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SMARTFORMS - long text display at second line.

Former Member — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:10:36 GMT

Hi Forms experts,

I am developing a form in SMARTFORMS. I managed to print, however I am not getting what is expecting to get.

Expecting result


Item             Description                Code        Quantity
1                ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWX   1000001     1320
                 YZ12334567890

Currect result (which is wrong).


Item             Description                 Code       Quantity
1                                            1000001    1320
                 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWX    
                 YZ12334567890

If you see carefully, the Description ABCDE....dropped to second line. Can someone explain to me how to resolve this?

Thanks in advance.

Re: SMARTFORMS - long text display at second line.

Former Member — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:23:46 GMT

Nothing wrong I guess.Just goto the text editor and delete extra spaces at the begining of the long text variable.

Regards,

Abhi

Re: SMARTFORMS - long text display at second line.

Former Member — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:24:47 GMT

Check the positioning of the variable used for fetching description. Morever delete the extra spaces.

Re: SMARTFORMS - long text display at second line.

Former Member — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:27:33 GMT

Hi both,

There is extra no spaces in the text. Even I have trim the text, it still cannot work.

If I reduce the text to ABC, it works perfectly.

Please help.

Re: SMARTFORMS - long text display at second line.

Former Member — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:39:21 GMT

Please check the paragraph format used for this.Are there any tab specifications or indentations in the paragraph format used.

Re: SMARTFORMS - long text display at second line.

Former Member — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:42:30 GMT

I have tried Append, New line, and new paragraph. All are giving me the same result.

Re: SMARTFORMS - long text display at second line.

Former Member — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:43:38 GMT

If ABC works fine then obviously there is some spacing issue. Check the first and third variable spacing. Try increasing and decreasing the spaces after and before the variables. I'm sure you can get along.

Re: SMARTFORMS - long text display at second line.

Former Member — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:45:05 GMT

Hey Myahsam

If this is a table that you have used in Smartforms then increase the width of this column

else if it is a variable that you are passing the value in, increase the length of this variable node.

Hope it solves your problem.

Sameer

Re: SMARTFORMS - long text display at second line.

Former Member — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:48:56 GMT

Hi Mishra,

Thanks for your advice. I have tried to trim all the first 3 variables (fields), with variable1(C), variable2(C) and variable3(C). However, the text is still displaying in the second line.

Re: SMARTFORMS - long text display at second line.

Former Member — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:56:46 GMT

1. Are you printing the long text through a variable or using INCLUDE TEXT? If it's through variable try with CONDENSE.

eg. &FIELD(C)&

2. Try changing the START options in general attributes of the text.

3. Check the indent and spacing of the paragraph format used.

Re: SMARTFORMS - long text display at second line.

Former Member — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:59:23 GMT

Wong,

The issue is because on spacing of the variables , Nothing else as far as my knowledge is concerned.

Using keywords TRIM won't help either. Do check the cell where you have populated your variable..See if some trailing spaces are there.

Re: SMARTFORMS - long text display at second line.

Former Member — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:10:20 GMT

now I added xx before and after the variable, xx&VARIABLE(C)&xx.

and my result is

ABCDEFGHIJKL....xx

how to resolve this?

Re: SMARTFORMS - long text display at second line.

Former Member — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:23:27 GMT

Why are you using xx. Instead you can adjust the spaces

Re: SMARTFORMS - long text display at second line.

Former Member — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:30:42 GMT

Hi Mishra,

The reason I put xx infront and end of the variable is to see how the variable is displayed.

It should display

xxABCDEFGHIJKL....xx

instead of

ABCDEFGHIJKL....xx

How to adjust the space? how to check the cell trailing spaces?

Re: SMARTFORMS - long text display at second line.

SuhaSaha — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 05:25:50 GMT


> It should display 
> xxABCDEFGHIJKL....xx
> 
> instead of  
> xx
> ABCDEFGHIJKL....xx

How is this long text defined in SAP?

Can you do one more test, read this long text (with the XX stuff) using READ_TEXT & post the entries in the returning table LINES ? (Post both TDFORMAT & TDLINE)

Re: SMARTFORMS - long text display at second line.

Former Member — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 05:27:13 GMT

Lets try making the &VARIABLE(C)& left-justified. Go to change editor and delete all spaces in front.

Re: SMARTFORMS - long text display at second line.

Former Member — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 05:42:20 GMT

Hi Suhas,

Thanks for your reply. I do not understand why READ_TEXT is needed for my case. The data variable is getting from a customized table. The data could be long, and could be short either. Please correct me I have misunderstood your advice.

Re: SMARTFORMS - long text display at second line.

SuhaSaha — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 05:46:02 GMT

Your post heading is misleading buddy That's why i thought you were dealing with LONG TEXTS !!

No if the text is coming from a custom table you don't need a READ_TEXT

Re: SMARTFORMS - long text display at second line.

Former Member — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:05:09 GMT

Hi Mishra,

Thanks for your suggestion. However there is no space to remove and the text (variable) is already left justified.

Any idea?

Re: SMARTFORMS - long text display at second line.

Former Member — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:15:42 GMT

Okay...

Any idea?

Space is the issue as far as my knowledge...Bcoz if you shorten the text it works perfectly fine. If its long its one line down.

Remove the 3rd field( testing purpose) and see it will work.