Leverage SAP Marketing doc functionality

[Former Member]

Hi,

We are doing a rather large customization for one of our clients. One

of the requirements is to be able to create a completely separate object

along the lines of a marketingdocument. This object should have all the

functionality of the standard SAP marketing document but store all the

info entered into a separate set of UDO tables.

Is there anyway I can leverage the existing screen design and/or

functionality from an existing marketing document screen?

[former_member185703 · Accepted solution]

Hi Gopal,

If you really want to go down that path you could:

a) GetAsXML() a marketing document form which is closest to your requirements

b) change the form type + the object type it points to

c) adapt the DBDatasources to your needs

d) change the UserDataSources to your needs

e) adapt any databinding to the new situation

f) remove any item you don't need (quite some work) - eventually in ScreenPainter? (Beware of databindings that might get lost...)

g) plug all the handling into the form:

- caculations

- automatic filling of some data

- Handle FormSettings

- etc., etc., etc.

...

quite some work in the end... (maybe someone did exactly this before and can share some experience?)

Eventually you might be better off some time in future when we might have UDO access through DI API

Then you could just launch a standard form from your menu item + change the caption - then save as a draft - get the XML from it, translate this to a UDO XML(?), add the UDO and remove the draft...

...but as mentioned we are unfortunately not yet there :-((

HTH,

Frank