Calling a Smartform and attaching it to an email

[Former Member]

Hi,

I have two programs. Program 1 is an ABAP program which creates a PDF from the output using SUBMIT TO SAP-SPOOL then CONVERT_ABAPSPOOLJOB_TO_PDF. It then attaches the PDF to an email and sends the mail. Program 2 produces a Smartform. When sending the email from program 1 I would like to call program 2 and automatically attach the smartform to my email before sending it.

I have tried using SUBMIT_TO_SAP-SPOOL but this fails because there is no spool output - even when I print the smartform.

I think I may be able to do it by using SUBMIT and EXPORT LIST TO MEMORY, bringing back the list using LIST_FROM_MEMORY and maybe using the returned list to create the smartform internally in program 1.

I haven't yet tried this because it seems a long winded way of going about things and I thought I would ask and see if anyone had achieved this in a less contrived way. Any suggestions?

[former_member212002]

Hello,

- Call the second program using SUBMIT ZPROGRAM WITH -

                                                                                WITH - AND RETURN.

- Inside the second program "EXPORT TO MEMORY", the OTF data of the smartform

- Import the same in program 1, convert it a format of requirement.

- Attach the OTF to mail.

Cheers!

Abhinab

[Former Member]

Thanks Abhinab, this works well.

Just to flesh it out a bit for future reference.

Use  SUBMIT TO SAP-SPOOL WITHOUT SPOOL DYNPRO AND RETURN.

In the called program, when calling the smartform fm, set control_parameters-getotf = 'X'. This returns the otf data to job_output_info-otfdata. Export this to memory.

Back in the calling program. Import the otfdata from memory. Use function 'CONVERT_OTF' or CONVERT_OTF_2_PDF to convert teh smartform otf to PDF format.

Attach the PDF to email in the ususal way.