Grouping of PDF from Archive

Question

hi,
i have a requirement to group a number of PDF from the Archive into a single PDF and send it as an attachment. I want to know the possiblity of grouping multiple PDFs into a single PDF.
Thanks in advance,
Anoop R.S

Answer 1

It's possible to concatenate PDFs.
You must concatenate them when you have the OTF data.
The code in bold letters is the key to join the smartforms
*&      Form  llamar_smartforms
FORM llamar_smartforms.
Nombre del formulario (en la transacción SMARTFORM)
  CALL FUNCTION 'SSF_FUNCTION_MODULE_NAME'
    EXPORTING
      formname = 'ZCARTA_CONDICIONES_EXPATRIADOS'
    IMPORTING
      fm_name  = name_funcion.
Comprobamos que no haya ocurrido ningun error
  CHECK sy-subrc = 0.
Indica que no genere pantalla de previsualizacion
  control-no_dialog = 'X'.
Indica que genere el OTF
  control-getotf = 'X'.
  output_options-tddest = 'LOCL'.
  output_options-tdnewid = 'X '.
  output_options-tdimmed = 'X '.
Call function para ejecutar el smartform.
el job_info contiene la informacion del OTF
  CALL FUNCTION name_funcion
       EXPORTING
            control_parameters   = control
           parametros_ext       = cert_emp_est
            user_settings        = space
            output_options       = output_options
       IMPORTING
            document_output_info = document
            job_output_info      = job_info
            job_output_options   = job_options
       TABLES
            pernrdat               =  tab_condiciones.
           hrdata             =  cert_emp_est.
           filename                = nombre_fichero
  CHECK NOT job_info-otfdata IS INITIAL.
  DATA: lineas_otf(9) TYPE n.
  DESCRIBE TABLE  job_info_global-otfdata LINES lineas_otf.
  lineas_otf = lineas_otf + 1.
  INSERT lines of job_info-otfdata INTO job_info_global-otfdata
    INDEX lineas_otf.
*Concatenamos pdfs
data my_tabix like sy-tabix.
  DATA : lv_formname TYPE tdsfname.
  DATA : lv_funcname TYPE tdsfname.
         DATA : t_empleado LIKE zohr_gxc_employee OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE,
       t_labels TYPE TABLE OF zohr_t_lan.
lv_formname = 'ZOHR_GXC_ERROR'.
     CALL FUNCTION 'SSF_FUNCTION_MODULE_NAME'
        EXPORTING
          formname           = lv_formname
          variant            = ' '
          direct_call        = ' '
        IMPORTING
          fm_name            = lv_funcname
        EXCEPTIONS
          no_form            = 1
          no_function_module = 2
          OTHERS             = 3.
      CHECK sy-subrc EQ 0.
      CALL FUNCTION lv_funcname
        EXPORTING
          control_parameters   = control
          output_options       = output_options
          user_settings        = space
          year                 = '2007'
        IMPORTING
          document_output_info = document
          job_output_info      = job_info
          job_output_options   = job_options
        TABLES
          labels               = t_labels
          empleado             = t_empleado
        EXCEPTIONS
          formatting_error     = 1
          internal_error       = 2
          send_error           = 3
          user_canceled        = 4
          OTHERS               = 5.
***********removing the initial and final markers from the OTF data**********
DELETE job_info-otfdata WHERE TDPRINTCOM = '//'.
*****************searching for the end-of-page in OTF table************
READ TABLE job_info_global-otfdata WITH KEY TDPRINTCOM = 'EP' transporting no fields. MY_TABIX = SY-TABIX + 1.
*********appending the modified OTF table to the final OTF table********
INSERT LINES OF job_info-otfdata INTO job_info_global-otfdata INDEX MY_TABIX.
Convierte de OTF a PDF los datos
  CALL FUNCTION 'CONVERT_OTF'
    EXPORTING
      format       = 'PDF'
    IMPORTING
      bin_filesize = expdfsize
    TABLES
      otf          = job_info_global-otfdata
      lines        = expdfdata
    EXCEPTIONS
      OTHERS       = 4.
  nombre_fichero = 'C:     emporal.pdf'.
  IF sy-subrc <> 0.
MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
        WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
  ENDIF.
  CALL FUNCTION 'GUI_DOWNLOAD'
    EXPORTING
      filename                = nombre_fichero
      filetype                = 'BIN'
     write_field_separator   = 'X'
    TABLES
      data_tab                = expdfdata
     fieldnames              = tab_def_reg
    EXCEPTIONS
      file_write_error        = 1
      no_batch                = 2
      gui_refuse_filetransfer = 3
      invalid_type            = 4
      no_authority            = 5
      unknown_error           = 6
      header_not_allowed      = 7
      separator_not_allowed   = 8
      filesize_not_allowed    = 9
      header_too_long         = 10
      dp_error_create         = 11
      dp_error_send           = 12
      dp_error_write          = 13
      unknown_dp_error        = 14
      access_denied           = 15
      dp_out_of_memory        = 16
      disk_full               = 17
      dp_timeout              = 18
      file_not_found          = 19
      dataprovider_exception  = 20
      control_flush_error     = 21
      OTHERS                  = 22.