SAP Smart Forms

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 Agenda

• Overview
• Form Builder
• Smart Styles
• Texts ,Address and Graphics
• Data In forms
• Tables and Templates
• Flow Control
• Integration into Application programs

February 03 2
 Agenda

• Barcodes
• Appendix

February 03 3
 Overview

February 03 4
 Form Printing

February 03 5
 SAP Script Vs Smart Forms

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 General concepts : SAP Script Vs. Smart Form

SAP Script Smart Form

Programming effort is involved Uses Graphical tools thus minimizing

programming effort

Data retrieval and form logic are They are separated. Data retrieved is
encapsulated passed to smart form as function
module parameters

Form design is done programmatically Form design is using the tools form
painter and table painter

Form logic is in the driver program Form logic is represented using a

hierarchical structure showing the
various nodes i.e.. Text nodes,
graphics, tables etc.

Multiple main windows is supported A single main window is supported

Tedious to incorporate graphics Extensive support to graphics

February 03 7
 Benefits of Smart Forms

February 03 8
 Designing Smart Forms

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 FORM Builder

February 03 10
 Transaction SMARTFORMS

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 Areas of the Form Builder

Nodes Form Interface Form Painter

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 The Navigation Tree

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 Form attributes

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 Form interface

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 Pages

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 Page attributes

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 Structuring Pages Using Output Area (1)

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 Structuring Pages Using Output Area (2)

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 Main Windows and Secondary Window

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 Window attributes

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 Window: Output options

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 Form Painter

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 Form Painter : Settings

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 Other Settings

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 Activating and Testing

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 Smart Styles

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 Styles

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 Header Data (1)

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 Header Data (2)

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 Editing Character and paragraph Formats

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 Paragraph Formats : Indents and Spacing

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 Paragraph Formats: Tabs

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 Paragraph Formats : Numbering and Outline (1)

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 Paragraph Formats: Numbering and outline (2)

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 Texts , Address and Graphics

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 Text Nodes

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 Text Node : Attributes

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 Linking Text Nodes

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 Text elements in the Editor

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 Formatting Texts: Paragraph Formats

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 Formatting Texts: Character format

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 Field List

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 System Fields

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 Formatting Options

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 Text Module or Include text

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 Creating Text Modules

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 Using Text Module in Form

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 Include Text

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 Central Address management

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 Address attributes (1)

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 Address attributes (2)

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 Graphics

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 Exercise

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 Data In Forms

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 Overview

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 Interface Parameters (1)

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 Interface Parameters (2)

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 Interface Parameters (3)

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 Global Data

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 Global Types

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 Initialization

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 Field-Symbols

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 Exercise

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 Tables and Templates

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