What Are Smart Forms

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What are Smart Forms.

SAP-Smart Forms are used to create and

maintain forms for mass printing in SAP

systems.

It is possible to embed text, image, tables,barcodes , etc..

Output medium supports printer, fax, email or

the internet (xml coding).


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Difference between SAP-Scripts

and Smart Forms.

Multiple page formats are possible inSmart Forms which is not possible in SAP-Scripts.

Smart Forms are client independent whileScripts are client dependent.

It is possible to have a Smart Form without

a main window. Smart Forms generates a function module

when activated.


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Advantages of Smart Forms.

Smart Forms are client independent.

Half of the time is required.

Easy to use Graphical User Interface(GUI).

Less programming effort.

Web publishing is possible with the help of

XML coding. Easy migration of SAP-Scripts to SAP-

Smart Forms.


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What else is new in Smart Forms?

Easy insertion of company logos etc.

Flow logic is represented by a tree structure, inthe form of nodes. Thus, change in printing

order is easy using node drag & drop. ABAP coding is possible using the Program

Lines node.

Different page layouts can be used for each

page Syntax check for individual nodes.


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What can you get form Smart Forms.

In a Smart Form you describe:

The layout of your form (element positions on apage)

Individual elements you want to display (text,graphics, addresses, tables, and so on)

the form logic you use, for example, to readapplication data from internal tables, to introduce

conditions, and to control process flows. a form interface to transfer application data to

the form definition


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Transaction code for Smart Forms is Smartforms.

In the form builder one can describe a smart form by a set of nodes.


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Node types

When a form is created, the tree structure of the

form painter contains two root nodes.

Global Settings: The successors of the global

settings node are used to maintain form

attributes, the form interface and globaldefinitions.

Pages and Windows: The successors of the

pages and windows node to create the pages of

the form, position elements on these pages, and

determine the sequence on how to process

these created elements.


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Different types of nodes that can be created under Pages and

Windows are:

Page Window

Text

Graphic

Address

Template Table

Command

Loop

Alternate

Program Lines

Folder


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This

Pages and windows are created using the node Pages and

windows.


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After pressing text in the create option you will be lead to this kind of page

SAVE and Activate the Smart form.

Enter your text in the free area.


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Output after Execution

Like this we can add graphics, window, table, etc..


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How to call a Smart Form from a driver program???

There is a function module for accessing Smart Forms from a driver

program.

CALL FUNCTION 'SSF_FUNCTION_MODULE_NAME' .

Example task:

Create a smart form with this details given below.

Fields required- matnr, mbrsh, ntgew

Table- MARA

In smart forms- add a company logo, and add the companys

address to it.


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Our first step is to create a Smart Form

with companys address and logo.

Go to t.code-Smartforms.

In pages and windows create address

Enter a name to the Address and add a short description

Save and Activate


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Now to add a logo in the same the

procedure is as follows.

Go to transaction code SE-78 and add agraphic to your system.

To implement that graphic to the Smart

Forms the steps are as follows Go to pages and windows

Right click create graphics.


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Use F4 help to fill the fields.

Save and Activate


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Now smart form is ready. We need to construct a program to call

this Smart Form.

Program for the Ex.task

TABLES: MARA

TYPES: BEGIN OF ty_mat,

matnr TYPE matnr,

meins TYPE meins,

ntgew TYPE ntgew,

mbrsh TYPE mbrsh,

mtart TYPE mtart,

END OF ty_mat.DATA: it_mat TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF ty_mat,

wa_mat TYPE ty_mat.

DATA: it_mat TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF mara,

wa_mat TYPE mara.

DATA: matnr TYPE matnr

meins TYPE meins,

ntgew TYPE ntgew,mbrsh TYPE mbrsh,

mtart TYPE mtart.

SELECT matnr meins ntgew mbrsh mtart FROM mara

INTO TABLE it_mat WHERE matnr IN s_matnr.


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SELECT matnr meins ntgew mbrsh mtart

FROM mara

INTO TABLE it_mat

WHERE matnr IN s_matnr

call function 'SSF_FUNCTION_MODULE_NAME'

exporting

formname = 'ZSMARTFORM ****smart form name that is created.

VARIANT = ' '

DIRECT_CALL = ' '

IMPORTINGty_mat = it_mat

EXCEPTIONS

NO_FORM = 1

NO_FUNCTION_MODULE = 2

OTHERS = 3.

if sy-subrc 0.

WRITE: / 'ERROR 1'.

MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO

WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.

endif.


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A function module is generated whenever a Smart Form is activated. This

Smart Form could be called from the driver program by calling this functionmodule.

But this is not an efficient way of calling Smart Form for the following

reason:

Whenever a Smart Form is generated, a function module is generated and

the naming convention for that Smart Form is done internally by using

Number range object or something similar.

So when this Smart Form is transported from the development to Quality or

Production system, a new function module name is generated according to

the number series available in that system. If the above program is

transported to either quality or production system, the program might go for

a dump as the function module is not available in that system. To handlethis situation, we use the function module

SSF_FUNCTION_MODULE_NAME to get the name of the function module

for a Smart Form dynamically. If the form is not active, the function module

SSF_FUNCTION_MODULE_NAME raises the exception NO_FORM.


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CALL FUNCTION FM_NAME

EXPORTINGARCHIVE_INDEX =ARCHIVE_INDEX_TAB =ARCHIVE_PARAMETERS =CONTROL_PARAMETERS =MAIL_APPL_OBJ =MAIL_RECIPIENT =MAIL_SENDER =OUTPUT_OPTIONS =USER_SETTINGS = 'X'

I_EBELN = P_EBELN

IMPORTINGDOCUMENT_OUTPUT_INFO =

JOB_OUTPUT_INFO =JOB_OUTPUT_OPTIONS =TABLESIT_mat = IT_matEXCEPTIONSFORMATTING_ERROR = 1INTERNAL_ERROR = 2SEND_ERROR = 3USER_CANCELED = 4OTHERS = 5

.IF SY-SUBRC 0.MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNOWITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.ENDIF.


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How to migrate to smart forms from scripts.

Go to the SAP Smart Forms initial screen (transaction SMARTFORMS).

In the Form field enter the name of the Smart Form you want tocreate.

Choose Utilities Migrate SAP script form.The dialog window Migrate SAP script Form appears.

Enter the name and the language of the source form (SAP script).

Choose Enter.This takes you to the change mode of the SAP Form Builder (Ifthe selected SAP script form does not exist in the selectedlanguage, a dialog window appears on which you can select oneof the existing languages).

Now change the design of the form and of the form logic. Toactivate the Smart Form choose Activate.

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