Dynamic box position in SAPscript

Hello,
I need to put a box in the Main window after I print all line details and other things on the invoice. How can I find the current line position (Y position), so I can pass it to the POSITION command.
Thanks
Igor

Hi Rich, Sam and Rob,
Thanks for you reply. This is exactly what I need.
I need to print totals box after the details on the same page of the invoice. The number of detail lines (and pages) is variable. That's why I have to put it in the Main window.
Now it is printed on separate page (next page), but they want it on the same page as details if it fits.
I was thinking about counting lines, but since there is a logo, address, headers, details, etc and all are printed in different fonts, this will be very difficult exercise.
Any more ideas?
Thanks
Igor

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it is very hard to print a dynamic box with sapscript.
It is more easy to develop a new-smartform then to develop a dynamic box.
i know only 1 sapscript which is using dynamic boxes. I do not know the sapscript only the fucntional name we use. That is shopfloor papers (for a production order). It has a good combination of printprogram and sapscript which both has to be working together to get it done. Try to find it and study it. Then you will find out how it works.
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Dynamic BOX in sapscript

Hi,
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yes it is possible
see this
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POSITION WINDOW
SIZE WIDTH '160' MM HEIGHT '140' MM
BOX FRAME 10 TW
Box
BOX HEIGHT '11' MM WIDTH '160' MM FRAME 10 TW INTENSITY 35
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Boxes, Lines, Shading: BOX, POSITION, SIZE
Use the BOX, POSITION, and SIZE commands for drawing boxes, lines, and shading to print particular windows within a form or passages of text within a window in a frame or with shading.
The SAP printer drivers that are based on page-oriented printers (the HP LaserJet driver HPL2, the Postscript driver POST, the Kyocera Prescribe driver PRES) employ these commands when printing. Line printers and page-oriented printers not supported in the standard ignore these commands. You can view the resulting printer output in the SAPscript print preview.
Syntax:
/: BOX [XPOS] [YPOS] [WIDTH] [HEIGHT] [FRAME] [INTENSITY]
/: POSITION [XORIGIN] [YORIGIN] [WINDOW] [PAGE]
/: SIZE [WIDTH] [HEIGHT] [WINDOW] [PAGE]
BOX Command
Syntax
/: BOX [XPOS] [YPOS] [WIDTH] [HEIGHT] [FRAME] [INTENSITY]
Effect: draws a box of the specified size at the specified position.
Parameters: For each of XPOS, YPOS, WIDTH, HEIGHT, and FRAME, you must specify both a measurement and a unit of measurement. Specify the INTENSITY parameter as a percentage between 0 and 100.
XPOS, YPOS
Upper left corner of the box, relative to the values of the POSITION command.
Default: Values specified in the POSITION command.
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X(abs) = XORIGIN + XPOS
Y(abs) = YORIGIN + YPOS
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HEIGHT
Height of the box. Default: HEIGHT value of the SIZE command.
FRAME
Thickness of frame.
Default: 0 (no frame).
INTENSITY
Grayscale of box contents as %.
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TW (twip)
PT (point)
IN (inch)
MM (millimeter)
CM (centimeter)
LN (line)
CH (character).
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1 TW = 1/20 PT
1 PT = 1/72 IN
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1 CM = 10 MM
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Syntax
/: POSITION [XORIGIN] [YORIGIN] [WINDOW] [PAGE]
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XORIGIN, YORIGIN
Origin of the coordinate system.
WINDOW
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PAGE
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Sets the origin for the coordinate system to the upper left corner of the window.
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SIZE Command
Syntax
/: SIZE [WIDTH] [HEIGHT] [WINDOW] [PAGE]
Effect: Sets the values of the WIDTH and HEIGHT parameters used in the BOX command. When a window is first started, the SIZE value is set to the same values as the window itself (default setting).
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Dimensions of the rectangle or line.
WINDOW
Sets the values for the width and height to the values of the current window (default setting).
PAGE
Sets the values for the width and height to the values of the current output page.
/: SIZE WINDOW
Sets WIDTH and HEIGHT to the current window dimensions.
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I
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