topic Re: Watermark in Sapscript in Application Development and Automation Discussions

Watermark in Sapscript

Former Member — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 18:56:26 GMT

Hi Folks!

I'm trying to create a watermark on a sapscript, but I haven't found how to get this to work.

I've read some other messages on the forum that they said that including a bitmap on the window could do the trick, and another solution was to create a window overlapping the info window so it would appear as a watermark and lastly but not a solution for my requirement was to use a graphic window, this because i just only need the watermark on original copies, and as far I could see you can't add code to the graphic window.

What have happened to me is that if I try to overlapp a window my picture rectangle form blocks the information, and so they are not showed because of the bitmap, and if I add the Bitmap command to include it on the window it moves the information below when I want the information over the bitmap.

Another thing is that is there anyway to import a transparent image, because I know BMP format can't be transparent while GIF can be, maybe that would help too, but I haven't found the way to do this, and I think there is no way neither.

Any help, advises, or workaround would be appreciated.

Regards,

Gilberto Li

Re: Watermark in Sapscript

RichHeilman — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 19:04:43 GMT

I have implemented this in the past. Create a window which covers the area which will have the watermark, use the INCLUDE statement in your sapscript to pull in the image that you loaded via SE78. Make sure that you image is using the grey scale and not straight black. That's really it. Its just like bringing your logo into the sapscript except its bigger, grey, and in the middle.

Regards

Rich Heilman

Re: Watermark in Sapscript

RichHeilman — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 19:09:17 GMT

And yes, the window will block the information underneath in Print Preview, but when you print it, the information will show thru.

Regards,

Rich Heilman

Re: Watermark in Sapscript

Former Member — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 19:35:12 GMT

Hi Rich,

Thanks for your reply.

I'm not very familiar with the use of INCLUDE with Bitmaps, does this means that I have to convert my image into Tiff format first and then convert this into a text object with ID ST so it can work?

This is because the INCLUDE form is usually something like this:

INCLUDE 'TEXTNAME' OBJECT TEXT ID ST

And the command i'm using is

INCLUDE 'LOGONAME' OBJECT GRAPHICS ID BMAP

But this isn't working.

Thanks again.

Regards,

Gilberto Li

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Re: Watermark in Sapscript

Former Member — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 19:41:23 GMT

Hi Gilberto,

You can directly upload Bitmaps.

Use transaction SE78 to inmport graphics to SAP.

In the form painter, you can either include directly to the form using menu Edit->Graphic->Create or using the INCLUDE statement in a window.

To use an INCLUDE stanment, goto into the woindow script editor and use menu Include->Graphic. The include can look like this for a bitmap:

/: BITMAP MYLOGO OBJECT GRAPHICS ID BMAP TYPE BMON

Re: Watermark in Sapscript

RichHeilman — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 19:44:53 GMT

We are actually doing images both ways. But, where I have a watermark implemented we are using the BITMAP statement.



BITMAP ZCUSTOMORDER OBJECT GRAPHICS ID BMAP TYPE BCOL

Here ZCUSTOMORDER is a bitmap images stored in SE38 and not under standard text.

We do store our logo under text and bring that into the sapscript with this.

INCLUDE YPCC_LOGO OBJECT TEXT ID ADRS.

REgards,

Rich Heilman

Re: Watermark in Sapscript

RichHeilman — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 19:47:48 GMT

If you do use the INCLUDE as text option, you will have to convert the image to a baseline 6.0 tiff file. Then upload it using program RSTXLDMC.

Regards,

Rich Heilman

Re: Watermark in Sapscript

RichHeilman — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 19:48:04 GMT

Duplicate

Regards,

Rich Heilman

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Re: Watermark in Sapscript

Former Member — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 20:21:43 GMT

Hi Folks, thanks again for your replies.

This is not working for me yet. What i've done is:

1. Create a simple image on PAINT with text 'ORIGINAL' on a light gray.

2. Upload it with transaction SE78.

3. Create a new window and use the Bitmap command to insert the watermark.

What i'm getting is the 'ORIGINAL' over the information, meaning that the information can't be seen.

I'm not sure if its how i'm creating the image, that has a white backgound as default. As far i know BMP format can't have transparent background.

Thanks again.

Regards,

Gilberto Li

Re: Watermark in Sapscript

RichHeilman — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 20:26:55 GMT

When you create the bitmap, make sure to do the following .

click Image--->attributes. Select radiobutton for black and white. Now create your image. Save it.

Now upload to SE78, i have mine loaded as color even though the image is black and white. Its working for me.

Regards,

Rich Heilman

Re: Watermark in Sapscript

Former Member — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 20:30:46 GMT

Doesn't the position of the window matter? I thought SAPscript worked top-down, so the watermark window would have to start higher than anything else. It would print first, and then everything else would print over it.

Re: Watermark in Sapscript

RichHeilman — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 20:33:24 GMT

You may be correct, but this only effects in print preview, everyting should be visible when printing to printer.

Regards,

Rich Heilman

Re: Watermark in Sapscript

RichHeilman — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 20:33:39 GMT

Duplicate again.

Regards,

Rich Heilman

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Re: Watermark in Sapscript

Former Member — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 20:51:49 GMT

If you are using the PAINT that comes with Windows, it has an opaque option. By default, it is set on. You may want to set it off? IMAGE -> DRAW OPAQUE.

Re: Watermark in Sapscript

Former Member — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 22:30:22 GMT

Hi everyone!

Thanks for all of the replies and really appreciate your help.

But i've tried everything and its not working. I'm not sure why this isn't working, maybe window position, subject i'm not familiar on how this may work, or if this can be because of printer model. I don't think it is the image i'm generating nor the way I include it on the window of the sapscript.

I will need to find a workaround. But still if you folks have any other ideas of what can solve this i'll appreciate any of it.

Thanks a lot to everyone.

Regards,

Gilberto Li

Re: Watermark in Sapscript

RichHeilman — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 22:35:22 GMT

Exactly what is happening? Here are my assumptions. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

1) In print preview, there is a blank box(your window which holds the image) over the data which is to be shown on the form, you see no image.

2) When you print this to a printer, you see the data, but no image.

Can you view your image via SE78. There is a preview button. Make sure that you can see it there.

REgards,

Rich Heilman

Re: Watermark in Sapscript

Former Member — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 22:41:19 GMT

Hi Rich,

What's happening is that in the print preview I can see the image over the data, meaning that I can't see the data. The preview of the image on the se78 I can see it fine. In your previous post you said that in the print it may be showed like this but if you print it will be fine, meaning that will work as a watermark. However when I print it, I get exactly the same behavior as the print preview, I can't see any data, but only the image over them.

Thanks again.

Regards,

Gilberto Li

Re: Watermark in Sapscript

RichHeilman — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 22:44:38 GMT

Wow, interesting. In my system, it does not do that. The image falls behind the data. I don't think that I had to make the image opaque in PAINT, but it has been a while. Have you tried making the image opaque in PAINT.

Regards,

Rich Heilman

Re: Watermark in Sapscript

Former Member — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 22:50:34 GMT

Hi Rich,

Indeed, i've tried everything have been posted over here and some other possible solutions in my research over the net, but nothing worked. Not really sure what could be the problem.

Again thanks.

Regards,

Gilberto Li

Re: Watermark in Sapscript

RichHeilman — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 22:55:17 GMT

I'm stumped......and sorry.

I'm on my 12th hour, maybe something will pop(in my head) after a mountain dew.

Regards,

Rich Heilman