FAX a smartform

Question

Hi all,
I am new to smartforms and i'm trying to FAX a smartform. I am generating the smartform through an ABAP program and passing the following parameters:
      CLEAR: SF_CONTROL_P, SF_OUTPUT_P.
      SF_CONTROL_P-NO_DIALOG = 'X'.
      SF_CONTROL_P-DEVICE    = 'TELEFAX'.
      SF_CONTROL_P-PREVIEW   = 'X'.
      SF_CONTROL_P-GETOTF    = 'X'.
*---SET OUTPUT PARAMETERS FOR FAX
      SF_OUTPUT_P-TDTELELAND = WA_LFA1-LAND1.
      SF_OUTPUT_P-TDTELENUM  = WA_ZZFAXREL-TELFX.
      SF_OUTPUT_P-TDSCHEDULE = 'IMM'.
      SF_OUTPUT_P-TDSENDDATE = SY-DATUM.
      SF_OUTPUT_P-TDSENDTIME = SY-TIMLO.
*---NOW CALL THE GENERATED FUNCTION MODULE
      CALL FUNCTION FM_NAME
      EXPORTING
    ARCHIVE_INDEX        =
    ARCHIVE_PARAMETERS   =
      CONTROL_PARAMETERS   = SF_CONTROL_P
    MAIL_APPL_OBJ        =
    MAIL_RECIPIENT       =
    MAIL_SENDER          =
      OUTPUT_OPTIONS       = SF_OUTPUT_P
    USER_SETTINGS        = WA_USER_SETTING
    IMPORTING
    DOCUMENT_OUTPUT_INFO =
      JOB_OUTPUT_INFO      = STRUCTOUTPUT
    JOB_OUTPUT_OPTIONS   =
      TABLES
      GV_ITAB              = GV_ITAB
      EXCEPTIONS
      FORMATTING_ERROR     = 1
      INTERNAL_ERROR       = 2
      SEND_ERROR           = 3
      USER_CANCELED        = 4
      OTHERS               = 5.
When I run this, nothing is seen in SAP connect (SCOT)...
Then I read somewhere that I can send the OTF format of my smartform to the func module SO_NEW_DOCUMENT_ATT_SEND_API1 and fax it. But data sent to this func mod is a 255 length text table. How would my form layout be maintained when I fax from this module...Isn't there a direct method of sending fax from the generated smartform function module?

Answer 1

As an alternative to Sending smartform by fax with fm 'CONVERT_OTF_AND_FAX provided in Sending smartform by fax with fm 'CONVERT_OTF_AND_FAX' I found the fould the code provided below worked for me.
This is based on the documentation in
/help.sap.com/saphelp_470/helpdata/en/9b/e3b0dcc2a711d3b558006094192fe3/frameset.htm (Sending Forms by E-Mail or Telefax)
where it states "To send forms by e-mail or telefax, SAP Smart Forms uses the Business Communication Interface (BCI). "  along with the content from example ABAP RSSOKIF2.  A copy of the code from RSSOKIF2 to create the Sender, Receiver and Application BOR objectid was used to create the content of the FORM get_bor_data (the remainder of the code preparing the data for SAPSCRIPT is left out).
I don't know what significance it has but the setting to PDF format was used to match the setting in SCOT for FAX
FORM fax_smartform.
  DATA:   ls_output_opt     TYPE ssfcompop,
          ls_sender_id      TYPE swotobjid,
          ls_recipient_id   TYPE swotobjid,
          ls_appl_object_id LIKE swotobjid,
          ls_document_output_info TYPE  ssfcrespd,
          ls_job_output_info TYPE  ssfcrescl,
          ls_job_output_options TYPE  ssfcresop.
  PERFORM get_bor_data CHANGING ls_sender_id
                                ls_recipient_id
                                ls_appl_object_id.
  ls_output_opt-tdteleland = itcpo-tdteleland.
  ls_output_opt-tdtelenum  = itcpo-tdtelenum.
  ls_output_opt-tdtelenume = itcpo-tdtelenum.
  ls_output_opt-tdfaxuser  = itcpo-tdfaxuser.
  ls_output_opt-faxformat  = 'PDF'.
  ls_output_opt-tdschedule = 'IMM'.
  ls_output_opt-tdnewid = 'X'.              "new spool request
  CLEAR gs_cntrl_par.
  gs_cntrl_par-no_open = ' '.
  gs_cntrl_par-no_close = ' '.
  gs_cntrl_par-device = 'TELEFAX'.
  gs_cntrl_par-no_dialog = 'X'.
  gs_cntrl_par-langu = 'E'.
  gs_cntrl_par-preview = ' '.
  CALL FUNCTION G_SF_FUNCTNM
    EXPORTING
    control_parameters         = gs_cntrl_par
    mail_appl_obj              = ls_appl_object_id
    mail_recipient             = ls_recipient_id
    mail_sender                = ls_sender_id
    output_options             = ls_output_opt
      dkadr                      = dkadr
      rf05a                      = rf05a
      v_pay_terms_desc           = v_pay_terms_desc
      knb1                       = knb1
      g_open_bal                 = g_open_bal
IMPORTING
   document_output_info       = ls_document_output_info
   job_output_info            = ls_job_output_info
   job_output_options         = ls_job_output_options
    TABLES
      rf140_tab                  = rf140_tab
  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.
  ELSE.
    COMMIT WORK.
  ENDIF.
ENDFORM.                    " fax_smartform