What is the difference between Smartforms and Scripts ?

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What is the difference between Smartforms and Scripts ?

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Difference with SMARTFORMS vs. SapScript(SE71)

The Following are the differences :-

a) Multiple page formats are possible in smartforms which is not the case in SAPScripts

b) It is possible to have a smartform without a main window .

c) Labels cannot be created in smartforms.

d) Routines can be written in smartforms tool.

e) Smartforms generates a function module when activated

Scripts are client dependent whereas smartforms aren't.

Upto 99 main windows are possible in scripts and only one in smarforms.

To create multiple main windows in scripts, you just have to give the window type as MAIN whnever you create a window.

Scripts still exists but smartforms are in use from 4.6c version, now the lastest version of these two is adobe forms

SAP Smart Forms is introduced in SAP Basis Release 4.6C as the tool for creating and maintaining forms.SAP Smart Forms allow you to execute simple modifications to the form and in the form logic by using simple graphical tools; in 90% of all cases, this won't include any programming effort. Thus, a power user without any programming knowledge can

configure forms with data from an SAP System for the relevant business processes.

Advantages of SAP Smart Forms

SAP Smart Forms have the following advantages:

1. The adaptation of forms is supported to a large extent by graphic tools for layout and logic, so that no programming knowledge is necessary (at least 90% of all adjustments). Therefore, power user forms can also make configurations for your business processes with data from an SAP system. Consultants are only required in special cases.

2. Displaying table structures (dynamic framing of texts)

3. Output of background graphics, for form design in particular the use of templates which were scanned.

4. Colored output of texts

5. User-friendly and integrated Form Painter for the graphical design of forms

6. Graphical Table Painter for drawing tables

7. Reusing Font and paragraph formats in forms (Smart Styles)

8. Data interface in XML format (XML for Smart Forms, in short XSF)

9. Form translation is supported by standard translation tools

10. Flexible reuse of text modules

11. HTML output of forms (Basis release 6.10)

12. Interactive Web forms with input fields, pushbuttons, radio buttons, etc. (Basis-Release 6.10)

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Edited by: Sravan Prakash.V on Jan 5, 2008 11:24 AM

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Hi Murthy,

I will write some of the differences between scripts and smartfroms check it once..

Scripts:

1.These are client dependent.

2.Multiple page formats are not possible.

3.main window is compulsory

4.Lables are used

5.Function module is not generated when activated.

Smartforms:

1.These are client independent.

2.Multiple page formats are possible.

3.main window is NOT compulsory

4.Lables are not used

5.Function module is generated when activated.

6.It is possible to write entire code in smartform itself.

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Kiran Kumar.G

Have a Nice Day..

[Former Member]

hi

thanks for the reply.

regards

Murthy