topic Re: spool in Application Development and Automation Discussions

spool

Former Member — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 21:10:44 GMT

I need to write my report to spool of type OTF. Usually the ABAP program creates spool of type ABAP list. How do I override that?

Re: spool

Former Member — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 21:15:19 GMT

I don't think it's possible, why do you want to do that?

Max

Re: spool

Former Member — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 21:33:54 GMT

I needed my spool in pdf format for downstream processing.

Re: spool

Former Member — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 21:38:14 GMT

You can convert an abap spool in pdf format too

Re: spool

Former Member — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 21:39:40 GMT

I wanted to skip that in between step and wanted to see if there is a way to directly create a OTF spool?

Re: spool

RichHeilman — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 21:52:53 GMT

The only way that I know of to create an OTF spool is via a SAPscript form. That would mean that you would have to develop your output as Sapscript. But I know that there is a way to convert a spool straight to PDF. Put this in the function module field of SE37.

CONV*SPOOLPDF

And hit F4.

Regards,

Rich Heilman

Re: spool

RichHeilman — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 21:56:20 GMT

Yep, here it is.....

CONVERT_ABAPSPOOLJOB_2_PDF

Use this function module to convert a spool into PDF.

Regards,

Rich Heilman

Re: spool

Former Member — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 22:29:17 GMT

Looked at the convertPdf FM.. But the one concern is I need to provide the spool id?

Let say I write to a spool in a report program using NEW-PAGE and then using NEW-PAGE print off, I stop writing to spool..

Now I want to get the spool id within the same report? Then I can use that spool id and call this FM.. Is that feasible?

Thanks

Re: spool

Former Member — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 00:31:57 GMT

I don't know if it's possible, but you can try this solutions:

NEW-PAGE PRINT ON.

Now the system write abap list in the spool

WRITE .............

NEW-PAGE PRINT OFF.

Now the system close the spool and write in the screen, here you can try to found out your spool.

You should know some conditions to read TSP01:

SELECT * FROM TSP01 WHERE .....

CHECK sy-subrc = 0.

CALL FUNCTION 'CONVERT_ABAPSPOOLJOB_2_PDF'

.......

Max

Message was edited by: max bianchi

Re: spool

athavanraja — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 05:49:18 GMT

system variable sy-spono will hold the spool number you just created using

new-page print on parameters <params> no dialog.

perform write_list .

new-page print off.

Regards

Raja