Smart Forms or Word

Hi,
I'm in a SAP-Standard-Web-Application and there I have to create some forms.
The forms should contain a lot of static text und some dynamic text (like name, address, amount, description)
from the application.
Now I have the possibility to do it in Smart Forms or with Word.
What's are the main differences/advantage/disadvantage between the two systems ?
what's your expert knowledge?
thxs in advance,
kind regards,
Franz

Hi,
Suppose if dynamically you wants to add new fields or lines, then you can go ahead with word doc.
Otherwise, you can go with smartforms as the look and feel will be too good.
Regards,
Prabu

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EXPORTING
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EXCEPTIONS
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Hello Abnish,
Welcome to SDN.
We are able to print barcodes from smartforms. Doing this way, we print barcodes on laser printers.
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Hi friends,
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Edited by: Julius Bussche on Jul 17, 2008 12:45 PM

hi,
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Smart Forms Euro € symbol?

Hello Experts!
I want to add € in my Smart Forms Text.
There is an OSS hint 616683 to this question but all releases mentioned are lower than our used release and the solution with entering the Number 156 for € doesn't work.
Please help
Best Regards
Annette

Hi Annette,
Using SAP Script:
To print Euro Symbol in SAP Script, do the following:
Put the sequence <156> at the desired location in the text editor of the corresponding page window as shown below:
During the print preview, the output would be as shown below:
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For printing Euro symbol in Smart Form, do the following:
In the Microsoft Word document, click on Insert -> Symbols
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Save and activate the Smart Form and do the test run. The print preview would be as shown below:
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