Overview
- Smart Forms are used to create and maintain forms for mass printing in SAP systems. Besides using the printer for standard output you can also select the Internet (by using a generated HTML output), a fax, or e-mail as the output medium.
Advantages:
- With Smart Forms it is easier to customize forms with more functionalities, i.e., table creation with Table Painter.
- Unlike SAPscript, you do not have to know scripting commands to perform your tasks. ABAP codes also can be used in Smart Forms.
- Smart Forms generate a functional key when activated.
- You can download Smart Forms to your local hard disk in XML format
- Unlike SAPscripts; Smartforms are client Independent.
- Paragraph Formats and Character Formats are maintained in SMARTSTYLES. We can color the Font if required.
- Background graphics are possible in case of SMARTFORMS.
Creating Multiple Pages
- Generally smart form doesn’t allow two Main Windows. Hence, create 2 tables inside your main window. One table for populating data on the first page and another table for second page.
- Design the first page and keep next page with same page name. So that, page is called n number of times.
- Design second page and keep next page with same page name. So that, page is called n number of times.
- As two tables are called in the single main window; the same main window having multiple tables has to be copied for the successive pages.
- Use command to trigger second page.
- If last page only have templates or no variable data; then we need not worry about Main Windows.
First Page
Second Page
Form Output – First Page
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Form Output – Second Page
Thanks,
Dileep Kumar Pala
Sr. Software Engineer
iGate Global Solutions Ltd.
Bluesky