Urg : Regarding alignment symbols in SAP SCRIPT

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Hi all,

Can any body please provide me sap Script alignment symbols.

thanks and Regards,

Anilreddy.

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correct

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hi anil reddy,

Symbols and Control commands

Symbols are placeholders for values that are inserted during print formatting.

Symbols are indentified by name surrounded by "&" and are not case sensitive

Types of symbols

System symbols

DATE Date

DAY Day

NAME_OF_DAY Name of day

MONTH Month

YEAR Year

TIME Time

HOURS Hours

MINUTES Minutes

SECONDS Seconds

PAGE Page number

NEXTPAGE Number of next pagre

DEVICE Output device

SPACE Blank space

ULINE Underline

VLINE Vertical line

Standard symbols

Standard symbols are user defined and are maintained in table TTDG(table is not available???)

. You use transaction SM30 to change or display standard symbols.

An examples of standard symbols is &MFG& fot "Yours faithfully"

Standard text

standard texts is predifined texts that can be used in more than one form. Standard texts are can be created, changed and displayed using transaction SO10.

The text ID is used to classify texts.

To include a standard text in a form, use the INCLUDE command:

INCLUDE Z_BC460_EX4_HF OBJECT TEXT ID SDVD

When formatting the standard text the PARAGRAPH parameter is used. To center the text use:

Example:

INCLUDE Z_BC460_EX4_HF OBJECT TEXT ID SDVD LANGUAGE EN PARAGRAPH C.

Name: Z_BC460_EX4_HF

Object: Text

Text id: SDVD (Text id from SO10)

Language: EN

Paragraph: C (Centered)

Tip: You can use menu Insert->Text->Standard to make it easier to insert the text

Program symbols

Program symbols are for contents of database fields or global program symbols. When you print the form, data from the database tables are printed isntead of the symbols.

In the print program:

TABLES: kna1.

In the form:

&KNA1-NAME1&

Formatting

&SYMBOL& No formatting

&SYMBOL+4& Offset - Output begins here. Offset refers to formatted value

&SYMBOL(5)& Length - Output data in the specified length

&SYMBOL(I)& Suppress initial value - If the field has been initialized, nothing is output

&SYMBOL(Z)& Suppress leading zeros

&SYMBOL(C)& Compress blank spaces - Consecutice spaces are compressed into a single space. Leading spacesare suppressed.

&SYMBOL(R)& Right align output

&SYMBOL(S)& Operators are suppressed

&SYMBOL(*)& Dictionary length - The data length is defined by the ABAP dictionary

&SYMBOL(8.2)& Decimal format. Length 8 decimals 2

&'text1'SYMBOL'text2'& Text can be inserted before and after the symbol

Control commands

Control command are used to modify text output. Use format key /: in the format column.

The intensity is the grey scale of the box as %. The frame parameters is the thickness of the frame. Default is 0.

Each of the paramteters ypos, xpos, width, height and frame muts be followed of the measurement unit:

TW (twip)

PT (point)

IN (inch)

MM (millimeter)

CM (centimeter)

LN (line)

CH (character).

Examples:

BOX XPOS '11.21' MM YPOS '5.31' MM HEIGHT '10' MM WIDTH '20' MM INTENSITY 10 FRAME 0 TW

Draws two rectangles and two lines to construct a table of three columns with a highlighted heading section.

POSITION and SIZE

You can use the POSITION and SIZE commands to set default parmeters for a box. This can be usefull if you have several boxes that share the same parameters.

If you want to set the position realtively to the window use POSITION WINDOW to set the position to the top/left start of the window. Then use POSITION to set the current position relatively to the start of the Window. Note that

you uses "+" or "-" in the ORIGIN position to the set the position relatively.

the position is now 5 MM from the left and 10 MM from the top of the window.

NOTE: After using the position command you can move the current position realtively to the last used position

Using SAPscript Symbols

You can use SAPscript symbols to include program or system data or predefined texts in your document.

To use a symbol, enter the name of the symbol in your text enclosed in & characters :

&TIME&.

You can insert a symbol anywhere in your text. When you print or display your document, SAPscript substitutes the current value of the symbol for the symbol name in your document.

If you do not know the name of a symbol, choose Include ® Symbols to find the symbols available and choose one. In this case, you can also specify how to process and format the symbol.

You can use the TIME symbol to have the current time inserted in your document when the document is displayed or printed. You set symbols off from normal text by enclosing the symbol name in ampersands:

For example, Monday, &TIME& is displayed or printed as Monday, 08:00:52 , The time formatting depends on the option set in System ® User profile.

If you choose Include ® Symbol to insert a symbol into your text, the system automatically supplies the & characters.

Using the Four Types of Symbols

SAPscript offers four types of symbols that draw their values from different sources. These symbols are system symbols, program symbols, standard SAPscript symbols, and local text symbols. You access each type of symbol by way of a different Include submenu.

Here is more information on each type of symbol:

System symbols draw their values from global SAP System variables.

System symbols

System symbol

Contains

DATE

current date

DAY

day from current date

DEVICE

output device: PRINTER, SCREEN, TELEX, FAX

HOURS

hours from time of day

MINUTES

minutes from time of day

MONTH

month from current date

NAME_OF_MONTH

name of the month from current date

NEXTPAGE

page number of the next page

PAGE

page number of a SAPscript text

SECONDS

seconds from time of day

SPACE

blank

TIME

time of day

ULINE

underline

VLINE

vertical line

YEAR

year from current date

Program symbols draw data from tables in the program that you need to retrieve the data for the SAPscript document you want to print. In addition, you can include all globally defined data as program symbols. Therefore, the tables must be defined in the ABAP Dictionary. This type of symbol is used to make data from the SAP applications available in such SAPscript documents as checks and correspondence.

To access these symbols, choose Include ® Symbols ® Program.

PC Editor

To include pargram symbols in the PC editor, see Inserting Program Symbols.

Standard symbols are maintained centrally in SAPscript (table TTDTG) and are available in all SAPscript documents. They generally contain static texts. For example, symbol &SGDH& is defined with the text "Dear Ladies and Gentlemen."

Standard symbols are language-dependent. If a symbol has been translated, then it is inserted in your document in the language that you have chosen for the document.

To access these symbols, choose Include ® Symbols ® Standard.

Text symbols are defined locally in your own document and are usable only in the document in which they are defined.

You can, for example, define a standard term or text passage once in your document and then include it where it is needed by way of its symbol name.

Define a text symbol with the DEFINE command:

/: DEFINE ='Symbol text'

PC Editor

To enter the DEFINE command together with the desired symbol name, choose Edit ® Include command

Syntax: DEFINE &MYSYMBOL& = '100'

Line Editor

In the line editor, you must mark the command in the format tag column with /: :

The following line defines a symbol that you can use elsewhere in your text:

/: DEFINE &OBJECT&='my country'

The text God save &OBJECT& would be printed or displayed as God save my country.

For more information, see the documentation BC Style and Form Maintenance.

Once you have defined a text symbol, you can include it by typing its name into your text or by choosing Include ® Symbols ® Text.

If you have allignment problems follow this

The alignment problem will be properly solved by making use of 'Tabs' available in PARAGRAPH FORMATS.

Follow the steps below:

1. Go to PARAGRAPH FORMATS, Click on the paragraph format (eg: CK) which you have defined for your fields

2. Click on the TABS pushbutton available on the right hand side.

3. Define the 'TAB position' and the 'Alignment'.

For eg for CK you have defined for ( number 1) tab position : 6.00 CM Alignment : LEFT.

( number 2) tab position : 12.00 CM Alignment : LEFT.

4. Go to text editor where you have defined these fields.

suppose u have fields

CK &a& &b& &c& then edit the content into CK &a&,,&b&,,&c&

Now, the field b will appear after 6 CM and the field c will appear after 12 CM.

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karthik

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