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SAP SCRIPT

Former Member — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 09:33:35 GMT

HOW MANY WINDOW TYPES ARE AVAILABLE IN SCRIPT

Re: SAP SCRIPT

Former Member — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 09:34:44 GMT

Hello,

There are three types.


Windows 



If you are using the graphical Form Painter, read about the Administration Screen as well. 

Windows are defined in form maintenance. They represent areas that are positioned on pages – as page windows – and in which at a later time text is printed. You must define at least one window for each form. Otherwise, SAPscript cannot format the text. 

You can assign window names and window types. However, note that you can define only one main window per form. 

Use one of these window types: 

MAIN 
Main window in which continuous text is printed. This is the window used by dialog users of a print program and form. For example, the body text of a letter would be entered in MAIN. 

The text in the main window can extend over several pages. If the text fills one page, output continues in the window of the next and subsequent pages, as long as MAIN has been defined for these pages. 

For more information, see Main Window.

VAR 
Window with variable contents. The text can vary on each page in which the window is positioned. Variable windows are formatted for each page. 

To every window you can assign text, which is printed in the corresponding window when the form is formatted. To assign text, use text elements, which are stored with the form. 

To create and maintain text elements with the SAPscript Editor, choose Text elements. For more information, see Text Elements.

Should the text selected for the window exceed the window size, then the text is cut off. 

CONST 
Window with constant contents that is formatted only once. 



Currently, CONST windows are processed in the same way as VAR windows. You should only use windows of type VAR. 

Default Paragraph

For a particular window, you can override the default paragraph format that is set in the form header. Enter the default format that should apply in the window in the Default paragraph field in the window definition screen.

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Vasanth

Re: SAP SCRIPT

Former Member — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 09:36:52 GMT

Hello Balaji,

You can use only one Main window (it will be there by default) for one layout for printing the data and you can create any number of Variable and Constants windows.

Regards

Sasidhar Reddy Matli.

Re: SAP SCRIPT

Former Member — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 09:38:02 GMT

What are the different types of windows in SAP Scripts?

Windows are defined in the Layout sets which define the position and the text to displayed.

The different types of windows are:

MAIN - Main Window

The main window is a continous window which can extend over several pages. If the text in the main window fills up a page, a new page is created.

Only one main window can be defined in the SAP Script whereas upto 100 instances of main window can be created in a page.

VAR - Variable Window

This window can have the variable contents displayed on them. The contents of the window cannot exceed the window size. The content can be formatted for each page.

CONST - Constant Window

The constant window can have a fixed content and is formatted only once.

Main Windows (MAIN)

Each form must have one window of type MAIN. Such a window is called the main window of the form. For SAPscript forms, the main window has a central meaning:

• It controls the page break.

• It contains the text body that may cover several pages.

• It allows to fix text elements at the upper and lower margins of the allocated page window (for example, for column headings).

As soon as a window of type MAIN is full, SAPscript automatically triggers a page break and continues to output the remaining text in the main window of the subsequent page. Page windows of type MAIN have the same width throughout the form. The SAPscript composer thus avoids reformatting of the text after each page break.

Variable Windows (VAR)

The contents of variable windows is processed again for each page, on which the window appears. The system outputs only as much text as fits into the window. Text exceeding the window size is truncated; the system does not trigger a page break. Unlike constant windows, the page windows declared as variable windows may have different sizes on different form pages.

Constant Windows (CONST)

Starting with Release 4.0, the system internally processes windows of type CONST similar to windows of type VAR. Therefore, if you create a new window, always use type VAR.

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Anji

Re: SAP SCRIPT

Former Member — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 09:42:41 GMT

Hi,

There are 3 Window types.

MAIN Window contains the major info to be printed. It varies form page to page. If datda is more it gets extended to next Page. This is Mandatory in a Script.

VAR Window with variable contents. The text can vary on each page in which the window is positioned. Variable windows are formatted for each page. To every window you can assign text, which is printed in the corresponding window when the form is formatted. To assign text, use text elements, which are stored with the form. To create and maintain text elements with the SAPscript Editor, choose Text elements. Should the text selected for the window exceed the window size, then the text is cut off.

CONST Window with constant contents that is formatted only once. Currently, CONST windows are processed in the same way as VAR windows. You should only use windows of type VAR.

Regards,

Priyanka.

Re: SAP SCRIPT

Former Member — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 12:08:17 GMT

Hi,

There are three types of windows:

Constant Windows (CONST)

Starting with Release 4.0, the system internally processes windows of type CONST similar to windows of type VAR. Therefore, if you create a new window, always use type VAR.

Variable Windows (VAR)

As far as the processing of the window contents is concerned, the system currently treats constant and variable windows alike. The only difference is that constant windows have the same size throughout the form.

Main Windows (MAIN)

Each form must have one window of type MAIN. Such a window is called the main window of the form. For SAPscript forms, the main window has a central meaning:

• It controls the page break.

• It contains the text body that may cover several pages.

• It allows to fix text elements at the upper and lower margins of the allocated page window (for example, for column headings).

If a page does not have a main window, the system implicitly processes all other windows of the page and continues with the subsequent page. This page must not call itself as subsequent page (recursive call), since this would produce an endless loop. In such a case, SAPscript terminates the output after three subsequent pages.

For printing header lines or totals, the different output areas of the main window are of special importance.

Regards,

Bhaskar

Re: SAP SCRIPT

Former Member — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:15:11 GMT

hello,

there are 3 types of windows in sap script

1 variable window: here content is generated on every new page

2 constant window: here content is generated only once and printed on every page

3main window: it is the main business text

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pradeep