SMART FORMS

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 What are SMARTFORMS ?

 Successor of SAP Script

 Tool for the maintenance of forms on which application data from the
SAP system can be output

 Used to create and maintain forms of mass printing

 As output medium smart form supports printer , fax , e-mail or

Internet ( XML Output )

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 SAP Script Vs Smart Forms
 Multiple page formats are possible in smart forms which is not
the case in SAP Scripts.

 Possible to have Smart forms without a main window.

 Labels cannot be created in smart forms

 Routines can be written in Smart forms.

 Smart forms generates a function module when activated

FUNCTION
/1BCDWD/SF00000001
DATA: %INPUT
TYPE SSFCOMPIN
%RESULT TYPE SSFR

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 Advantages

Creating and maintaining forms requires half the time of SAP Script.

Adapting forms without any programming knowledge due to entirely

graphical user interface.

Web publishing using the generated XML output.

Smart forms execute faster than Sap Script.

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 Smart Form Architecture

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 Form Builder

Selected node

Attributes
Navigation tree Form Painter
(of selected node)

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 Tools

 Form Painter

 Table Painter

 PC Editor

 Navigation tree

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 Form Painter

Used to design the layout of the smart form.

Similar to graphical painter in SAP Scripts.

Can place a scanned graphics into the background of the design area.

Auto scrolling when moving windows.

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 Form Painter

Toolbar
 Personal settings
 zooming
Ruler with size of  grid
selected window  ruler
 etc.

Windows for text

and graphics

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 Table Painter

 Drawing lines and columns

 Inserting, cutting, copying and
deleting lines
 Deleting cells
 Changing cell size and moving
cell separator lines
 Splitting cells
 Select table patterns
 Headers , footers
 Sorting
 Display output after sort levels

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 PC Editor

PC Editor allows following functions:

− Enter , delete , select, cut and copy texts

− Assign paragraph and character formats
− Include , change , delete fields

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 PC Editor

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 Navigation Tree

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 Global Settings

 Form Attributes

 Form Interfaces

 Global Definition

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 Form Attributes

Here we set the print settings like :

 Page Format ( Eg : DINA4 , DINA3 etc)

 Character per inch

 Lines per inch

 Style (smart style)

 Flag for XSF output

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 Form Attributes

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 Form Interface

Used to pass data to the form.

We can define import and export parameters , tables and

exceptions.

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 Global Definition

Applies to the entire form.

We can initialize the global data before we start processing the start
page.

Within the form routines we cannot access any global data unless we
explicitly pass them to the form routine interface.

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 Structure of a Form

The form is similar to the layout and contains the following :

 Pages

 Windows

 Addresses

 Graphics

 Tables

 Templates

 Data and text contents

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 Pages

 You can determine the page layout and the sequence of pages with
different structures.

 Page layout includes the page format.

 Individual pages of the form differ in their structure.

 We specify the next page to make the page sequence clear.

 For recursive output call the same page repeatedly.

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 Windows

Main Window

 You can display text and data , which covers several pages.

 Can define only one window in a form as main window.

 Must have the same width on each page , but can differ in height.

 A page without main window must not call itself as next page,
since this would trigger an endless loop.

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 Windows

 Secondary Window : For output with fixed length

 Final Window : Special secondary window for output of

information that is not available until the
end of form processing.

 Copies Window : Special secondary window for making pages

as copy or original.

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 Text and Data in a Form

 Enter text in an editor.

 Data can be character, strings, or numbers.

 To display text and data in table format use tables or templates.

 For format - Use paragraph & character formats

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 Creating Smart Forms

 Retrieve the application data

 Describe your form

 Pass the application data to the form

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 Form Logic

 Control the flow of the form output.

 Smart form is described by a set of nodes.

 Nodes are processed from top to bottom.

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 Form Logic

First node is the root node

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 Nodes

Page Command

Window Loop

Text Alternative

Graphics Folder

Template Complex Selection

Table Program lines

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 Node Types
G loba l S ettings First Kind of Node and its sub-nodes

G lobal Definitions

Form Attributes
Second Kind of Node and its sub-nodes
Form Interfa ce

Pag es an d W indow s

O utp ut Areas Elem en tary N od es Table O utp ut Flow Co ntrol O ther Nod es

Page T ext T em p late Com m and Fo ld er

W in dow G raphic T ab le Loop Co m plex Section

Add ress Alternative Program Lin es

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 Node Types
Output Area
Node type Description Possible direct
successors
Page A page of the form. Direct successors of this node can Window, graphic,
be placed directly on the page. address
Window Output area on a page. There are main windows and All except window and
subwindows. page nodes
Elementary nodes (Without successors)
Node type Description
Text You use this node to print any texts (and table contents), except addresses.

Graphic You use this node to position graphics in the form. To include background graphics, use
node type Page .
Address You use this node to include an address. The system reads the address data directly from
the database tables and formats them for print output.
Node type Description Possible direct successors

Table output Template Output of a table containing All except window, page, table,
static data and template nodes
Table Output of a table containing As with template node
application data

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 Node Types

Node type Description Possible direct successors

Command Executes special commands (next page, (no successor)

paragraph numbering, printer control)

Loop Processes successor node repeatedly. All except window and page nodes

Alternative Branches depending on condition. Direct successors are automatically the nodes TRUE and
FALSE. The direct successors of these are all nodes except
window and page nodes.

Other Nodes
Node type Description Possible direct successors

Folder Combines successor nodes to All except window and page nodes
logical groups
Complex section Combines all attributes of the node All except window and page nodes
types template, table, loop, folder

Program lines Executes ABAP program code (for (no successors)

example, conversion routines).

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 Table and Template Nodes
 Template nodes are used for printing data on pre-defined
forms like flight tickets or tax forms.
 Table nodes are used to process and print internal tables.

Layout Only at Runtime Layout Fixed

Size Size

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 Flow Control Nodes

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 Attributes of the Node Types

The following tab pages are used in common by several node types

The node types table , template , loop, folder, and complex

selection share a different tab in the place of General attributes.

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 Style Builder
T-Code SMARTSTYLES
A smart style contains

 Header data containing the default values of a smart

style.

 Paragraph formats including indents and spacing , font

attributes, tabs, and outline numbering.

 Character formats including effects ( super script,

subscript) , bar code and font attributes.

 Colors & underlines for paragraph or character

format.
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 Style Builder

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 Integrating the Smart Form into the Application
 You trigger the form printing by calling only two function
modules.
 The first module uses the name of the form to determine the name
of the generated function module.
 The name of the generated function module is unique only with
one system.
 Function module SSF_Function_Module_Name returns the name
of the generated function module.

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 Generated Function Module

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 THANK YOU

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