Creating a SAPSCRIPT form

With the call of the transaction SE71, the screen to create or change a SAPSCRIPT form appears. We type the name of the Form an the co e of the !ang"age on the appropriate fiel s. In or er to #"il a ne$ Form $e press the comman #"tton Create. In or er to mo ify or sho$ the technical elements of an E%istent Form $e press the Change or &isplay comman #"tton respecti'ely.

After pressing the comman #"tton Create, a pop"p $in o$ appears informing "s that the Form oes not e%ist on the Client $e are $or(ing. We press the )* #"tton.

+n the appearing screen $e type a escription of the Form on the appropriate fiel an $e press the comman #"tton ,asic Settings.

After pressing the #"tton ,asic Settings, a screen appears $here the paper si-e is efine e.g. &I.A/, the page orientation e.g. !an scape, the efa"lt paragraph e.g. f an the First page e.g. first .

Pressing the comman #"tton Pages, $e get a $arning message stating that the &F paragraph oes not e%ist. We #ypass the message pressing 0Enter1.

With a secon 0Enter1 $e get a ne$ $arning message that the Page FIRST oes not e%ist. We #ypass this message too #y pressing 0Enter1, an $e press the comman #"tton Pages.

+n the screen of Pages $e type the name of the Page $e $ish to create on the appropriate fiel an $e select the men" path E it 23 Create Element.

+n the appearing screen $e type the Page &escription on the appropriate fiel an on the fiel .e%t Page $e set as ne%t page the one $e ha'e 4"st create . We press

0Enter1. We 5"it the Pages Screen pressing the comman #"tton Paragraph formats.

+n the screen of Paragraph $e type the name of the Paragraph $e $ish to create an $e select the men" path E it 23 Create Element.

+n the appearing screen, $e type the &escription an if $e $ant, $e can specify Fonts an Ta#s for this Paragraph $ith the correspon ing comman #"ttons. In the case of this e%ample, the Font an the Ta#s specifie in the ,asic Settings screen apply. We 5"it the Paragraph screen #y pressing the comman #"tton Win o$s.

In the Win o$ creation screen, there is alrea y the 6AI. $in o$. This $in o$ can #e locate in a page an can contain a 'aria#le n"m#er of lines. It is "se to

present the etail lines of a SAP oc"ment e.g. the lines of materials #ille from ta#le 7,RP.

In the $in o$ creation screen $e select the men" path E it 23 Create Element.

A pop"p $in o$ appears, $here $e type the name of the ne$ $in o$ 8+"r9a r: an its escription 8+"r A ress: in the fiel s Win o$ an &escription respecti'ely. We press the comman #"tton +;.

As $in o$ type $e set 7AR 8in the fiel Win o$ type:.

We repeat the same process of $in o$ constr"ction an $e #"il the $in o$s C<STA&&R 8C"stomer A ress:, an =ea er 8=ea er Win o$:. We 5"it the screen of $in o$s #y pressing the comman #"tton Page Win o$s.

In the screen of Page Win o$s there is the page FIRST in the fiel Page.

We select the men" path E it 23 Create Element, in or er to create a ne$ Page Win o$.

A pop"p $in o$ appears $ith all $in o$s $e ha'e create pre'io"sly in the appropriate screen. We select one of them e.g. C<STA&&R $ith a o"#le clic( of the mo"se.

The selecte $in o$ is no$ locate in the FIRST page as a Page Win o$. We fill the fiel s !eft 6argin, <pper 6argin, Win o$ Wi th an Win o$ =eight in the esire "nit of meas"rement 8e.g. C= i.e. characters or C6 i.e. centimeters:.

We select again the men" path E it 23 Create Element, an in the appearing pop"p $in o$ $ith all $in o$s sho$n, $e ha'e a'aila#le the $in o$s not

locate yet in the FIRST page as page $in o$s. We select the ne%t $in o$ an $e gi'e its coor inates an its imensions.

So $e locate all the $in o$s in the Page an $e ha'e an I6A>E of their positions an the information $hich $ill #e containe in the 'ario"s areas of the SAPSCRIPT form.

In this stage $e can select the men" path Form 23 Acti'ate. This action stores the $or( $e ha'e one in the system an acti'ates the changes so that they are a'aila#le to the "sers.

The acti'ation fin s an error an gi'es a $arning message saying that the page $in o$ ?@AB in the imensions specifie , is too $i e for an @/ page in lan scape orientation. We #ypass the message #y pressing 0Enter1.

In this stage $e can select the men" path Settings 23 Form Painter.

With the selection of the men" path Settings 23 Form Painter, a pop"p $in o$ appears $here $e select the SAPscr ta#, $e chec( the fiel >raphical Form Painter an $e press the +; comman #"tton.

The >raphical Form Painter en'ironment sho$s the page $in o$s as $hite rectang"lars, $hile the page is sho$n as a grey #ac(gro"n $ith gri lines.

In the graphical en'ironment of this e itor $e can rag an rop the Page Win o$s or $e can change their imensions $ith the mo"se.

When $e ha'e arrange the Page Win o$s $ith C rag an men" path Settings 23 Form Painter.

ropC, $e select the

In the appearing pop"p $in o$ $e select the ta# SAPscr, $e "nchec( the fiel >raphical Form Painter, an $e press the +; comman #"tton.

In the Page Win o$s screens the coor inates an the imensions of the Page Win o$s ha'e no$ #een change . +n ot matri% printers neither the fractions of

lines ma(e a ifference in the 'ertical position of the te%t, nor the fractions of characters ma(e a ifference in the hori-ontal location of the $or s. The fractional parts are ro"n e "p. 8=o$e'er there is no acti'ation error:.

.o$ that $e ha'e locate the Page Win o$s correctly, $e select one of them $ith the mo"se e.g. C<STA&&R page $in o$ an $e press the comman #"tton Te%t Elements.

So an e itor appears $here $e can $rite the 'aria#les 8sym#ols: that sho"l #e printe on the page $in o$. The 'aria#les are incl" e in ampersan s i.e. D an

the constant te%ts are $ritten as they sho"l appear. If $e $ant to change a font in an area of the page $in o$, $e incl" e this area in the notations an 8$here F is a Character format, as shall see later:. The cells to the left of the lines of the e itor ha'e the correspon ing paragraph. The asteris( sho$s the efa"lt paragraph.

When $e ha'e $ritten all the Te%t Elements in the e itor of a Page Win o$, $e press the ,AC; comman #"tton an $e ret"rn to the Page Win o$ screen. =ere $e select another Page Win o$ an $e call again the Te%t Elements e itor.

The Page Win o$ +"r9a r contains some 'aria#les 8sym#ols: an some constant te%ts as $ell. The paragraph is efa"lt 8asteris(:.

In the Te%t Elements e itor $e can $rite comments #y typing EF in the paragraph cell to the left of the line. F"rthermore a series of characters appearing in the

printo"t as one line can #e split in many lines of the Te%t Elements e itor #y typing G 8the contin"ity sym#ol: in the paragraph cell.

In the Te%t Elements e itor $e can efine areas, $hich are calle an isplaye #y the program flo$ "n er certain con itions. These areas are calle Elements an their #eginning is efine #y the characters EH in the paragraph cell. The en of an Element is the efinition of the ne%t Element or the en of the te%t in the e itor. In the Page Wi o$ 6AI. $e ha'e the Element ITE69=EA&ER an the Element ITE69!I.E. The te%ts in these Elements are in the IT paragraph format, $hich has not yet #een efine . The ta#s are enote in the e itor $ith o"#le comma 8 ,, : .

In or er to efine the Character Format IJ3, $hich $as "se in the Te%t Elements e itor, $e go to screen Page Win o$ an $e press the #"tton Character

Formats. From the screen of Character Formats, $e select the men" path E it 23 Create element.

+n the appearing pop"p $in o$ $e fill in the Char Format fiel the notation J an in the fiel &escription $e type an e%planation 8,ol :, an $e press +;.

In the Character Formats screen $e press the Fonts #"tton an $e select in the Family fiel a font e.g. C+<RIER an in the fiel Font Si-e a si-e e.g. 1K,L pt. We select as $ell the ,ol characteristic, setting the ra io #"tton to +n.

In or er to create the Paragraph Format IT "se in the Te%t Elements e itor in the page $in o$ 6AI., from the ta# Character Formats $e press the Paragraph

Formats #"tton. From the Paragraph Formats ta# $e select the men" path E it 23 Create element.

+n the appearing pop"p $in o$ $e type in the fiel Paragr. format the notation IT an in the fiel &escription an e%planation 8Item Paragraph:, an $e press the +; #"tton.

In the Paragraph Formats screen $e press the #"tton Ta#s an $e fill the positions $here the alignment points are locate 8Ta#s: in the esire "nit of meas"rement 8e.g. C= for characters:.

At this point the constr"ction of the SAPSCRIPT form has #een complete $e select the men" path Form 23 Acti'ate.

We recei'e a message saying that the form has #een acti'ate . We go to the initial screen on the transaction SE71 $ith the #"tton ,AC;.

The SAPSCRIPT forms 'ary in the 'ario"s lang"ages. For this reason, $hen $or(ing in m"ltiling"al systems, as soon as $e constr"ct a form in the original

lang"age, $e sho"l copy it an fit it in the other lang"ages. So in the screen of transaction SE71 $e type the name of the form in the fiel Form an the estination lang"age in the fiel !ang"age. We press the #"tton Create.

A message informs "s that the original lang"age of the form is English.

We select the men" path Form 23 Copy from.

In the appearing pop"p $in o$ $e fill the so"rce form an original lang"age an $e press +;.

After copy, $e select the men" path Form 23 Acti'ate.

A message appears saying that the form has #een acti'ate . Pressing the ,AC; comman #"tton, $e 5"it the transaction SE71. 8+f co"rse if necessary $e change

the Te%t Elements in the Page Win o$s, $here $e ha'e constant te%ts, replacing them $ith their e5"i'alents in the estination lang"age:.

Calling a SAPSCRIPT form from an ABAP program

There are fi'e #asic f"nction mo "les "se for comm"nication #et$een the A,AP r"ntime en'ironment an the, so calle , CComposerC of the SAPSCRIPT toolM 1. +PE.9F+R6 starts the comm"nication #et$een the A,AP r"ntime an the Composer K. START9F+R6 intro "ces a #lan( SAPSCRIPT form $hich can #e fille $ith ata from the A,AP r"ntime. N. WRITE9F+R6 fills the SAPSCRIPT form $ith 'al"es from the A,AP r"ntime. /. E.&9F+R6 completes the $riting to the SAPSCRIPT form. O. C!+SE9F+R6 closes the comm"nication #et$een the A,AP r"ntime an the Composer. The lin(e co e is an A,AP program $riting a set of S& oc"ments to the SAPSCRIPT form of the e%ample sho$n a#o'e

Downloading SAPSCRIPT forms to a workstation and uploading them to another SAP system

The SAPSCRIPT forms can #e store on a har is( an can #e loa e to other SAP systems. To o this $e select the transaction SENP an in the fiel Program $e type RSTQSCRP. We press FP (ey for e%ec"ting this program.

In the selection screen $e select the ra io #"tton Form an $e fill the fiel +#4ect .ame $ith the name of the SAPSCRIPT form an the fiel 6o e $ith the $or

EQP+RT. We select the ra io #"tton FromEon Fronten an $e fill the fiel &ataset name $ith a path on the har is( an a file name. We press the FP (ey for e%ec"ting the program $ith the pre'io"s selections.

A pop"p $in o$ appears $ith the path an the filename $e ha'e selecte an $e confirm o"r selections pressing the +; #"tton.

Finally $ith the e%ec"tion of the program $e ha'e a log $ith the res"lts of the transport of the SAPSCRIPT form from the SAP system to the har is(.

In the target system $e call again the transaction SENP an in the file Program $e type RSTQSCRP. We press the FP (ey for e%ec"ting the program. +n the

selection screen $e select the ra io #"tton Form an $e type in the fiel +#4ect .ame the name of the SAPSCRIPT form, an in the fiel 6o e the $or A?P+RT. We select the ra io #"tton FromEon Fronten an in the fiel &ataset name $e type the path an the filename, $here the SAPSCRIPT form has #een o$nloa e . We press the FP (ey for e%ec"ting the program $ith the pre'io"s selections.

A pop"p $in o$ appears, $here $e fill the e'elopment class, an $e press the SA7E #"tton.

+n a follo$ing pop"p $in o$ $e fill the re5"est, an $e press the +; #"tton.

Finally $e ha'e a pop"p $in o$ $ith the path an the filename $e ha'e selecte . We confirm o"r selections pressing the +; #"tton.

In the en $ith the e%ec"tion of the program $e ha'e a log $ith the res"lts of the transport of the SAPSCRIPT form from the har is( to the SAP system.