Sapscript formatting options

[Former Member]

Hi all...

I know that in Sapscript, in order for a variable to appear RIGHT-JUSTIFIED, i write (R)....

But what about LEFT-JUSTIFIED?

[Former Member]

FYI, i'm trying to make the values of a particular variable (which is a bunch of numbers) LEFT-JUSTIFIED...i tried with (L) and i got a runtime error...maybe there is another way of doing it?

[Former Member]

Why dont you use the formatting options like the Tabs in the paragraph format.

Here u can give the tab position and also say if it is required to be alighned left, right ot centered.

[Former Member]

Hi again,

1. for number just use (C)

eg.

&mymumber(C)&

it works perfectly fine !

regards,

amit m.

[Former Member]

thanks Amit...it answered my question...

in the case of the (T) symbol, it would remove the seperator for "thousands"...but what if i wanted to format the numbers i have so that it would have the "thousands" seperator?

Can it be done in the sapscript layout? or i would need to go back to the print program and do it from there?

[Former Member]

Hi again,

1. no need to do anything,

by default,

it will show thousands separator !

regards,

amit m.

[Former Member]

actually it isn't...but i found out why, remember the previous thread where i had to do a calculation between a Type I and Type C field...i was retrieving the Type C field...once i converted it to Type I, it appeared by default as you said

thanks...

[Former Member]

ok...i've got one last thing to ask about sapscript formatting...let's say i want the following out put:

Purchase Requisition Header: ___________________________________

The variable (let's say &ITAB-LINE&) is to be assigned to fill up the underlined area...but what if the characters for that variable is very long?

How do i make it appear something like this:

Purchase Requisition Header: ___________________________________
                             ___________________________________
                             ___________________________________

As of now, the displayed output is like this:

Purchase Requisition Header: ___________________________________
____________________________________________________

So its not very neat...

any suggestions you have on this?

Message was edited by: Bernard Loh

[Former Member]

Hi again,

1. calculation is not at all a problem.

2. just check out u have used I

(and not N)

regards,

amit m.

[Former Member]

Hi again,

1. in such case, we have to take care

at the sapscript layout level.

2. either hardcode

PURCHASE REQUISTION NO. ______________

______________

_______________

(IN 3 LINES)

OR (itab-line should contain LESS underscores)

PURCHASE REQUISTION NO. &ITAB-LINE&

SPACES.................. &ITAB-LINE&

SPACES................... &ITAB-LINE&

3. Alignment is very cumbersome while doing this.

4. U can also use tabs.

PURCHASE REQUISTION NO, &ITAB-LINE&

,,&ITAB-LINE&

,,&ITAB-LINE&

regards,

amit m.

[Former Member]

thanks for the tip!

[Former Member]

Hi Bernard,

1. By default, its left justified.

2. however, u can try with (L)

3. If the problem u are facing is with numbers,

then use condense

&myvar(C)&

for left justified.

regards,

amit m.