smart Form. Test run the Smart Form by clicking on Execute.

Enter the values as shown below and click on execute.

Working with Global Definitions and Program Lines
Scenario: To calculate the total seats available using the values “Maximum seats available” and the “Occupied seats”. In this case, we would be defining Maximum Seats and Occupied Seats in the form interface and Seats Available in the Global definitions. We would write some code to calculate Seats available and then print the same.
Procedure: Create a new smart form and, in the Form Interface, define the following two fields: (To know about Form Interface, click here. )

Now click on “Global definitions” :

Now define a variable, SEATS_AVAIL

Now to calculate Seats Available, select Main Window à Create à Flow Logic à Program Lines

Now mention the input parameters as SEATS_MAX and SEATS_OCC and the output parameter as SEATS_AVAIL. Write the code to calculate SEATS_AVAIL.

Now to print these values on the layout, create a text by selecting Main Window à Create à Text:

Save and do the syntax check. Activate the Smart Form.
Test the smart form by clicking on F8. Enter some values for max_seats and avail_seats

Execute the function module.


Working with Secondary Window
Create a Smart Form using the transaction SMARTFORMS.
To create a Secondary Window,
Right click on Page à Create à Window (as shown below)

A secondary window is created.

To position the secondary window to meet our needs, click on Form Painter.

Following screen appears:

The highlighted window in the above screenshot is the secondary window.
Move the secondary window (and even stretch) according to your needs.

To close the above page design, click on Form Painter again.
Now let us write some content in these areas.
Now select the Page à Secondary Window
Right click on Secondary Window à Create à Text

Write some text inside.

Similarly, create some text in the Main window as well.

Save and activate the Smart Form. Test run the Smart Form; you would get the following output:


Demo on Copies Window (Real time scenario)
Scenario: To print three copies of a particular document and the first copy should mention as Customer copy, second one as Bank copy and the third one say College copy.
Create a Smart Form using the transaction SMARTFORMS.
In this demo, we would print in the Copies window whether it is bank copy, company copy or others.
Create a secondary window as shown below:

Select Window type as “Copies Window” as shown below:

Also name your window and give it a proper description. Do not change any other settings.

Adjust the window size using the Form Painter available on the application toolbar.

The variable SFSY-COPYCOUNT would provide us count of the copy whether it is a first copy, second copy and others. We would use this field to print the owner of the copy.
We would define a string, which would hold the name of the copy (bank copy and others) depending on the value of SFSY-COPYCOUNT. Define a variable in the global definition as shown below:

Now select your Copies window, right click – Select Create à Flow Logic à Program Lines

Enter the following code:

Do not forget to enter the variable TEXT in the output parameters.
Now create a text by selecting the Copies window, right click Create à Text.
In this, just enter the field name as shown below by selecting insert field.

Now include a text in the Main window as well with some content.

Save and activate. Test your Smart Form.
In the print preview screen, enter the number of copies as 3

Check the output:


Scenario: In this demo, we would create a small text as shown below with outline numbering as shown below

Go to transaction “SmartStyles”

Enter a style name and click on Create.
Following screen appears:

To create a paragraph, click on folder “Paragraph Formats” and click on Create (as shown in the above screenshot).
Following pop-up appears: Enter a paragraph format name.

Enter a suitable description for your graph and enter the left margin value as 2 CH.

Now select the tab “Numbering and Outline”:
Enter the Top Outline Paragraph as the current paragraph name and select “1,2,3..” from the list for the Numbering Type.

Now create another paragraph format P2 as per the above method.
In the tab “Numbering and Outline” of P2, do the following:
Select the “Top Outline Paragraph” as “P1” and put the left delimiter as “.”. If the left delimiter is not mentioned, the values would be displayed as “11, 12, 13...” instead of “1.1, 1.2, 1.3…”

Also, in the same window, check the “Number Chaining” Box. If this is selected, the parent value would be displayed (like 1.1, 1.2, 2.1,2.2..). If this is not checked, only numbering would appear like 1, 2,3 without the parent number prefixing.
Save and activate your Smart Style.
Now go to transaction “SmartForms”.
Create a Smart Form and create a text in the Main Window:

Select the tab “Output Options” to mention the Smart Style to be used.

Now go to tab “General Attributes”.
Select the icon “Txt Editor” (Though the text could be written directly on this screen, we are avoiding this method for easy understanding to the consultants who are used with SAP Script editor)

Now to change the editor, Click on “Goto” -> Change Editor

Here enter the desired text:

Return to the main screen of the Text. The screen would appear as follows:

Save and activate the Smart Form. Test run the Smart Form. Following would be the output:

Smart Forms - Working with Loop
By Venkat
Step1: Provide the name of the smart form is YDEMO_LOOP on the initial screen of the smart form and meaningful description.
Step2: Now go to Global definitions where we can define the Global data, Types, Initialization and etc.
Define Structure using Types Parameter as shown below. In Types parameters we usually define user defined data types.

Step3: Now define the internal table and work area in Global Data parameter.

Step4: In Initialization parameter, we can write a code as shown below. We have to mention the output result in the output parameter so that we can use it further. Here in this case we are outputting IT_TAB and we are going to use this IT_TAB further in the LOOP in the Flow Logic.

Step5: Create a LOOP statement as shown below.

Step6: Now Loop the internal table.

Step7: To create the character, paragraph formats and Tabs, we use the smart style. The transaction for create smart style is SMARTSTYLE or we can be created the initial screen of SMARTFORMS. Here SMART STYLE is created to define Tab positions for the columns.

Step8: Create a node for PARAGRAPH FORMAT as shown below.

The following screen appears.

Step9: Now define the Tabs as shown below.

Step10: Now Import SMART STYLE in to the SMART FORM as shown below.

Step11: Now create a text element for the loop statement.

Step12: Save and activate the smart form. The output is as shown below.

Designing Tables in Smart Forms
By Venkat
Step1: T-code for smart forms is “SMARTFORMS”. Provide the name of the smart form.

And provide the short text for this smart form “YDEMO_TABLE”.
Step2: Now go to Global definitions where we can define the Global data, Types, Initialization and etc.
Define Structure using Types Parameter as shown below. In Types parameters we usually define user defined data types.

Step3: Now define the internal table and work area in Global Data parameter.

Step4: In Initialization parameter, we can write a code as shown below. We have to mention the output result in the output parameter so that we can use it further. Here in this case we are outputting IT_TAB and we are going to use this IT_TAB further in the Table painter.

Step5: Now we create a Table painter as shown below.


Step6: Now we define number of table columns in %LTYPE1. Here, %LTYPE1 is renamed as LINE as shown below.

Here, in this scenario we have to divide the LINE area into 4 columns as we have to display 5 columns. To draw a line we have to select Draw lines and columns button as shown above.
Step7: Now we have to create Table line for Header and Main area of Table painter as shown below.

Here we have to provide line type. Here, the line type is LINE.
Step8: Provide the text for all columns.

Step9: Repeat the same process to the Main Area too.
Step10: Now Loop the internal table data as shown below.

Step11: Save and activate the smart form. Execute the smart form now. The output is as shown below.


Using Text Modules in Smart Forms
By Jaya Vani B, YASH Technologies
Step1: Go to transaction smart forms.

Step 2: Click on create. The following screen appears:

Step 3: Enter the required text and save.
Now this text can be included in our smart form.
Go back to smart forms initial screen, and create a smart form.

Step 4: In the Main window create a text box.

Step 5:In the text box general attributes TAB select Text module from the drop down list

Step 6: Give the name of the Text Module created and click on COPY button.

Step 7: The text in the text Module will be copied into the Text Editor.

Step 9: Save and activate. Execute and check the print preview.

Using MS Word as Editor in SAP Script and Smart Forms
By Surekha
This document details the procedure in using Microsoft Word as editor in SAP Script / Smart Forms.
In normal case, when you try opening the editor in Smart Forms, the following editor would appear:

Click on the editor button. The following editor appears:

Now to change the above editor to MS Word, do the following:
Go to transaction I18N (Internationalization).
Click on I18N Menu à I18N Customizing à I18N System Configuration (as shown in the screenshot below)

The following screen appears:

If you would like to use MS Word Editor in both Script and Smartforms, then check the both checkboxes as shown below:

Click on Activate.
The following popup appears (related to SAPScript Editor):

Click on Yes. Now the following popup appears (related to Smartforms Editor):

Click on Yes to proceed.
Now the MS Word editor is available for both SAP Script and Smartforms.
Result: In the SmartForms:

In SAP Script:

You can anytime revert to old editor by deactivation MS Word editor option using the transaction I18N.
Achieving control-break statements functionality in Smart Forms
By Phani Diwakar, YASH Technologies
Step1: T-code for smart forms is “SMARTFORMS”. Provide the name of the smart form.

Step2: we can define user-defined structure in TYPES tab in the Global Definitions.

Step3: Define the field string, internal table and global variables in Global Data tab.

Step4: In the Initialization tab,

Step5: In main window, create the loop as shown below.

Step6: Now Loop the internal table.

Create text element in this loop as show below.

Step7: Execute the smart form, the output would be
Step8: suppose, if we want to know the item details sales document wise. To achieve this, we have to write the events in the loop as shown below.

And in the event on sort begin,

In the text element,

Step9: Now execute the smart form, the output would be

Step10: Now the requirement is to sum the net price of all items of sales document. To achieve this,

And in the program lines, we have to add the net price.

In the event on sort end,

In program lines,

Step11: Now execute the smart form, the output would be


Assigning a transport request for the translations related to the text in Smart Forms
By Phani Diwakar Marepalli
Scenario: To assign a transport request for the translations related to the text in Smart Forms.
Procedure: For our demo purpose, let us create a Smart Form with a simple text as shown below:

Now let us maintain a translation for the above text in French. To do the same, go to translation SE63.
Click on Translation -> ABAP Objects -> Other Long Texts

Select Smart Forms from the list, as shown below:

In the following screen, enter the name of the Smart Form created earlier. Also provide the source language and Target Language to be maintained:

Enter the translation for the text in French.

Now to assign a transport request for the above transaction, execute the program RS_LXE_RECORD_TORDER.
Enter the target language, Short Description for the transport request, object type as SSF.

Click on Execute.

As shown in the above screen shot, a transport request is created for the required translations. To check the same, go to transaction SE09 and provide the transport request number:
Converting SMART FORMS output to PDF format
REPORT zsuresh_test.

* Variable declarations
DATA:
w_form_name TYPE tdsfname VALUE 'ZSURESH_TEST',
w_fmodule TYPE rs38l_fnam,
w_cparam TYPE ssfctrlop,
w_outoptions TYPE ssfcompop,
W_bin_filesize TYPE i, " Binary File Size
w_FILE_NAME type string,
w_File_path type string,
w_FULL_PATH type string.

* Internal tables declaration

* Internal table to hold the OTF data
DATA:
t_otf TYPE itcoo OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE,

* Internal table to hold OTF data recd from the SMARTFORM
t_otf_from_fm TYPE ssfcrescl,

* Internal table to hold the data from the FM CONVERT_OTF
T_pdf_tab LIKE tline OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE.


* This function module call is used to retrieve the name of the Function
* module generated when the SMARTFORM is activated

CALL FUNCTION 'SSF_FUNCTION_MODULE_NAME'
EXPORTING
formname = w_form_name
* VARIANT = ' '
* DIRECT_CALL = ' '
IMPORTING
fm_name = w_fmodule
EXCEPTIONS
no_form = 1
no_function_module = 2
OTHERS = 3
.
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
MESSAGE ID sy-msgid TYPE sy-msgty NUMBER sy-msgno
WITH sy-msgv1 sy-msgv2 sy-msgv3 sy-msgv4.
ENDIF.

* Calling the SMARTFORM using the function module retrieved above
* GET_OTF parameter in the CONTROL_PARAMETERS is set to get the OTF
* format of the output

w_cparam-no_dialog = 'X'.
w_cparam-preview = space. " Suppressing the dialog box
" for print preview
w_cparam-getotf = 'X'.

* Printer name to be used is provided in the export parameter
* OUTPUT_OPTIONS
w_outoptions-tddest = 'LP01'.

CALL FUNCTION w_fmodule
EXPORTING
* ARCHIVE_INDEX =
* ARCHIVE_INDEX_TAB =
* ARCHIVE_PARAMETERS =
control_parameters = w_cparam
* MAIL_APPL_OBJ =
* MAIL_RECIPIENT =
* MAIL_SENDER =
output_options = w_outoptions
* USER_SETTINGS = 'X'
IMPORTING
* DOCUMENT_OUTPUT_INFO =
job_output_info = t_otf_from_fm
* JOB_OUTPUT_OPTIONS =
EXCEPTIONS
formatting_error = 1
internal_error = 2
send_error = 3
user_canceled = 4
OTHERS = 5
.
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
MESSAGE ID sy-msgid TYPE sy-msgty NUMBER sy-msgno
WITH sy-msgv1 sy-msgv2 sy-msgv3 sy-msgv4.
ENDIF.

t_otf[] = t_otf_from_fm-otfdata[].

* Function Module CONVERT_OTF is used to convert the OTF format to PDF

CALL FUNCTION 'CONVERT_OTF'
EXPORTING
FORMAT = 'PDF'
MAX_LINEWIDTH = 132
* ARCHIVE_INDEX = ' '
* COPYNUMBER = 0
* ASCII_BIDI_VIS2LOG = ' '
* PDF_DELETE_OTFTAB = ' '
IMPORTING
BIN_FILESIZE = W_bin_filesize
* BIN_FILE =
TABLES
otf = T_OTF
lines = T_pdf_tab
EXCEPTIONS
ERR_MAX_LINEWIDTH = 1
ERR_FORMAT = 2
ERR_CONV_NOT_POSSIBLE = 3
ERR_BAD_OTF = 4
OTHERS = 5
.
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
ENDIF.

* To display File SAVE dialog window
CALL METHOD cl_gui_frontend_services=>file_save_dialog
* EXPORTING
* WINDOW_TITLE =
* DEFAULT_EXTENSION =
* DEFAULT_FILE_NAME =
* FILE_FILTER =
* INITIAL_DIRECTORY =
* WITH_ENCODING =
* PROMPT_ON_OVERWRITE = 'X'
CHANGING
filename = w_FILE_NAME
path = w_FILE_PATH
fullpath = w_FULL_PATH
* USER_ACTION =
* FILE_ENCODING =
EXCEPTIONS
CNTL_ERROR = 1
ERROR_NO_GUI = 2
NOT_SUPPORTED_BY_GUI = 3
others = 4
.
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
ENDIF.


* Use the FM GUI_DOWNLOAD to download the generated PDF file onto the
* presentation server

CALL FUNCTION 'GUI_DOWNLOAD'
EXPORTING
BIN_FILESIZE = W_bin_filesize
filename = w_FULL_PATH
FILETYPE = 'BIN'
* APPEND = ' '
* WRITE_FIELD_SEPARATOR = ' '
* HEADER = '00'
* TRUNC_TRAILING_BLANKS = ' '
* WRITE_LF = 'X'
* COL_SELECT = ' '
* COL_SELECT_MASK = ' '
* DAT_MODE = ' '
* CONFIRM_OVERWRITE = ' '
* NO_AUTH_CHECK = ' '
* CODEPAGE = ' '
* IGNORE_CERR = ABAP_TRUE
* REPLACEMENT = '#'
* WRITE_BOM = ' '
* TRUNC_TRAILING_BLANKS_EOL = 'X'
* WK1_N_FORMAT = ' '
* WK1_N_SIZE = ' '
* WK1_T_FORMAT = ' '
* WK1_T_SIZE = ' '
* IMPORTING
* FILELENGTH =
tables
data_tab = T_pdf_tab
* FIELDNAMES =
* EXCEPTIONS
* FILE_WRITE_ERROR = 1
* NO_BATCH = 2
* GUI_REFUSE_FILETRANSFER = 3
* INVALID_TYPE = 4
* NO_AUTHORITY = 5
* UNKNOWN_ERROR = 6
* HEADER_NOT_ALLOWED = 7
* SEPARATOR_NOT_ALLOWED = 8
* FILESIZE_NOT_ALLOWED = 9
* HEADER_TOO_LONG = 10
* DP_ERROR_CREATE = 11
* DP_ERROR_SEND = 12
* DP_ERROR_WRITE = 13
* UNKNOWN_DP_ERROR = 14
* ACCESS_DENIED = 15
* DP_OUT_OF_MEMORY = 16
* DISK_FULL = 17
* DP_TIMEOUT = 18
* FILE_NOT_FOUND = 19
* DATAPROVIDER_EXCEPTION = 20
* CONTROL_FLUSH_ERROR = 21
* OTHERS = 22
.
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
* MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
* WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
ENDIF.
Passing Select-Options to Smart Forms
By Venkat
Step1: Create a Structure ZSELECTION in SE11 with following fields.

This structure is similar to the selection-option internal table.
Step2: In smart form ‘ZSELECT_FORM’, create an entry in to TABLES in the Form Interface.

Step3: Define Structures in TYPES tabs in GLOBAL DEFINITIONS.

Step4: In Global Data,

Step5: In program line, write the following code.

Step6: The PERNRS given in the select-option in the driver program is captured in T_SELECT. In program lines, T_SELECT is input to SELECT query and the results are captured in internal table T_0002. We have to mention resulted internal table T_0002 in output parameters for further use.

Step7: Now, loop the internal table T_0002 as shown below.

Step8: Create driver program ‘ZSELECT_FORM_REP’. Write the following code in report.

Step9: Execute the driver program.

Displaying a Smart form as PDF in Enterprise portal using WebDynpro for Java
By Nagaraju Donikena
I have seen many questions on how a smart form should be displayed in portal. To answer this question a person should have both Portal and ABAP knowledge. By giving this basic information I want to make sure that displaying a smart form as PDF is a simple task.
Let me start from R/3 side
Create a smart form. Here I have created a simple smart form which displays “Welcome to SAP Smart forms”.

Now create a function module with the following export parameter:

Place the following code in the function module
data :
lv_fnam type RS38L_FNAM,
gs_control TYPE ssfctrlop,
gs_output_options TYPE ssfcompop,
gs_otfdata TYPE itcoo,
gs_job_output_info TYPE ssfcrescl,
gt_otfdata TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF itcoo INITIAL SIZE 0.
CALL FUNCTION 'SSF_FUNCTION_MODULE_NAME'
EXPORTING
formname = 'YNAG_TEST_PDF'
IMPORTING
FM_NAME = lv_fnam
EXCEPTIONS
NO_FORM = 1
NO_FUNCTION_MODULE = 2
OTHERS = 3 .
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
ENDIF.
CLEAR gs_job_output_info.
CLEAR gs_job_output_info-otfdata.
MOVE :
'X' TO gs_control-no_dialog,
'X' TO gs_control-getotf,
'LOCL'(047) TO GS_OUTPUT_OPTIONS-TDDEST.
CALL FUNCTION lv_fnam
EXPORTING
CONTROL_PARAMETERS = gs_control
OUTPUT_OPTIONS = gs_output_options
USER_SETTINGS = space
IMPORTING
JOB_OUTPUT_INFO = gs_job_output_info
EXCEPTIONS
FORMATTING_ERROR = 1
INTERNAL_ERROR = 2
SEND_ERROR = 3
USER_CANCELED = 4
OTHERS = 5 .
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
ENDIF.
*Populate OTF data table
LOOP AT gs_job_output_info-otfdata INTO gs_otfdata.
APPEND gs_otfdata TO gt_otfdata.
CLEAR gs_otfdata.
ENDLOOP. " LOOP AT t_outtab-otfdata
DATA: lv_bytes TYPE p,
lv_bin_file type xstring,
gt_pdfdata TYPE STANDARD TABLE
OF tline
INITIAL SIZE 0.
* Convert OTF into PDF
CALL FUNCTION 'CONVERT_OTF'
EXPORTING
format = 'PDF'
max_linewidth = 255
IMPORTING
bin_filesize = lv_bytes
BIN_FILE = bin_file
TABLES
otf = gt_otfdata
lines = gt_pdfdata
EXCEPTIONS
err_max_linewidth = 1
err_format = 2
err_conv_not_possible = 3
OTHERS = 4.
Make sure that the function module is marked remote enabled.

With this we are done on the R/3 side.
Continued...
Label printing using Smart forms
By Sushil Choudhary, Tata Consultancy Services
It is believed that SAP has not provided any functionary to create labels in Smart form and this is considered as one of its disadvantage. In this document we will learn how to create labels using Smart form.
To understand this document you should have fair idea about how Smart form works. Also this document will not explain the programming part required to fetch the data which is used to create labels.
Below is the kind of output we expect form this label printing form.

Step1:-
Suppose we have all the data used to create labels available in our Smart form in table IT_FINAL which is exported thorough driver program to Smart form.
Now our requirement is to print the labels in the manner shown below.
Label1 Label2
Label3 Label4
Label5 Label6
i.e. odd labels on left side and even on right. Your requirement might vary from this one and you need to do the changes in layout and logic accordingly.
To implement this requirement cerate 5 secondary window and a main window all of the size of label box, in 1st page of Smart form as shown below.
Last window which print the last label on the page should be the main window, so that the next page will be triggered if more labels needs to be printed.

Step2:-
In the Global Dataà Initialization section of the smart form
Every row in the table IT_FINAL represents 1 label.
As per the current requirement every 6th row will cerate last label on the page and any further row if exist will trigger the next page.
Move every 6th row from IT_FINAL to IT_MAIN and delete the same from IT_FINAL.

Now we have IT_FINAL which contain data to be printed in 5 secondary windows and IT_MAIN which contain data for main window.
Step3:-
Create 5 work areas wa_1, wa_2, wa_3, wa_4, wa_5 of the type of line of IT_FINAL in the global declaration area.
Write code to move 1st 5 rows from IT_FINAL to the above declared work areas and then delete those 5 rows form internal; table as shown in the below screen-shot.

Step 4:-
Now create a text node in every window and pass the label data from wa_1 to text node of 1st secondary window and so on.

Every Node has a condition that it will execute only if the corresponding work area value is not initial.
And instead of window for every node tick the checkbox to draw frame lines, so that frame is printed only if the text node has data to print.

Step 5:-
Now in the Main window create a table node in the table painter create a line type with one row whose width is equal to the width of label to be printed.

Under the data tab pass IT_MAIN.
.
Step 6:-
Now in the Main WindowàMain Area of table create a row with line type created above and in the cell create a text node and pass the corresponding data which needs to be printed in the label.

Step 7:-
Create a command line after table node which will call page1 itself
On the condition that IT_FINAL is not initial.

The reason why command line is used is suppose we have 15 labels to be printed then it will be like Page1->6 Page2-> 6 and Page3->3 labels respectively.
Initially IT_FINAL will have 13 and IT_MAIN will have 2 rows which are for 6th and 12th label. After 12th label is printed main table will not have any more data to print. The command line will check if any more labels are yet to be printed by checking entries in IT_FINAL table. If yes it will trigger 3rd page which print the last three labels.
Output Page1:- Output Page2:-
Output Page3:-

Step-by-step approach in creating a PO Layout using Smart Forms
By Nageshwar, Satyam Computers
Smart Forms:
Transaction Code for Create Smart Forms: SMARTFORMS
Transaction Code for Create Styles (Paragraph Formats, Character Formats, etc.,) Used in Smart Forms: SMARTSTYLES
Steps to be followed while creating Smart Forms:
1. Enter the Form Name (e.x. ZEKKO_EKPO) and Press Create Button.
2. Enter Form Description and Select the “Output options” Tab à Enter the Page Format (e.x. DINA4) and Style (e.x.SF_STYLE_01).
3. Double click the Form interface Left Sub-tree.
4. Enter the Import Parameters (The values that passed from the Print Program into the Form) (e.x. Company Code)
Parameter name Type assignment Reference type Default value Pass value
COMPANY_CODE TYPE EKKO-BUKRS R

5. Double click the Global definitions from the Left Sub-tree.
Assume that we are using two tables EKKO and EKPO in this example:
6. Click the “Types” Tab.
7. Enter the Code as following:

8. Click the “Global data” Tab.
Declare the Internal Tables and Work Areas as follows:

9. Double click the “%PAGE1 New Page” in the Left Sub-tree.

10. Change the %PAGE1 to “FIRST” or any name and Enter the Description (e.x. First Page).
11. Select the Next Page as “FIRST”

12. Select the “Output options” Tab and select the format of the page (Portrait or Landscape) and all other print attributes.

13. Select the “Background Picture” Tab, and Enter the Name, Object and Id of the image file. (Before this step, go to SE78 and import the image first) for the Image which has to be appeared in the Background of the Script.
14. If you want to add any LOGO in the First Page of the Script then right click the “FIRST New Page” in the Left Sub-tree from the Menu option “Create” à select the “Graphic”.

15. Double click the “%Graphic1 New Graphic 1” in the Left Sub-tree.
16. Give the Name and Description (e.x. Graphic = “COMP_LOGO” and Description = “LOGO WINDOW”)for the New Graphic Inserted.
17. Enter Name, Object and ID for the Graphic image and Select the Color grid screen (BCOL) option button in the “General attributes” Tab.

Click - Output options Tab. Set Left and Upper Margins as given:

18. Right click the “FIRST New Page” in the Left Sub-tree and from the Menu option “Create” à select the “Window”.

Double click the “%WINDOW1 New Window1” in the Left Sub-tree and enter the Window name and Description (e.x. Window = “ADD_WIN” and Description = “Address Window”)

Set the Left and Upper margins for the ADD_WIN as follows:

19. Right click “ADD_WIN Address Window” in Left Sub-tree and from the Menu option “Create” à select the “Program Lines”.

20. Enter the Program Lines name and description (e.x. Program Lines = “ADD_FETCH” and Description = “FETCHING COMPANY ADDRESS”)

21. Enter the Input Parameter as COMPANY_CODE and Export Parameter as V_ADRNR in the “General attributes” Tab and write the select query as following:
SELECT SINGLE ADRNR INTO V_ADRNR
FROM T001 WHERE BUKRS EQ COMPANY_CODE.
(Note: Before writing the select query first declare the Variable V_ADRNR in the Global definitions area as follows:
V_ADRNR TYPE T001-ADRNR.

22. Right click the “ADD_WIN Address Window” in the Left Sub-tree and from the Menu option “Create” à select the “Address”.

23. Double click the “%ADDRESS1 New address1” and change the Address name and description (e.x. Address = COMP_ADD and Description = “COMPANY ADDRESS”).

24. Select the Type of the address in the “General attributes” Tab. (Since we are retrieving the Organization address, we selected the first radio button) and in the Address number text box pass the V_ADRNR Variable as &V_ADRNR&.
25. Set the Main window attributes like this: (Setting of window co-ordinates)

26. Right click the “MAIN Main Window” in the Left Sub-tree and from the Menu option “Create” à select the “Program Lines”.

27. Enter the name and description (e.x. Program Lines = “SELECT_RECORD” and Description = “SELECTING RECORDS”).


28. Enter the Input Parameter as COMPANY_CODE and Output Parameter as I_EKKO and I_EKPO in the “General attributes” Tab and write the select query as following:
SELECT EBELN BUKRS
INTO TABLE I_EKKO
FROM EKKO
UP TO 10 ROWS
WHERE BUKRS EQ COMPANY_CODE.
IF SY-SUBRC EQ 0.
SORT I_EKKO BY EBELN.
SELECT EBELN EBELP MENGE NETPR
INTO TABLE I_EKPO
FROM EKPO
FOR ALL ENTRIES IN I_EKKO
WHERE EBELN EQ I_EKKO-EBELN.
IF SY-SUBRC EQ 0.
SORT I_EKPO BY EBELN EBELP.
ENDIF.
ENDIF.
29. Right click “MAIN Main Window” in the Left Sub-tree and from the Menu option “Create” à select the “Complex Section”.

30. Enter the Section name and description (e.x. Section = “PO_LOOP” and Description = “PURCHASE ORDER NUMBER LOOP”) and check the “Repeat processing” check box and select the “Output type” as Unstructured (i.e. select the Unstructured radio button) in the “General attributes” Tab.

31. Select the “Data” Tab.
32. Enter the Internal Table Name as I_EKKO and Work area name as WA_EKKO and sort by the BUKRS and EBELN fields.

33. Right click “PO_LOOP PURCHASE ORDER NUMBER LOOP” in Left Sub-tree and from the Menu option “Create” à select the “Text”.

34. Enter the Text name and description (e.x. Text = “PO_NO_DISPLAY” and Description = “PURCHASE ORDER NUMBER DISPLAY”) and enter the values as in the screen shot

Click the Text Editor

Display the values of Company Code and Purchase Order Number as shown below:

Press Back Button, then Press Save and Check Buttons

35. Right click the “PO_LOOP PURCHASE ORDER NUMBER LOOP” in the Left Sub-tree and from the Menu option “Create” à select the “Template”.

36. Double click on “%TEMPLATE1 New template” and enter the Template name and description (e.x. Template Name = “OI_HEAD” and Description = “ORDER ITEM HEADER”).

Before press save or enter click the “Table Painter Button” which will take you to following screen.
To avoid the “cross line” in the Editor click the “Settings Button”

which will result in the following popup, in which you un-check the “Cross” Check Box and press enter.

37. Split the Cell into Four or into any number of columns you want to display in the script by right clicking the “%C1”.
and press “Back” Button.

38. Select the cv cv of the table to be displayed in the script by the clicking “Select pattern” Button


Selected table pattern
39. Inorder to Display the “Column Text“ for the table columns, insert the Text as shown below:
40. Right click the “OI_HEAD ORDER ITEM HEADER” and from the Menu path “Create” à Select the “Text” .

41. Enter the Text name and description (e.x. Text = “HEAD1” and Description = “COLUMN1”) and enter the values as in the screen shot (i.e. as explained in the point no 34).

42. In order to match the Template Column with the inserted Text “HEAD1 COLUMN1”, select the “Output options” Tab and Enter the Line Number and Column Number in which the above Text has to be printed in the form

Repeat Step No.40 & 41 for all the remaining column headings.


43. The Form is ready with all data upto Table Header. Inorder to populate data under each column header, insert a table.
44. Insert the Table under “PO_LOOP PURCHASE ORDER NUMBER LOOP” by right clicking the same.

45. Enter Table Name and Description (e.x. Table Name = “OI_DISPLAY” and Description = “ORDER ITEM DISPLAY”)

46. Match the column width with the “OI_HEAD ORDER ITEM HEADER” Template (refer step no 38 screet shot no 2) and Select the “Default” radio button and “No page break” check box. Click the “Select pattern” push button to select the table pattern to be displayed.
47. Click the “Data” and populate the Item details by looping the Internal Table I_EKPO into the Work Area WA_EKPO sorted by EBELN and EBELP as shown in the following screen shot

48. Inorder to Display the values for each column, we have to Insert Separate Text for each column under the Table “OI_DISPLAY ORDER ITEM DISPLAY” by Right clicking the same. Enter the Name and Description for the Each Text Inserted under the Table.

Column 1 for Line Item of each Purchase Order – Populate the values for each column as explained in the step no 34.

Inorder to Match the Item values with the Template Header, In the Inserted Text “ORD_ITM_COL COLUMN1” Click the “Output options” and Select the “New line” Check box and Select the “Line type” as “Detail” and also check the “New cell” Check box.


49. Similarly add one Text for the remaining columns.


For the Third Column Text also You need only to select the “New cell” Check box.

50. Before Inserting the 4th Text for the 4th Column, we have to calculate the Amount by Multiplying the Quantity and Unit Price and for the same we have to insert “Program Lines” by Right clicking “OI_DISPLAY ORDER ITEM DISPLAY”

51. Similarly calculate the subtotal by adding the totals and calculate the grand total by adding the subtotals.
Before doing the calculations, declare variables for total, subtotal and grand total in Global definitions.

InputParameters: WA_EKPO-MENGE,WA_EKPO-NETPR & OutputParameters: V_TOTAL,V_SUBTOTAL, V_GRDTOTAL.

52. Now add the 4th Text to display the 4th column in the Form.

For the Fourth Column Text also You need only to select the “New cell” Check box.

53. In order to display the Subtotals (which has been created earlier i.e. refer to step no 52) of all the Line Items for each Purchase Order, we have to Insert a separate Text Under the Table OI_DISPLAY ORDER ITEM DISPLAY” by right clicking the same.

54. Enter the Name and Description for the Inserted Text (e.x. Text = “SUB_TOTAL_DISPLAY” and Description = “SUB_TOTAL_DISPLAY” and populated the value for subtotal.

55. After each purchase order, the Variable V_SUBTOTAL has to be refreshed, In order the clear the subtotal variable we have to insert “Program Lines” by right clicking the “OI_DISPLAY ORDER ITEM DISPLAY”.


56. Enter Name and Description for the Program Lines (%CODE1 New program lines 1) Inserted (e.x. Program lines = “CLR_VAR” and Description = “CLEAR SUBTOTAL VARIABLE”. Input parameters = “V_SUBTOTAL”. Clear the variable as shown below:

57. Now, we have to display the Grand Total (i.e. summation of all the subtotals). Insert “Text” under the “PO_LOOP PURCHASE ORDER NUMBER LOOP” by right clicking the same.

Text “%TEXT1 New text1” gets inserted. Now enter the name and description for the same and also populated the value for grand total

Text = “GRD_TOT_DISP”, Description = “GRAND TOTAL DISPLAY” and Variable V_GRDTOTAL has been populated to display the grand total in the form.





58. Inorder to display the Current Page Number and Total Number of pages in the form we need a separate window and to obtain the same right click the “FIRST First Page” and the insert window.

Window “%WINDOW1 New window 1” get inserted under the first page.

59. Enter the Window name and description (e.x. Window = “PG_WIN” and Description “PAGE NUMBER WINDOW”)

Set the window co-ordinates for page number window “PG_WIN” as given below:

60. In order to display the page numbers we have to insert a “Text” by right clicking the “PG_WIN PAGE NUMBER WINDOW”.

Text “%TEXT1 New text 1” gets inserted and now enter the text name and description.

Text = “PG_DISP”, Description = “PAGE NUMBER DISPLAY” and Page Number gets displayed from the Transparent Table “SFSY”.

61. General Screen Shot of Entire Left Sub-tree:

62. Form output:

63. SOME MORE FURTHER MODIFICATIONS / ADDITIONAL OPTIONS IN THE ABOVE CREATED FORM:
Condition-1: Create second page and company logo should get printed only in the first page and not in the second page. Similarly, company address window should get printed only in the last page and not in other pages.
To create the second page right click the “FIRST First Page” in the left sub-tree.

64. Another page gets inserted with name “%PAGE1 New page 1”.

65. Enter Page name and description for the inserted new page (e.x. Page = “SECOND” and Description = “Second Page”) and set the next page as inserted second page and select the mode as increase counter as shown below:

66. Now change the “FIRST First Page”s Next page as “SECOND” and change the mode as Initialize counter.

67. Now copy the Main, Company Address, Page No windows from “FIRST First Page “ to “SECOND Second Page”.
68. Arrange all the windows under the Main window in both first and second page. In order to restrict the company logo to be printed only in the first page, go to the first page and double click the “LOGO_WIN LOGO WINDOW” and select the “Conditions” tab and Check the “only on first page” Check Box.

69. Output showing the main window got printed only in the first page and not in the second page and so on ….
First Page: With LOGO

Second Page: Without LOGO

70. In order to restrict the Company address to be printed only in the last page and not in the remaining pages, double click the “ADD_WIN ADDRESS WINDOW” in the first page and Check the “only after end of main window” Check Box. Repeat the same process for the second page also.

71. Output showing the address window got printed only in the last page and not in the first page and so on ….
First Page: without company address

Last page (second page): with company address window


72. Condition-2: Purchase order’s whose value is more than 5000 only should get displayed / printed.
Inorder to achieve the same, right click the “PO_LOOP PURCHASE ORDER NUMBER LOOP” and select the “Loop”.

73. “%LOOP1 New loop 1” gets inserted

74. Enter Loop name and description.

75. Select the “Data” Tab Loop the Internal I_EKPO as shown below:

76. In order to check the subtotal value for each purchase order (i.e. purchase order value should be more than 5000), Insert a program lines under the new loop inserted.

77. “%CODE1 New program lines 1” gets inserted

78. Enter the name and description for Program lines. Before calculating the subtotal declare two variables one for total and another for subtotal in Global definitions. Calculate the Subtotal as shown below:

Input parameters: “WA_EKPO-MENGE, WA_EKPO-NETPR, V_TOT”; Output Parameters: “V_VALUE”.

79. Now we calculated the subtotal for each purchase order. Inorder to restrict the display of purchase orders whose values are more than 5000, we need to insert “Alternate” and for the same right click the “PO_LOOP PURCHASE ORDER NUMBER LOOP” and from the menu path create à select the “Alternate”.

80. “%CONDITION1 New alternate 1” gets inserted.

81. Enter Alternate name and description. Select the “General attributes” Tab and Enter the condition of subtotal > 5000 as shown:

82. Now, move “PO_NO_DISPLAY PURCHASE ORDER NUMBER DISPLAY, OI_HEAD ORDER ITEM HEADER, OI_DISPLAY ORDER ITEM DISPLAY, SUB_TOTAL_DISPLAY DISPLAY SUBTOTAL and CLR_VAR New program lines” under the “TRUE” part.

83. In the “FALSE” part (i.e. If subtotal value is less than 5000, then clear the variable), insert program lines and code as shown:

84. Only those purchase order whose value is more than 5000 gets displayed – First Page.

Only those purchase order whose value is more than 5000 gets displayed – Second Page.

85. Condition-3 Each Purchase Order should get printed in a new page. Logo should get printed in the first page along with the first purchase order and similarly, Grand total should get printed in the last page with the last purchase order.
86. Inorder to achieve this, when the first successful purchase order whose value is more than 5000 is found then increase one counter variable by 1 (this is required because the “New page command” should not get triggered in the first page itself”) and for the same we have to insert a “Program lines” under the “TRUE” part of “CHK_COND SUBTOTAL CONDITION”.
Before increasing the counter variable first declare the counter variable in the “Global definitions” part.


Output parameters: V_COUNTER.

87. Inorder to avoid triggering “New page command” in the first page, we have to insert “Command” in the “TRUE” part of “CHK_COND SUBTOTAL CONDITION” by right clicking the same as shown below:

88. “%COMMAND1 New command 1” gets inserted.

89. Enter name and description for the inserted Alternative. Select “General attributes” Tab and check whether for the counter variable is more than 1.

90. If the counter variable is more than 1 means, we got the second successful purchase order whose value is more than 5000. Hence, we can trigger new page command here and for the same right click the “TRUE” part in “NEW_PG NEW PAGE COMMAND” as shown:

“%COMMAND1 New command 1” gets inserted

91. Enter the name and description for Command and select the “General attributes” Tab and Check the “Go to new page” and select the page as “SECOND” as shown below:

92. The following is the output: First Page with company logo and without company address window, first purchase order whose value is more than 5000.

Second page: without company logo and with company address window for the last purchase order whose value is more than 5000.

93. The new PROBLEM we faced when we create the smart form is page number. Total Page Number got displayed as “*” as shown:

94. In order to solve the above problem Double Click the “PG_DISP PAGE NUMBER DISPLAY” and Click the Text Editor.

Upon clicking the text editor it will take you to the following screen:

Go to the menu path Insert à Symbols à New as shown

Which will result you in the following popup and fill the popup as shown.

95. It will takes you to the following screen.

96. Now replace &SFSY-FORMPAGES+4(4CZ)& as &SFSY-FORMPAGES+0(4CZ)&

97. Press back and then check, activate and execute – You can observe that the problem has resolved.