Function Module Call CONVERT_OTF_AND_FAX

[Former Member]

Hi,

Could someone please explain how to use this FM, it is unable to generate a fax for me and I always get a conversion error in SOST, following is the code. I have searched this forum and internet and usage in standard SAP includes but still could not find a good example for this function module with all the parameters explained.

So far I was able to get till this point, please let me know if I am missing anything -

REPORT y_bcs_example_6.

DATA:it_otf LIKE soli OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE.

DATA: la_fax  TYPE itcpp,
      l_faxok,
      lt_otf  TYPE TABLE OF itcoo.

la_fax-tddevice = 'TELEFAX'.
la_fax-tdgetotf = 'X'.
la_fax-tdcover  = space.
la_fax-tdimmed  = 'X'.

la_fax-tdteleland = 'US'.
la_fax-tdtelenum  = 'XXX-XXX-XXXX'.


CALL FUNCTION 'RSPO_RETURN_SPOOLJOB'
  EXPORTING
    rqident              = '81228'
    desired_type         = 'OTF'
  TABLES
    buffer               = it_otf
  EXCEPTIONS
    no_such_job          = 1
    job_contains_no_data = 2
    selection_empty      = 3
    no_permission        = 4
    can_not_access       = 5
    read_error           = 6
    type_no_match        = 7
    OTHERS               = 8.

CALL FUNCTION 'CONVERT_OTF_AND_FAX'
  EXPORTING
    faxoptions         = la_fax
    user               = sy-uname
 IMPORTING
   fax_ok             = l_faxok
*   OFFICE_OBJID       =
*   MSGID              =
*   MSGNO              =
*   MSGV1              =
*   MSGV2              =
*   MSGV3              =
*   MSGV4              =
  TABLES
    otf                =  it_otf
          .

COMMIT WORK.

[Former Member]

I have found that I cannot publish a spool to any printer and expect CONVERT_OTFAND_FAX to do the OTF conversion and fax. Only some specific printers can be used for FAX ( I am still a bit fuzzy on how this works), I used LP01 to generate the spool and then used the function module CONVERT_OTF_AND_FAX to generate the output.

The following code worked -

DATA: it_otf LIKE soli OCCURS 0,
      la_fax  TYPE itcpp,
      l_faxok.

la_fax-tddevice = 'TELEFAX'.
la_fax-tddest   = 'LP01'.
la_fax-tdcopies = 1.
la_fax-tdgetotf = ''.
la_fax-tdcover  = space.
la_fax-tdimmed  = 'X'.
la_fax-tddelete = 'X'.
la_fax-tdteleland = 'US'.
la_fax-tdtelenum  = 'XXX-XXX-XXXX'.

CALL FUNCTION 'RSPO_RETURN_SPOOLJOB'
  EXPORTING
    rqident              = XXXX
    desired_type         = 'OTF'
  TABLES
    buffer               = it_otf
  EXCEPTIONS
    no_such_job          = 1
    job_contains_no_data = 2
    selection_empty      = 3
    no_permission        = 4
    can_not_access       = 5
    read_error           = 6
    type_no_match        = 7
    OTHERS               = 8.

CALL FUNCTION 'CONVERT_OTF_AND_FAX'
  EXPORTING
    faxoptions         = la_fax
    user               = sy-uname
 IMPORTING
   fax_ok             = l_faxok
  TABLES
    otf                =  it_otf
          .

COMMIT WORK.