on 05-22-2008 9:08 AM
hi,
what are the different types of SAPSCRIPT symbols?
hi,
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. You use transaction SM30 to change or display standard symbols.
An examples of standard symbols is &MFG&
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 instead of the symbols.
In the print program:
TABLES: kna1.
In the form:
&KNA1-NAME1&
Text symbols: All the symbols, which do not correspond to one of three types of symbol are described above are Text symbols.
Edited by: Rajyalakshmi Attili on May 22, 2008 5:39 PM
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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 :
&DATE&
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 select one. In this case, you can also specify how to process and format the symbol (pushbutton OPTIONS).
You can use the DATE symbol to have the current date 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, Walldorf, &DATE& is displayed or printed as Walldorf, 08.08.1998. The exact date formatting depends on the option set in System ® User profile ® Fixed values.
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 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 program 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 Text.
Reward Points, if helpful.
Regards
- Rishika Bawa
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Hi,
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Regards
Kiran Sure
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Hi,
A variable in SAPscript is called a symbol. There are the following types.
u2022 System symbol (e.g. the number of the current page)
u2022 Standard symbol (usable in any document)
u2022 Program symbol (value from the print program)
u2022 Text symbol (u201Clocal variableu201D)
The value of a symbol is text for using within SAPscript code and is represented by the symbol-name enclosed by ampersands. On seeing the tell-tale ampersands in SAPscript code, you sometimes need to figure out the symbol type.
goto any PAGEWINDOW's Text elements in Script (SE71)
from the Menu-> INSERT-> Symbols
you find all symbols here
System symbols
System symbols in a SAPscript form are comparable to system fields like SY-UZEIT in an ABAP program, and include these. The graphical editor offers three types of system symbol.
1. General system symbols
See the table TTSXY. PAGE is the most widely used. The list given in our BC460 training manuals is out of date.
2. SAPscript system symbols
See the dictionary structure SAPSCRIPT. SAPSCRIPT-FORMPAGES is the most widely used.
3. ABAP system symbols
For the ABAP system field SY-UNAME, say, the symbol is SYST-UNAME. http://SYST is the dictionary structure for ABAP system fields.
Sample code:
User: &SYST-UNAME&
Page &PAGE& of &SAPSCRIPT-FORMPAGES(C3)&
Standard symbols
Standard symbols are maintained centrally (in the table TTDTG via transaction SE75) for use in any document. Menu path:
Tools
Form Printout
Administration
Settings
Some standard symbols are SAP-standard and others are custom. Curiously, table TTDTG is cross-client although SAPscript forms are not.
The value of a standard symbol has to be defined for each language used. This gives a way to make a single SAPscript form multi-lingual.
We can take advantage to an extent of the central maintenance, though there is no guarantee that the available standard symbols will used in every appropriate context.
Standard symbols complicate searching a SAPscript form, since text like u2018Charity registration 211581u2019 may be hiding in a standard symbol.
Text symbols
A text symbol is declared and assigned to within the SAPscript code, and so obviously applies only to the current document. The command DEFINE is used, requiring /: in the tag column, as in the following examples.
/: DEFINE &COMP_NAME& = u2018University of Warwicku2019
/: DEFINE &WS_RATE& = &TAX_SUMM_C&
SCRIPT COMMANDS
ADDRESS : Formatting of Address
BOTTOM, ENDBOTTOM : Define Footer text in a window
BOX, POSITION, SIZE : Boxes, Lines and Shading
CASE, ENDCASE : Case Distinction
DEFINE : Value assignment to text symbols
HEX, ENDHEX : Hexadecimal values
IF, ENDIF : Conditional text output
INCLUDE : Include other texts
NEW-PAGE : Explicit forms feed
NEW-WINDOW : Next window main
PRINT-CONTROL : Insert print control character
PROTECT...ENDPROTECT : Protect from page break
RESET : Initialize outline paragraphs
SET COUNTRY : Country-specific formating
SET DATE MASK : Formating of date fields
SET SIGN : Position of +/- sign
SET TIME MASK : Formating of time fields
STYLE : Change style
SUMMING : Summing variables
TOP : Set header text in window MAIN
CHECK
Regards,
Shiva Kumar
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