problem with SmartForms

[Former Member]

Hi sdn experts,

1) Howmany Main windows can we create in SMARTFORMS?

2) What is the Procedure to convert from SAP Scripts to SF?

[Former Member]

1) only1

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Step 1. Access the initial screen. Choose Tools>Forms printout>Smart Forms (transaction SMARTFORMS) from the SAP Easy Access Menu. The dialog window SAP Smart Forms: Initial Screen appears.

Step 2. Name the form. In the Form Field, enter field name you want to give, for example ZTF_GR_## (based on your company standard starting with Z to identify this as a customized form, where “##” is the group number).

Step 3. Access the migrate function. Go to Utilities>Migrate SAPscript Form. In the dialogue window enter the SAPscript form name, for example Y_SAPSCRIPT_STD. Choose the Check button.

Step 4. View the migrated layout. On the screen that appears, the SAPscript form is migrated into a rough Smart Form . Click on Form Painter to see an overview of the form layout.

Use the following steps for mass migration or simultaneous migration of multiple SAPscript forms: Step 1. Run the mass migration program. In Reporting (transaction SE38), select the program SF_MIGRATE and execute it (Figure 3). Select the names and the language of the SAPscript forms and click the execute icon. The system creates the Smart Forms named for the SAPscript forms plus the extension SF. It displays a list of the migrated forms.

Step 2. Make changes (if necessary). To change and adapt a form, go to transaction SMARTFORMS. Then activate the changed Smart Form.

Once the SAPscripts are converted, whether in Smart Forms or Smart Styles, you should clean up any errors made during the conversion process, in terms of attributes, window alignment, or syntax errors. Cleaning up errors during conversion is often standard procedure, as SAPscript might have used local logic. Errors may occur when a field displayed is extracted or manipulated to display and doesn’t exist, or fields exist but appear with no values. Errors may also arise in ABAP syntax.

Step 1. Define the Import Parameter. Double-click on the Global Settings> Form Interface from the navigation menu

Step 2. On the Import Tab, enter the import structure information. For example, enter Parameter Name (table name, such as LIKP), Type Assignment: Type, Reference Type (table name), Optional (or Mandatory); Pass Val: (Passing value indicator). This must be done for all the data retrieved from the SAP tables.

Step 3. Remove irrelevant or unnecessary windows. To delete a navigational menu node, right-click on the node, and select Delete. Since you start with windows in SAPscript, there might be redundant windows created for text.

Step 4. Set the first page. Delete the NEXT page node on the menu tree. Double-click on the first page node. In the General Attributes tab, change the Next Page value to FIRST.

Step 5. Delete the DETAIL frame window. Expand the MAIN window and delete all its text nodes.

Step 6. Adjust the text nodes. Click on the text nodes and let the system fit the text.

Step 7. Save and check the syntax.

[Former Member]

I´d advise you NOT to convert from sap-script to smartforms (dont change something that aint broken).

If you have old script forms which work, dont chance them use them as they are.

If you have to create a new form do it in smartforms.

thats how it´s done in our company.

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Florian Kemmer

[Former Member]

hi sudarsan,

SAP provides a conversion for SAPscript documents to SMARTforms.

This is basically a function module, called FB_MIGRATE_FORM. You can start this function module by hand (via SE37), or create a small ABAP which migrates all SAPscript forms automatically.

You can also do this one-by-one in transaction SMARTFORMS, under

Utilities -> Migrate SAPscript form.

You could also write a small batch program calling transaction SMARTFORMS and running the migration tool.

We can convert script to smartform but not a smart form to script.Hope it is clear...

If useful reward points.

regards

praveen

[Former Member]

hi

well if i have migerated the script into the form, y does it give error while i activate it?

wat do i do to c d output of my script form migrated into the smartform? i am beginner as far as smartform is concerned. m learnigng it through tutorials downloaded 4m net.

[Former Member]

Hi

One page in SF can have one main window only

but for other pages tht is page 2 page n it should

not point itself as next page for that u can use the

command option where there is a Goto option

for selecting the next page.

Hope this helps.

Regds,

Seema