sap scripts????????

[Former Member]

what r formatting symbols in a sap script where r these symbols used///////////pls lemme know

[Former Member]

Hi,

Format option is --> &VAR(n)&

Example :

&VAR& = ABCDEFGHIJK

&VAR(2)& = AB

&VAR+2(3)& = CDE

System symbol

Contains

DATE

current date

DAY

day from current date

DEVICE

output device: PRINTER, SCREEN, TELEX, FAX

HOURS

hours from time of day

MINUTES

minutes from time of day

MONTH

month from current date

NAME_OF_MONTH

name of the month from current date

NEXTPAGE

page number of the next page

PAGE

page number of a SAPscript text

SECONDS

seconds from time of day

SPACE

blank

TIME

time of day

ULINE

underline

VLINE

vertical line

YEAR

year from current date

Regards

Sudheer

[Former Member]

Hi,

A variable in SAPscript is called a symbol. There are the following types.

• System symbol (e.g. the number of the current page)

• Standard symbol (usable in any document)

• Program symbol (value from the print program)

• Text symbol (“local variable”)

The value of a symbol is text for using within SAPscript code and is represented by the symbol-name enclosed by ampersands. On seeing the tell-tale ampersands in SAPscript code, you sometimes need to figure out the symbol type.

System symbols

System symbols in a SAPscript form are comparable to system fields like SY-UZEIT in an ABAP program, and include these. The graphical editor offers three types of system symbol.

1. General system symbols

See the table TTSXY. PAGE is the most widely used. The list given in our BC460 training manuals is out of date.

2. SAP script system symbols

See the dictionary structure SAPSCRIPT. SAPSCRIPT-FORMPAGES is the most widely used.

3. ABAP system symbols

For the ABAP system field SY-UNAME, say, the symbol is SYST-UNAME. [SYST is the dictionary structure for ABAP system fields.]

Sample code:

• User: &SYST-UNAME&

• Page &PAGE& of &SAPSCRIPT-FORMPAGES(C3)&

Standard symbols

Standard symbols are maintained centrally (in the table TTDTG via transaction SE75) for use in any document. Menu path:

Tools

Form Printout

Administration

Settings

Some standard symbols are SAP-standard and others are custom. Curiously, table TTDTG is cross-client although SAPscript forms are not.

The value of a standard symbol has to be defined for each language used. This gives a way to make a single SAPscript form multi-lingual.

We can take advantage to an extent of the central maintenance, though there is no guarantee that the available standard symbols will used in every appropriate context.

Standard symbols complicate searching a SAPscript form, since text like ‘Charity registration 211581’ may be hiding in a standard symbol.

Text symbols

A text symbol is declared and assigned to within the SAPscript code, and so obviously applies only to the current document. The command DEFINE is used, requiring /: in the tag column, as in the following examples.

/: DEFINE &COMP_NAME& = ‘University of Warwick’

/: DEFINE &WS_RATE& = &TAX_SUMM_C&

Regards,

Priyanka.