Category: ABAP Beginner

6 Introduction A programmer always tries to code in such a way that his code is bug free and full proof. But there are certain scenarios, where his codes can fail. In such case, if the coder already knows the scenarios, then he handle them in form of Error handling. But, in case of situations, […]

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5 Introduction SAP Smart Styles are used to define paragraph and character formats. It can be assigned to texts and fields in the Smart Forms. A Smart Style has to be assigned to each Smart Forms. This is done globally for the entire Smart Forms in the Form Attributes of the Navigation window. It can […]

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2 Introduction The SmartForms trace allows us to trace the processing of the Smart Form during printing. It can be analyzed to determine the sequence of the processing of the nodes and the point at which the processing was terminated due to an error. SAP SmartForms Trace To trace the SAP SmartForms processing, the SFTRACE […]

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4 Introduction In classic form printing, the forms are printed using a printer. Smart Forms provides different output types or formats for different use cases. Form Attributes under General Settings node is used to determine the default settings for the form output. The default settings can be overruled using the standard parameters while calling the […]

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8 Introduction The flow of the processing of the Smart Form can be controlled using the tree hierarchy defined in the navigation window. In this article we will explain the flow control in SAP SmartForms. Conditions affecting Flow Control There are multiple options that affect the sequence of the processing of the form. Output Conditions: […]

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3 Introduction When a Smart Form is created, the form builder already has two nodes in the Navigation window. “Global Settings” and “Pages and Windows” are the two roots that are created by default for every Smart Form.  In this article we will explore more about Node Types in SAP SmartForms. Nodes in SAP SmartForms […]

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8 Introduction As we have discussed already in the previous tutorial about the Form Builder, let’s see about the Form Logic in SAP SmartForms. In SAP SmartForms, the form logic defines the data to be read from the database, the conditions, and controls the flow of the form output. The form logic is described by […]

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4 Introduction SAP Smart Forms is a tool to create and maintain forms for mass printing and sending documents for important business processes. If an existing SAPscript form is available in the system, it can be migrated to SAP Smart Forms.  The SAPscript can be migrated individually or any number of SAPscript can be migrated […]

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15 In the previous tutorial, we have learned about the basics of SAP Smart Forms. Let’s learn about the screen and windows in SAP Smart Forms Builder. Introduction SAP Smart Forms provides a graphical user interface that allows us to create and maintain the layout and the form logic of the form. The graphical user […]

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5 Introduction As we have already basics of the SAP Smart Forms, in this article we will learn to build Smart Forms in SAP ABAP to print a simple text. Steps to build Smart Forms in SAP ABAP Step 1: SMARTFORMS is the t-code for Smart Forms. Enter SMARTFORMS in the common field. Step 2: […]

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