ABAP: Smartform exception handling

Dear Abap Experts ,
How can I handle exception  while calling the smartform and when incorrect parameters are sent to the smartfom.
I have used following code but problem not resolved.
             EXCEPTIONS
           formatting_error     = 1
           internal_error       = 2
           send_error           = 3
           user_canceled        = 4
           OTHERS               = 5.
IF SY-SUBRC <> 0.
  MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
          WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
ENDIF.
Thanks,
Aneel

Hi Aneel.
After each generated FM call, make sure you get the errors as well whenever there is any exception. Call FM SSF_READ_ERRORS to retrieve the error message. Pass these message back to the NAST protocol if the SmartForm is being called from the Output control.
Check the below code.Hope this will help you.
CALL FUNCTION lf_fm_name
     EXPORTING
                archive_index        = toa_dara
                archive_parameters   = arc_params
                control_parameters   = ls_control_param
                mail_recipient       = ls_recipient
                mail_sender          = ls_sender
                output_options       = ls_composer_param
                user_settings        = SPACE
     IMPORTING  job_output_info      = ls_job_info
     EXCEPTIONS formatting_error     = 1
                internal_error       = 2
                send_error           = 3
                user_canceled        = 4
                OTHERS               = 5.
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
  DATA: LT_ERRORTAB             TYPE TSFERROR.
  FIELD-SYMBOLS: <FS_ERRORTAB>  TYPE LINE OF TSFERROR.
* get smart form protocoll
  CALL FUNCTION 'SSF_READ_ERRORS'
    IMPORTING
      ERRORTAB = LT_ERRORTAB.
* add smartform protocoll to nast protocoll
  LOOP AT LT_ERRORTAB ASSIGNING <FS_ERRORTAB>.
    CALL FUNCTION 'NAST_PROTOCOL_UPDATE'
         EXPORTING
              MSG_ARBGB = <FS_ERRORTAB>-MSGID
              MSG_NR    = <FS_ERRORTAB>-MSGNO
              MSG_TY    = <FS_ERRORTAB>-MSGTY
              MSG_V1    = <FS_ERRORTAB>-MSGV1
              MSG_V2    = <FS_ERRORTAB>-MSGV2
              MSG_V3    = <FS_ERRORTAB>-MSGV3
              MSG_V4    = <FS_ERRORTAB>-MSGV4
         EXCEPTIONS
              OTHERS    = 1.
  ENDLOOP.
ELSE.
ENDIF.
Thanks
KH

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    new   7:   where  empno = 123;
    There is no employee with this employee number.
    PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
    3.ii) Raise the exception
    We do this when:-
    a) we recognise the exception, handle it but still want to let the calling code know that it happened
    b) we recognise the exception, wish to log it happened and then let the calling code deal with it
    c) we don't recognise the exception and we want the calling code to deal with it
    Example of b)
    SQL> ed
    Wrote file afiedt.buf
      1  declare
      2    v_name VARCHAR2(20);
      3    v_empno NUMBER := &empno;
      4  begin
      5    select ename
      6    into   v_name
      7    from   emp
      8    where  empno = v_empno;
      9    dbms_output.put_line(v_name);
    10  EXCEPTION
    11    WHEN no_data_found THEN
    12      INSERT INTO sql_errors (txt)
    13      VALUES ('Search for '||v_empno||' failed.');
    14      COMMIT;
    15      RAISE;
    16* end;
    SQL> /
    Enter value for empno: 123
    old   3:   v_empno NUMBER := &empno;
    new   3:   v_empno NUMBER := 123;
    declare
    ERROR at line 1:
    ORA-01403: no data found
    ORA-06512: at line 15
    SQL> select * from sql_errors;
    TXT
    Search for 123 failed.
    SQL>
    Example of c)
    SQL> ed
    Wrote file afiedt.buf
      1  declare
      2    v_name VARCHAR2(20);
      3    v_empno NUMBER := &empno;
      4  begin
      5    select ename
      6    into   v_name
      7    from   emp
      8    where  empno = v_empno;
      9    dbms_output.put_line(v_name);
    10  EXCEPTION
    11    WHEN no_data_found THEN
    12      INSERT INTO sql_errors (txt)
    13      VALUES ('Search for '||v_empno||' failed.');
    14      COMMIT;
    15      RAISE;
    16    WHEN others THEN
    17      RAISE;
    18* end;
    SQL> /
    Enter value for empno: 'ABC'
    old   3:   v_empno NUMBER := &empno;
    new   3:   v_empno NUMBER := 'ABC';
    declare
    ERROR at line 1:
    ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: character to number conversion error
    ORA-06512: at line 3
    SQL> select * from sql_errors;
    TXT
    Search for 123 failed.
    SQL>
    As you can see from the sql_errors log table, no log was written so the WHEN others exception was the exception that raised the error to the calling code (SQL*Plus)
    4. Understanding Execution Blocks (part 2)
    Ok, so now we understand the very basics of an execution block and what happens when an exception happens.  Let's take it a step further...
    Execution blocks are not just a single simple block in most cases.  Often, during our statements section we have a need to call some reusable code and we do that by calling a procedure or function.  Effectively this nests the procedure or function's code as another execution block within the current statement section so, in terms of execution, we end up with something like...
    +---------------------------------+
    |    Declaration Section          |
    +---------------------------------+
    |    Statements  Section          |
    |            .                    |
    |  +---------------------------+  |
    |  |    Declaration Section    |  |
    |  +---------------------------+  |
    |  |    Statements  Section    |  |
    |  +---------------------------+  |
    |  |     Exception Section     |  |
    |  +---------------------------+  |
    |            .                    |
    +---------------------------------+
    |     Exception Section           |
    +---------------------------------+
    Example... (Note: log_trace just writes some text to a table for tracing)
    SQL> create or replace procedure a as
      2    v_dummy NUMBER := log_trace('Procedure A''s Declaration Section');
      3  begin
      4    v_dummy := log_trace('Procedure A''s Statement Section');
      5    v_dummy := 1/0; -- cause an exception
      6  exception
      7    when others then
      8      v_dummy := log_trace('Procedure A''s Exception Section');
      9      raise;
    10  end;
    11  /
    Procedure created.
    SQL> create or replace procedure b as
      2    v_dummy NUMBER := log_trace('Procedure B''s Declaration Section');
      3  begin
      4    v_dummy := log_trace('Procedure B''s Statement Section');
      5    a; -- HERE the execution passes to the declare/statement/exception sections of A
      6  exception
      7    when others then
      8      v_dummy := log_trace('Procedure B''s Exception Section');
      9      raise;
    10  end;
    11  /
    Procedure created.
    SQL> exec b;
    BEGIN b; END;
    ERROR at line 1:
    ORA-01476: divisor is equal to zero
    ORA-06512: at "SCOTT.B", line 9
    ORA-06512: at line 1
    SQL> select * from code_trace;
    TXT
    Procedure B's Declaration Section
    Procedure B's Statement Section
    Procedure A's Declaration Section
    Procedure A's Statement Section
    Procedure A's Exception Section
    Procedure B's Exception Section
    6 rows selected.
    SQL>
    Likewise, execution blocks can be nested deeper and deeper.
    5. How to continue exection of statements after an exception
    One of the common questions asked is how to return execution to the statement after the one that created the exception and continue on.
    Well, firstly, you can only do this for statements you expect to raise an exception, such as when you want to check if there is no data found in a query.
    If you consider what's been shown above you could put any statement you expect to cause an exception inside it's own procedure or function with it's own exception section to handle the exception without raising it back to the calling code.  However, the nature of procedures and functions is really to provide a means of re-using code, so if it's a statement you only use once it seems a little silly to go creating individual procedures for these.
    Instead, you nest execution blocks directly, to give the same result as shown in the diagram at the start of part 4 of this article.
    SQL> ed
    Wrote file afiedt.buf
      1  create or replace procedure b (p_empno IN VARCHAR2) as
      2    v_dummy NUMBER := log_trace('Procedure B''s Declaration Section');
      3  begin
      4    v_dummy := log_trace('Procedure B''s Statement Section');
      5    -- Here we start another execution block nested in the first one...
      6    declare
      7      v_dummy NUMBER := log_trace('Nested Block Declaration Section');
      8    begin
      9      v_dummy := log_trace('Nested Block Statement Section');
    10      select empno
    11        into   v_dummy
    12        from   emp
    13       where  empno = p_empno; -- Note: the parameters and variables from
                                         parent execution block are available to use!
    14    exception
    15      when no_data_found then
    16        -- This is an exception we can handle so we don't raise it
    17        v_dummy := log_trace('No employee was found');
    18        v_dummy := log_trace('Nested Block Exception Section - Exception Handled');
    19      when others then
    20        -- Other exceptions we can't handle so we raise them
    21        v_dummy := log_trace('Nested Block Exception Section - Exception Raised');
    22        raise;
    23    end;
    24    -- ...Here endeth the nested execution block
    25    -- As the nested block handled it's exception we come back to here...
    26    v_dummy := log_trace('Procedure B''s Statement Section Continued');
    27  exception
    28    when others then
    29      -- We'll only get to here if an unhandled exception was raised
    30      -- either in the nested block or in procedure b's statement section
    31      v_dummy := log_trace('Procedure B''s Exception Section');
    32      raise;
    33* end;
    SQL> /
    Procedure created.
    SQL> exec b(123);
    PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
    SQL> select * from code_trace;
    TXT
    Procedure B's Declaration Section
    Procedure B's Statement Section
    Nested Block Declaration Section
    Nested Block Statement Section
    No employee was found
    Nested Block Exception Section - Exception Handled
    Procedure B's Statement Section Continued
    7 rows selected.
    SQL> truncate table code_trace;
    Table truncated.
    SQL> exec b('ABC');
    BEGIN b('ABC'); END;
    ERROR at line 1:
    ORA-01722: invalid number
    ORA-06512: at "SCOTT.B", line 32
    ORA-06512: at line 1
    SQL> select * from code_trace;
    TXT
    Procedure B's Declaration Section
    Procedure B's Statement Section
    Nested Block Declaration Section
    Nested Block Statement Section
    Nested Block Exception Section - Exception Raised
    Procedure B's Exception Section
    6 rows selected.
    SQL>
    You can see from this that, very simply, the code that we expected may have an exception was able to either handle the exception and return to the outer execution block to continue execution, or if an unexpected exception occurred then it was able to be raised up to the outer exception section.
    6. User defined exceptions
    There are three sorts of 'User Defined' exceptions.  There are logical situations (e.g. business logic) where, for example, certain criteria are not met to complete a task, and there are existing Oracle errors that you wish to give a name to in order to capture them in the exception section.  The third is raising your own exception messages with our own exception numbers.  Let's look at the first one...
    Let's say I have tables which detail stock availablility and reorder levels...
    SQL> select * from reorder_level;
       ITEM_ID STOCK_LEVEL
             1          20
             2          20
             3          10
             4           2
             5           2
    SQL> select * from stock;
       ITEM_ID ITEM_DESC  STOCK_LEVEL
             1 Pencils             10
             2 Pens                 2
             3 Notepads            25
             4 Stapler              5
             5 Hole Punch           3
    SQL>
    Now, our Business has told the administrative clerk to check stock levels and re-order anything that is below the re-order level, but not to hold stock of more than 4 times the re-order level for any particular item.  As an IT department we've been asked to put together an application that will automatically produce the re-order documents upon the clerks request and, because our company is so tight-ar*ed about money, they don't want to waste any paper with incorrect printouts so we have to ensure the clerk can't order things they shouldn't.
    SQL> ed
    Wrote file afiedt.buf
      1  create or replace procedure re_order(p_item_id NUMBER, p_quantity NUMBER) is
      2    cursor cur_stock_reorder is
      3      select s.stock_level
      4            ,r.stock_level as reorder_level
      5            ,(r.stock_level*4) as reorder_limit
      6      from stock s join reorder_level r on (s.item_id = r.item_id)
      7      where s.item_id = p_item_id;
      8    --
      9    v_stock cur_stock_reorder%ROWTYPE;
    10  begin
    11    OPEN cur_stock_reorder;
    12    FETCH cur_stock_reorder INTO v_stock;
    13    IF cur_stock_reorder%NOTFOUND THEN
    14      RAISE no_data_found;
    15    END IF;
    16    CLOSE cur_stock_reorder;
    17    --
    18    IF v_stock.stock_level >= v_stock.reorder_level THEN
    19      -- Stock is not low enough to warrant an order
    20      DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Stock has not reached re-order level yet!');
    21    ELSE
    22      IF v_stock.stock_level + p_quantity > v_stock.reorder_limit THEN
    23        -- Required amount is over-ordering
    24        DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Quantity specified is too much.  Max for this item: '
                                     ||to_char(v_stock.reorder_limit-v_stock.stock_level));
    25      ELSE
    26        DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Order OK.  Printing Order...');
    27        -- Here goes our code to print the order
    28      END IF;
    29    END IF;
    30    --
    31  exception
    32    WHEN no_data_found THEN
    33      CLOSE cur_stock_reorder;
    34      DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Invalid Item ID.');
    35* end;
    SQL> /
    Procedure created.
    SQL> exec re_order(10,100);
    Invalid Item ID.
    PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
    SQL> exec re_order(3,40);
    Stock has not reached re-order level yet!
    PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
    SQL> exec re_order(1,100);
    Quantity specified is too much.  Max for this item: 70
    PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
    SQL> exec re_order(2,50);
    Order OK.  Printing Order...
    PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
    SQL>
    Ok, so that code works, but it's a bit messy with all those nested IF statements. Is there a cleaner way perhaps?  Wouldn't it be nice if we could set up our own exceptions...
    SQL> ed
    Wrote file afiedt.buf
      1  create or replace procedure re_order(p_item_id NUMBER, p_quantity NUMBER) is
      2    cursor cur_stock_reorder is
      3      select s.stock_level
      4            ,r.stock_level as reorder_level
      5            ,(r.stock_level*4) as reorder_limit
      6      from stock s join reorder_level r on (s.item_id = r.item_id)
      7      where s.item_id = p_item_id;
      8    --
      9    v_stock cur_stock_reorder%ROWTYPE;
    10    --
    11    -- Let's declare our own exceptions for business logic...
    12    exc_not_warranted EXCEPTION;
    13    exc_too_much      EXCEPTION;
    14  begin
    15    OPEN cur_stock_reorder;
    16    FETCH cur_stock_reorder INTO v_stock;
    17    IF cur_stock_reorder%NOTFOUND THEN
    18      RAISE no_data_found;
    19    END IF;
    20    CLOSE cur_stock_reorder;
    21    --
    22    IF v_stock.stock_level >= v_stock.reorder_level THEN
    23      -- Stock is not low enough to warrant an order
    24      RAISE exc_not_warranted;
    25    END IF;
    26    --
    27    IF v_stock.stock_level + p_quantity > v_stock.reorder_limit THEN
    28      -- Required amount is over-ordering
    29      RAISE exc_too_much;
    30    END IF;
    31    --
    32    DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Order OK.  Printing Order...');
    33    -- Here goes our code to print the order
    34    --
    35  exception
    36    WHEN no_data_found THEN
    37      CLOSE cur_stock_reorder;
    38      DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Invalid Item ID.');
    39    WHEN exc_not_warranted THEN
    40      DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Stock has not reached re-order level yet!');
    41    WHEN exc_too_much THEN
    42      DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Quantity specified is too much.  Max for this item: '
                                  ||to_char(v_stock.reorder_limit-v_stock.stock_level));
    43* end;
    SQL> /
    Procedure created.
    SQL> exec re_order(10,100);
    Invalid Item ID.
    PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
    SQL> exec re_order(3,40);
    Stock has not reached re-order level yet!
    PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
    SQL> exec re_order(1,100);
    Quantity specified is too much.  Max for this item: 70
    PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
    SQL> exec re_order(2,50);
    Order OK.  Printing Order...
    PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
    SQL>
    That's better.  And now we don't have to use all those nested IF statements and worry about it accidently getting to code that will print the order out as, once one of our user defined exceptions is raised, execution goes from the Statements section into the Exception section and all handling of errors is done in one place.
    Now for the second sort of user defined exception...
    A new requirement has come in from the Finance department who want to have details shown on the order that show a re-order 'indicator' based on the formula ((maximum allowed stock - current stock)/re-order quantity), so this needs calculating and passing to the report...
    SQL> ed
    Wrote file afiedt.buf
      1  create or replace procedure re_order(p_item_id NUMBER, p_quantity NUMBER) is
      2    cursor cur_stock_reorder is
      3      select s.stock_level
      4            ,r.stock_level as reorder_level
      5            ,(r.stock_level*4) as reorder_limit
      6            ,(((r.stock_level*4)-s.stock_level)/p_quantity) as finance_factor
      7      from stock s join reorder_level r on (s.item_id = r.item_id)
      8      where s.item_id = p_item_id;
      9    --
    10    v_stock cur_stock_reorder%ROWTYPE;
    11    --
    12    -- Let's declare our own exceptions for business logic...
    13    exc_not_warranted EXCEPTION;
    14    exc_too_much      EXCEPTION;
    15  begin
    16    OPEN cur_stock_reorder;
    17    FETCH cur_stock_reorder INTO v_stock;
    18    IF cur_stock_reorder%NOTFOUND THEN
    19      RAISE no_data_found;
    20    END IF;
    21    CLOSE cur_stock_reorder;
    22    --
    23    IF v_stock.stock_level >= v_stock.reorder_level THEN
    24      -- Stock is not low enough to warrant an order
    25      RAISE exc_not_warranted;
    26    END IF;
    27    --
    28    IF v_stock.stock_level + p_quantity > v_stock.reorder_limit THEN
    29      -- Required amount is over-ordering
    30      RAISE exc_too_much;
    31    END IF;
    32    --
    33    DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Order OK.  Printing Order...');
    34    -- Here goes our code to print the order, passing the finance_factor
    35    --
    36  exception
    37    WHEN no_data_found THEN
    38      CLOSE cur_stock_reorder;
    39      DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Invalid Item ID.');
    40    WHEN exc_not_warranted THEN
    41      DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Stock has not reached re-order level yet!');
    42    WHEN exc_too_much THEN
    43      DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Quantity specified is too much.  Max for this item: '
                                  ||to_char(v_stock.reorder_limit-v_stock.stock_level));
    44* end;
    SQL> /
    Procedure created.
    SQL> exec re_order(2,40);
    Order OK.  Printing Order...
    PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
    SQL> exec re_order(2,0);
    BEGIN re_order(2,0); END;
    ERROR at line 1:
    ORA-01476: divisor is equal to zero
    ORA-06512: at "SCOTT.RE_ORDER", line 17
    ORA-06512: at line 1
    SQL>
    Hmm, there's a problem if the person specifies a re-order quantity of zero.  It raises an unhandled exception.
    Well, we could put a condition/check into our code to make sure the parameter is not zero, but again we would be wrapping our code in an IF statement and not dealing with the exception in the exception handler.
    We could do as we did before and just include a simple IF statement to check the value and raise our own user defined exception but, in this instance the error is standard Oracle error (ORA-01476) so we should be able to capture it inside the exception handler anyway... however...
    EXCEPTION
      WHEN ORA-01476 THEN
    ... is not valid.  What we need is to give this Oracle error a name.
    This is done by declaring a user defined exception as we did before and then associating that name with the error number using the PRAGMA EXCEPTION_INIT statement in the declaration section.
    SQL> ed
    Wrote file afiedt.buf
      1  create or replace procedure re_order(p_item_id NUMBER, p_quantity NUMBER) is
      2    cursor cur_stock_reorder is
      3      select s.stock_level
      4            ,r.stock_level as reorder_level
      5            ,(r.stock_level*4) as reorder_limit
      6            ,(((r.stock_level*4)-s.stock_level)/p_quantity) as finance_factor
      7      from stock s join reorder_level r on (s.item_id = r.item_id)
      8      where s.item_id = p_item_id;
      9    --
    10    v_stock cur_stock_reorder%ROWTYPE;
    11    --
    12    -- Let's declare our own exceptions for business logic...
    13    exc_not_warranted EXCEPTION;
    14    exc_too_much      EXCEPTION;
    15    --
    16    exc_zero_quantity EXCEPTION;
    17    PRAGMA EXCEPTION_INIT(exc_zero_quantity, -1476);
    18  begin
    19    OPEN cur_stock_reorder;
    20    FETCH cur_stock_reorder INTO v_stock;
    21    IF cur_stock_reorder%NOTFOUND THEN
    22      RAISE no_data_found;
    23    END IF;
    24    CLOSE cur_stock_reorder;
    25    --
    26    IF v_stock.stock_level >= v_stock.reorder_level THEN
    27      -- Stock is not low enough to warrant an order
    28      RAISE exc_not_warranted;
    29    END IF;
    30    --
    31    IF v_stock.stock_level + p_quantity > v_stock.reorder_limit THEN
    32      -- Required amount is over-ordering
    33      RAISE exc_too_much;
    34    END IF;
    35    --
    36    DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Order OK.  Printing Order...');
    37    -- Here goes our code to print the order, passing the finance_factor
    38    --
    39  exception
    40    WHEN exc_zero_quantity THEN
    41      DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Quantity of 0 (zero) is invalid.');
    42    WHEN no_data_found THEN
    43      CLOSE cur_stock_reorder;
    44      DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Invalid Item ID.');
    45    WHEN exc_not_warranted THEN
    46      DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Stock has not reached re-order level yet!');
    47    WHEN exc_too_much THEN
    48      DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Quantity specified is too much.  Max for this item: '
                                  ||to_char(v_stock.reorder_limit-v_stock.stock_level));
    49* end;
    SQL> /
    Procedure created.
    SQL> exec re_order(2,0);
    Quantity of 0 (zero) is invalid.
    PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
    SQL>
    Lastly, let's look at raising our own exceptions with our own exception numbers...
    SQL> ed
    Wrote file afiedt.buf
      1  create or replace procedure re_order(p_item_id NUMBER, p_quantity NUMBER) is
      2    cursor cur_stock_reorder is
      3      select s.stock_level
      4            ,r.stock_level as reorder_level
      5            ,(r.stock_level*4) as reorder_limit
      6            ,(((r.stock_level*4)-s.stock_level)/p_quantity) as finance_factor
      7      from stock s join reorder_level r on (s.item_id = r.item_id)
      8      where s.item_id = p_item_id;
      9    --
    10    v_stock cur_stock_reorder%ROWTYPE;
    11    --
    12    exc_zero_quantity EXCEPTION;
    13    PRAGMA EXCEPTION_INIT(exc_zero_quantity, -1476);
    14  begin
    15    OPEN cur_stock_reorder;
    16    FETCH cur_stock_reorder INTO v_stock;
    17    IF cur_stock_reorder%NOTFOUND THEN
    18      RAISE no_data_found;
    19    END IF;
    20    CLOSE cur_stock_reorder;
    21    --
    22    IF v_stock.stock_level >= v_stock.reorder_level THEN
    23      -- Stock is not low enough to warrant an order
    24      [b]RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR(-20000, 'Stock has not reached re-order level yet!');[/b]
    25    END IF;
    26    --
    27    IF v_stock.stock_level + p_quantity > v_stock.reorder_limit THEN
    28      -- Required amount is over-ordering
    29     

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