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Hello Evryone.
I have the following requirement.
I need to create a function module that given a Personnel Number would generate the payslip for that person based on an existing SE51 form and return the payslip as a PDF file, so that it could be used in WebDynpro.
Can any of you help me with this. How should I write this FM?
Thanks a lot in advance.
Francisco.

HI Please refer the following code for converting a smartform into a PDF file
DATA: BIN_FILESIZE TYPE I,
      BIN_FILE TYPE XSTRING,
     T_OTF LIKE ITCOO OCCURS 200 WITH HEADER LINE,
      T_DOC LIKE DOCS OCCURS 200 WITH HEADER LINE,
      T_LINES1 LIKE TLINE OCCURS 200 WITH HEADER LINE,
      T_FINAL_PDF LIKE TLINE OCCURS 500 WITH HEADER LINE,
filename TYPE string VALUE 'EXP.pdf',
      path TYPE string VALUE 'C:\DESKTOP\..',
      fullpath     TYPE string VALUE 'C:\DESKTOP\PDF\EXP.pdf',
CALL FUNCTION 'CONVERT_OTF_2_PDF'
EXPORTING
    use_otf_mc_cmd               = 'X'
ARCHIVE_INDEX                =
IMPORTING
    bin_filesize                 = bin_filesize
TABLES
    otf                          = t_otf
    doctab_archive               = t_doc
    lines                        = t_lines1
EXCEPTIONS
   err_conv_not_possible        = 1
   err_otf_mc_noendmarker       = 2
   OTHERS                       = 3.
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
    MESSAGE ID sy-msgid TYPE sy-msgty NUMBER sy-msgno
            WITH sy-msgv1 sy-msgv2 sy-msgv3 sy-msgv4.
ENDIF.
LOOP AT t_lines1 INTO t_lines1.
       APPEND t_lines1 TO t_final_pdf.
ENDLOOP.
CALL METHOD cl_gui_frontend_services=>file_save_dialog
    EXPORTING
      default_file_name   = 'EXPO_INVpdf'
      prompt_on_overwrite = 'X'
    CHANGING
      filename            = filename
      path                = path
      fullpath            = fullpath.
CALL FUNCTION 'GUI_DOWNLOAD'
    EXPORTING
      bin_filesize = bin_filesize
      filename     = fullpath
      filetype     = 'BIN'
      append       = 'X'
    IMPORTING
      filelength   = bin_filesize
    TABLES
      data_tab     = t_final_pdf.
IF sy-subrc EQ 0.
    MESSAGE s018(zmsg) WITH 'PDF Generated Successfully'.
ELSE.
    MESSAGE s011(zmsg) WITH 'PDF Not Generated !!!'.
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