Dynamic Tray Selection in Smartforms

Hi all,
I am looking for a solution, to set the tray in a Smartform dynamically.
It is not sufficient to set the Tray statically on the "Output Options" tab -> Ressource Name.
Can anybody help me?!?
Thanks and best regards,
SteCee

Normally, tray selection is done using GET_PRINT_PARAMETER FM.
Refer to these threads, may be helpful -
Print to different output tray in SAPscript/Print Workbench
Automatic tray selection for printing
Regards,
Amit

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Can someone help please?
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I have a requirement in smart form that need to output the a particular invoice to a particular tray a printer. For e.g. tray 2.
I have added TRY02 to the resource name of the pages in the smartform, but still the invoice is being printed to the default tray of the printer.
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I need to dynamically select a tray to print a form using SAPScript, depending on some condition.
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regards,
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There are 2 options. The first one I have not used before but I think it is the better way.
Example: You want print out an invoice on different paper.
In SAPscript you have in this invoice 2 pages: "FIRST" and "NEXT"
Salesorganization 1000 = TRY01
Salesorganization 2000 = TRY02
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1st option: (As mentioned in this thread): Create not 2 but 4 pages:
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call function WRITE_FORM
call function WRITE_FORM
call function END_FORM.
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**************************************************************************************** 2st option
Short description:
Normal SAPscript only FIRST and NEXT, both with same tray.
ABAP: Do not print, only get OTF-data.
Change the tray in OTF-data.
Print OTF-data.
I have done this before and I know it works. But I think the 1st option is better.
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Do not print out in a normal way (Open_form; write_form; close_form).
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In function OPEN_FORM     set field    OPTIONS-TDGETOTF to 'X'.
This means: The function CLOSE_FORM will not print into spool and maybe from spool to the printer but the print data will only be stored into a table.
In SAPscript you have 2 Pages. FIRST and NEXT; both with Recource name = 'TRY01'.
At the end nn CLOSE_FORM you can receive the table OTFDATA.
data: GS_OTFDATA type ITCOO,
        GT_OTFDATA type standard table of ITCOO.
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tables OTFDATA = GT_OTFDATA.
* Up to now no data have been sent to spool.
* If you have a look now into table GT_OTFDATA (field TDPRINTPAR) you will
* find in the first lines "TRY01"
* You can change this
If vbdkr-vkorg = '2000'.
loop at GT_OTFDATA into GS_OTFDATA.
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*   with commands FIND or SEARCH or something like that.
*   Change the pattern "TRY01" in GS_OTFDATA-TDPRINTPAR to "TRY02"
*   and take over this change to table GT_OTFDATA with command "MODIFY".
*   Please notice: In table GT_OTFDATA the pattern "TRY01" can occure more than 1 time.
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endloop.
endif.
* Now print the OTF-Data
call function PRINT_OTF
* the paramters are   PRINTOPTIONS (same as in OPEN_FORM)
*                   and tables OTF = GT_OTFDATA.
Ok, I know the problem and the thread are very old but maybe someone wants to have a more detailed solution.
Keywords in English: SAP ABAP SAPscript Resource Name ITCTG-TDPAPERRES   from program dynamically dynamic dynamically
TRAY TRY01 TRY02 TRY03
Keywords in German: SAP ABAP SAPscript Resourcenname   ITCTG-TDPAPERRES vom Programm aus dynamisch TRAY TRY01 TRY02 TRY03 Druckerschacht Schachtsteuerung Druckerschachtsteuerung verschiedenes Papier
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When the print out is issued from the SMARTFORM, it should automatically determine the tray for the paper (based on a pre-defined logic):
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Hai prashant,
Do you want to define the tray statically?.
Then you can mention the tray at the page level.
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if you want to select the tray dynamically then ,refer the OSS note 367128 and apply the OSS note which is applicable for release 4.6 C.
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