Reg SAPScript New Font

Hi Friends,
I have a question regarding SAP Script. I need to change the existing font of one text to Arial Font. So I have to create a new Paragraph format while creating I couldnt find the Arial Font....
How do I achieve this...
Your help will be appreciated....

Hi Friends,
In a SAPscript form , I believe Paragraph formats, Character formats, Layout , Windows and Page Windows are found at the top ( below the menu bar ).
I couldnt find Windows and Page Windows in my Sapscript. As I need to edit some of the Windows & its texts is there any other way apart from going through the layout set.
Your suggestions will be appreciated....
Leo

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How create new font in sap

Hi,
We want use Times roman in our smart form.
i tried to load the fonts using spad and se73.
still it is not reflecting in the report.
regards,
viren.

Hi,
Apart from SE73 i think that you have to create a new print control, which will probably contain the name of the font in hexadecimal code. I am not very sure of that but you can find the following SAP note a bit helpful...
<b>SAP Note Number: 12462
How can I define a new printer font?</b>Version: 7, Note Language: EN, Released on: 28.08.1998
Symptom
Key word: Printer font
What settings have to be made to define a new font for an R/3 device type (that is, a new printer font) that can be used for SAPscript documentation output.
Additional key words
Printer, font, printer font, device type, fontmetrics, AFM file, SE73
Cause and prerequisites
You would like to use a new font on the printer.
Solution
General advice:
1. This procedure can be used only if the desired font is available on the printer (that is, installed on the printer itself, installed via font cassette, resident in the printer via softfont download or, in case of device type SAPWIN/WIN, installed on the Windows PC) and can be called with a short printer command (max. 29 bytes). This printer command is maintained in the print control.
Solution procedure:
1. The original SAP printer type used previously must be copied to a customer printer type with a name starting with Z... (see Note 3166 for reasoning behind this). The function "Utilities->Copy device type" from transaction SPAD (spool administration) is used for this.
Example: HPLJIIID is copied to ZHPLJ3.
2. A new print control SFxxx must be maintained for device type Z.... It contains in most cases the printer control commands for setting the desired font. To find out what this printer command looks like, refer to the printer manual and the print controls SFxxx already contained in printer definition Z... . A certain amount of knowledge of the printer language is a prerequisite. The xxx numbering of the SFxxx print controls is arbitrary.
NOTE: The exact contents of the SFxxx print controls depend on the SAPscript printer driver used. For information on this, consult the CD documentation ("Basis system administration printer handbook") and the field documentation (F1 help) for input field "Print control" in SE73, Printer font maintenance.
Printer driver HPL2 (PCL 5 printer):
SFxxx must contain the PCL 5 command for character set and print selection. CAUTION: As of Release 4.0A there are special rules which apply if the flag "Scalable font" is activated.
Printer driver POST (Post script printer):
SFxxx must contain the name of the Post script font, for example "Helvetica"
Printer driver PRES (Kyocera PRESCRIBE printer):
SFxxx must contain the PRESCRIBE command "FONT xx:" for font selection, for example "FONT 42;"
Printer driver SWIN (Windows print via SAPWIN/SAP1pd):
SFxxx must contain the Windows font name. CAUTION: As of Release 4.0A special rules apply if the flag "Scalable font" is activated for the printer font.
Printer driver STN2 (Target printer):
SFxxx must contain the complete command for the selection of the
character set, the increment, bold and italic print and font.
Print control SFxxx is defined for device type Z... in transaction SPAD under the heading "Print control for device type". Example: print control SF900 for device type ZHPLJ3 with replacement text (i.e. printer command)
1B28304E1B28733070313068313276307330623354 is created.
3. In the SAPscript font maintenance transaction SE73 under "Printer fonts", a new entry must be made for the desired font on the desired device type. The following information must be given:
     device type Z...
(printer type to which the font belongs)
     family   ....
(Font name used in R/3, for example COURIER, HELVE, LETGOTH, LNPRINT, TIMES)
     size      ...
(Font size 1/10 point, for example 240, for printer drivers that support scalable fonts, 000 is entered here)
     bold      .
(X if bold type, otherwise blank)
     italic    .
(X if italic type, otherwise blank)
     CPI       ..,..
(number of characters per inch (CPI)
If font is not a proportional font (for example HELVE,TIMES),
for example 05.00)
     PrtCtl 1 SFxxx
(Refer to field documentation (F1 Document) for exact meaning. The name of the 2nd created printer control is normally entered here.
     PrtCtl 2 SFxxx
Refer to field documentation (F1 document) for exact meaning. The name of the 2nd created printer control is normally entered here.
If the font is a proportional font (HELVE or TIMES), an AFM file that contains the width values for the individual characters in the font must be entered under "Printer fonts" in SE73. Direct maintenance of the AFM data is done from the list of printer fonts with Menu "Edit -> fontmetric using a menu function. To do this you place the cursor on the line with the newly created printer font and choose "Edit->Copy fontmetrics" on the menu. If you have created, for example, a new printer font
ZHPLJ3 HELVE 200 _ _
you can copy the metric of
ZHPLJ3 HELVE 160 _ _
here.
Releases before 3.0A do not have this menu function, and you must manually copy the AFM files from the group box to the new printer font via the XX.XX function in the AFM editor. Then the new AFM files can be checked for correctness (Menu "Fontmetrics ->Check") and saved.
As of Release 3.0 it is possible to establish a link to the fontmetrics of another device type or to a default (all characters with width 500) instead of copying the fontmetrics explicitly. You can check the correctness of the complete font definition in SE73 in the list of printer fonts with the function "Edit->Generate font def.".
4. As a final step, the device type of the output device used must be changed from the SAP original to the new printer definition Z... in transaction SPAD. This is done in SPAD under the heading "Output devices".
Example: printer LP05 previously had device type HPLJIIID and is now being given device type ZHPLJ3.
Source code corrections
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Bharat Kumar Reddy.V

Add new font types to SAP GUI

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only with one question, i need to create a new style for my SAPscripts printing and when i create my Paragraph(SE72) and try to use a size for times new roman font, the system send me a message informing that there isn't this font size for <b>times new roman</b>,
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Error when installing new font ?

When I try to install a new Z-font with SE73 from my c:\windows\font directory I get an error
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did I mis a step in the installation of a new font ??
how can I solve this, I can use the font in my sapscript but it doesn't print my font but the 'if not available' font instead which is helvetica
thanks already for vlauable input

thats a bit confusing, it's a red message but it says warning
I tried the other programm mentioned above but still I get the same warning.
in the report it's clear that the font installed is not used in the output on the screen. I can add the font in my sapscript but the output is not the font specified.
the font installed is Lucida sans EF which is part of the 'company' style but till now not yet implemented in SAP.
oops it's working now, new learning moment for me. never look at preview on screen for the kind of font you want to see , thanks for the input and confirmation of the procedure
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New font for script

hi,
is it possible for me to add a new font, which is not in the SAP?
currently i need to add a font "Gill_Sans" into my PO, using script.
i tried to seach under the font family in the display paragraph location in Script, but cant find it.
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Import new Font in SAP Script/ Smartforms.
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http://www.sap-basis-abap.com/sapbs043.htm
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Hello all,
Not sure if this is the right place to post this but here goes. I have a program that needs to change the font of at least 250,000 letters, however after doing this the program runs slow and laggy as if changing the fonts of each letter took up memory and never released it? Here is a compilable example, Click the button at the bottom of the window and watch the letter it is currently working on. You will notice that around 200,000 it will begin to not smoothly count up anymore but count in kind of a skipping pattern. This seems to get worse the more you do it and seems to indicate to me that something is using memory and not releasing it. I'm not sure why replacing a letter's font with a new font would cause more memory to be taken up I would think if I was doing it properly it would simply replace the old font with the new one not taking anymore memory then it did before. Here is the example: This program sometimes locks up so be prepared. If someone could maybe point out what is causing this to take up more memory after changing the fonts that would be great and hopefully find a solution :) Thanks in advance.
-neptune692
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package paintsurface;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.util.List;
public class PaintSurface implements Runnable, ActionListener {
public static void main(String[] args) {
        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new PaintSurface());
List<StringState> states = new ArrayList<StringState>();
Tableaux tableaux;
Random random = new Random();
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//        Point mouselocation = new Point(0,0);
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static final int HEIGHT = 1000;
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JButton add;
public void run() {
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        frame.setSize(WIDTH, HEIGHT);
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public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
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void addRandom() {
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                        Character.toString((char)('a'+random.nextInt(26))),
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                        random.nextInt(WIDTH), random.nextInt(HEIGHT));
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class ChangeFonts implements Runnable {
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class StringState extends Rectangle {
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                super(x, y, w, h);
                string = str;
                this.font = font;
        String string;
        Font font;
class Tableaux extends JComponent {
        Tableaux() {
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                lagState = createState("Lag", new Font("Arial",Font.BOLD,20), 0, 0);
        protected void processMouseMotionEvent(MouseEvent e) {
                repaint(lagState);
                lagState.setLocation(e.getX(), e.getY());
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                super.processMouseMotionEvent(e);
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        StringState createState(String str, Font font, int x, int y) {
            FontMetrics metrics = getFontMetrics(font);
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            return new StringState(str, font, x, y-metrics.getAscent(), w, h);
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                repaint(state);
        protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
                Rectangle clip = g.getClipBounds();
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                for (StringState state : states) {
                        if (state.intersects(clip)) {
                                if (!state.font.equals(g.getFont())) {
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                                        metrics = g.getFontMetrics();
                                g.drawString(state.string, state.x, state.y+metrics.getAscent());
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                if (!lagState.font.equals(g.getFont())) {
                    g.setFont(lagState.font);
                    metrics = g.getFontMetrics();
                g.drawString("Lag", lagState.x, lagState.y+metrics.getAscent());
}Here is the block of code that I think is causing the problem:
//THIS CLASS SEEMS TO HAVE SOME KIND OF MEMORY LEAK I'M NOT SURE?
class ChangeFonts implements Runnable {
    public void run() {
    Random rand = new Random();
        for(int i = 0; i<states.size(); i++) {
            font = new Font("Arial",Font.PLAIN,rand.nextInt(50));
            states.get(i).font = font; // this line seems to cause the problem?
            add.setText("Working on letter - "+i);
}

neptune692 wrote:
jverd wrote:
You're creating a quarter million distinct Font objects, and obviously you must be hanging on to all of them because each character is having its font set to the newly created object. So if you have 250k chars, you're forcing it to have 250k Font objects.
Since the only difference is that rand.nextInt(50) parameter, just pre-create 50 Font objects with 0..49, stick 'em in the corresponding elements in an array, and use rand.nextInt to select the Font object to use.That does make sense but it does that when the the program is first launched and doesn't lag. But the second and third time you change the letters font it seems to lag so if it wasn't taking up more memory the second time it should perform like it did when it first launched. I don't care to investigate any further. The real problem is almost certainly the quarter million Font objects. It could be that 250k is fine, but by the time you get to 500k, it has to do a lot of GC, and that's where the slow down is coming. You might even be able to make it work better with the code you have just by tweaking the GC parameters at startup, but I wouldn't bother. Fix the code first, and then see if you have issues.
Does creating a new font for each of those letters not replace the old font object? If it didn't use more memory the second and third time I don't think you would see the skipping in the counter and the slowing down of the iterations. So it must be remembering some of the old font objects or am I wrong?Using new always creates a new object. When you do it the second time around, and call letter.setFont(newFont), the old Font object is eligible for GC. That doesn't mean it will be GCed right away though. The JVM can leave them all laying around until it runs out of memory, and then GC some or all of them.

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