Sapscript WRITE_FORM

[Former Member]

Hi all,

I have designed a form and I am trying to send data from the print program.But I get an error message saying

<b>"write_form is invalid start_form is missing"</b>.

I am sending the whole code of my program. Can you please check and tell me where I am going wrong.

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REPORT Z_V_SCRIPT_2.

data : begin of itab occurs 0,

carrid like sflight-carrid,

connid like sflight-connid,

fldate like sflight-fldate,

end of itab.

select carrid connid fldate from sflight into table itab.

perform open_form.

LOOP at itab.

perform write_form.

endloop.

perform close_form.

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• Form open_form

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form open_form .

CALL FUNCTION 'OPEN_FORM'

EXPORTING

FORM = 'Z_V_SCRIPT_2'

LANGUAGE = SY-LANGU.

IF sy-subrc <> 0.

MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO

WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.

ENDIF.

endform. " open_form

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• Form write_form

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form write_form .

CALL FUNCTION 'WRITE_FORM'

EXPORTING

ELEMENT = 'MAIN'

• FUNCTION = 'SET'

• TYPE = 'BODY'

WINDOW = 'MAIN'

• IMPORTING

• PENDING_LINES =

• EXCEPTIONS

• ELEMENT = 1

• FUNCTION = 2

• TYPE = 3

• UNOPENED = 4

• UNSTARTED = 5

• WINDOW = 6

• BAD_PAGEFORMAT_FOR_PRINT = 7

• SPOOL_ERROR = 8

• CODEPAGE = 9

• OTHERS = 10

.

IF sy-subrc <> 0.

• MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO

• WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.

ENDIF.

endform. " write_form

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• Form close_form

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form close_form .

CALL FUNCTION 'CLOSE_FORM'

• IMPORTING

• RESULT =

• RDI_RESULT =

• TABLES

• OTFDATA =

• EXCEPTIONS

• UNOPENED = 1

• BAD_PAGEFORMAT_FOR_PRINT = 2

• SEND_ERROR = 3

• SPOOL_ERROR = 4

• CODEPAGE = 5

• OTHERS = 6

.

IF SY-SUBRC <> 0.

• MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO

• WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.

ENDIF.

endform. " close_form

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Regards,

Varun.

[Former Member]

Hi Varun,

You have to define OPEN_FORM first then START_FORM.

Sequence:

OPEN_FORM

START_FORM

WRITE_FORM

CLOSE_FORM

Example :

CALL FUNCTION 'OPEN_FORM'

EXPORTING

DEVICE = 'PRINTER'

DIALOG = SPACE

FORM = FORM

LANGUAGE = PRINT_CO-SPRAS

OPTIONS = PR_OPTIONS

EXCEPTIONS

CANCELED = 01

DEVICE = 02

FORM = 03

OPTIONS = 04

UNCLOSED = 05.

CALL FUNCTION 'START_FORM'.

Lanka

Message was edited by: Lanka Murthy

[Former Member]

Hi Murthy,

I tried a form yesterday with out using start_form, it worked. So I think it is not mandatory for me to use start_form. Even though I use it gives me a message saying form not actibated even though it is activated.

Regards,

Varun.

[Former Member]

Hi,

Please check whether your form exists or not.

I too got the same error. (I did not create the form)

Regards,

GSR.

[Former Member]

Hi Varun,

It is not mandatory to use START_FORM. I just mentioned because you are getting an error mesage for START_FORM.

Check your form is activeted or not. I think you have to define Options at OPEN_FORM.

Lanka

[Former Member]

Hi Varun,

Can you just see that your report name & the form names are different.Just create a new report with a diff name & paste this code.

[Former Member]

Hi Phani,

The report name and script name are same.I dont know where they are differing.By the way whats the deal with names? I have specified the correct name of the form in the program.

Regards,

Varun.

[Former Member]

Hi Varun,

See that they are different.

[Former Member]

Hi varun,

I just checked your code,its working fine for me even with the same names for program & form.try to activate the form & see.

[Former Member]

Hi Varun,

There is no need that you must have a different name at form and program. you code looks OK. Only thing mat be missing is your script activation.

Lanka

[Former Member]

Put a break point on the perform open_form and execute your program. Now, exactly at which point are you getting the errror?

Also, in write_form, you are exporting a text-element called 'MAIN'. Check if you have defined it in your form.

[Former Member]

Hello SAm,

i have seen ur thread....i want to know how 2 define a text element for form..i tried using so10 and tried using in the program itself using f9 keyword...

i donno where i am doing mistake

REPORT ZSECOND_PROG .

DATA: BEGIN OF ITAB OCCURS 0,

LIFNR TYPE LFA1-LIFNR,

LAND1 TYPE LFA1-LAND1,

NAME1 TYPE LFA1-NAME1,

END OF ITAB.

SELECT LIFNR LAND1 NAME1 FROM LFA1 INTO CORRESPONDING FIELDS OF TABLE

ITAB UP TO 5

ROWS.

CALL FUNCTION 'OPEN_FORM'

EXPORTING

• APPLICATION = 'TX'

• ARCHIVE_INDEX =

• ARCHIVE_PARAMS =

DEVICE = 'PRINTER'

• DIALOG = 'X'

FORM = 'ZTHIRD_FORM'

LANGUAGE = SY-LANGU

• OPTIONS =

• MAIL_SENDER =

• MAIL_RECIPIENT =

• MAIL_APPL_OBJECT =

• RAW_DATA_INTERFACE = '*'

• IMPORTING

• LANGUAGE =

• NEW_ARCHIVE_PARAMS =

• RESULT =

• EXCEPTIONS

• CANCELED = 1

• DEVICE = 2

• FORM = 3

• OPTIONS = 4

• UNCLOSED = 5

• MAIL_OPTIONS = 6

• ARCHIVE_ERROR = 7

• INVALID_FAX_NUMBER = 8

• MORE_PARAMS_NEEDED_IN_BATCH = 9

• SPOOL_ERROR = 10

• CODEPAGE = 11

• OTHERS = 12

.

IF SY-SUBRC <> 0.

• MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO

• WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.

ENDIF.

LOOP AT ITAB.

CALL FUNCTION 'WRITE_FORM'

EXPORTING

ELEMENT ='MYPAGE1'

*FUNCTION = 'SET'

• TYPE = 'BODY'

WINDOW = 'MAIN'

• IMPORTING

• PENDING_LINES =

• EXCEPTIONS

• ELEMENT = 1

• FUNCTION = 2

• TYPE = 3

• UNOPENED = 4

• UNSTARTED = 5

• WINDOW = 6

• BAD_PAGEFORMAT_FOR_PRINT = 7

• SPOOL_ERROR = 8

• CODEPAGE = 9

• OTHERS = 10

*

.

IF SY-SUBRC <> 0.

• MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO

• WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.

ENDIF.

ENDLOOP.

CALL FUNCTION 'CLOSE_FORM'

• IMPORTING

• RESULT =

• RDI_RESULT =

• TABLES

• OTFDATA =

• EXCEPTIONS

• UNOPENED = 1

• BAD_PAGEFORMAT_FOR_PRINT = 2

• SEND_ERROR = 3

• SPOOL_ERROR = 4

• CODEPAGE = 5

• OTHERS = 6

thanks in advace

[Former Member]

In ur write form u have given a text element MYPAGE1

in ur form go to editor , there in command use /E .

/E - used to create the text element.

[Former Member]

This happens when it is not able to recognise ur open_form statement. Either it is not executing Open_Form before Write_Form or ur SAPSCRIPT name maybe wrong. Debug n find out this.Put ur BP at Open_Form statement n c the sapscript name u r passing n chk if it is correct or not.

Hope it helps.

Regards,

Bikash

[Former Member]

Call The <b>Open_Form</b> and <b>Start_Form</b> Function before your loop statement and then call the <b>Write_Form</b> within the loop and the <b>close_form</b> after the endloop...it should work fine....

[Former Member]

Hi varun,

1. There can be possibly one reason.

2. a) make sure the OPEN_FORM has worked out successfully.

Check sy-subrc is 0 immeditately after this FM.

(when open form is encountered, the system will display

a window for choosing the print options.

If this window is not displayed, then it means, there is some problem.

regards,

amit m.

[former_member374177]

Hi,

This issue might also happen if the data getting printed is being spilled on the second page and SAP Script does not have a next page and corresponding windows to handle it.

Regards,

Kaustubh B. Khasnis

[SantoshKallem]

how many pages do u have in the script.

if u have one page, give the page name in first page and next page also.

this will solve your problem.

first page <u>FIRST</u>

next page <u>FIRST</u>

reward if solves.