Special forms printing

We're planning to start implementation of R11i (mfg, financials) early next year. My personal experience is with 10.7
I have already one specific question: does anyone have experience with the printing or faxing of forms (sales order, invoice, etc) in 11i? What 3rd party software should we consider if any.
Thanks,

Third party solutions handle this.
If you are already doing this in 10.7, contact your existing vendors.
If not, check out www.oaug.org
I beleive they have a vendors page.
However, I think 11i AP may have a built in
Fax functionlity... this rings a bell for some reason. but I could be wrong.
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First I apologize if this is not directly related to ABAP. We are currently implementing SAP ECC 6.1. Instead of printing special forms (AP check, Payroll Check and Direct Deposit advices) via SAP we will use the PayBase software from Bottomline Technologies. Paybase is very simple; it reads text files that has the data for the forms and based on locating the data by row and column location in the text file it prints the special forms on a laser printer. Our implementer is having difficulty producing a TEXT file from each form and instead has given us RDI files which has data tags associated with each data item to be printed. These would work but not all data elements have unique data tags and not all fields that are on our forms are in the RDI files. Actually, I am not sure what these RDI files are. Again, we simply need a TEXT file for each type of form as they are produced by the business processes (Payroll, AP processing, etc.) that can be read by the Paybase software for printing. Bottomline will simply change our PayBase program to look in the new spots for the data as compared to the current text files we use in our legacy applications we're migrating from. So my question, is there a way programmatically that a text file with the data generated for AP checks, Payroll checks and Direct Deposit advices can be produced each time they are generated? I found that you can export as text from the spool request (SP01) screen but is there a way to have the data as it's produced in SAP automatically generated to a text file, again just the data that Paybase could use to send to the forms via it's print software? Thanks!
Jeff
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Please find a small info related to RDI
RDI files are created using sapscript Raw Data Interface (RDI)
and some external text management systems can be connected.
This can be controlled using sapscript print programs.
Say for example
Forms can be printed via the raw data interface using the function modules OPEN_FORM The function module has an additional optional import parameter: RAW_DATA_INTERFACE.
if input values for this parameter is " X " then output will move to spool, if it is " I " output will be IDoc
This you can configure thru SE71> form name> change> from the top menu>attributes>miscellaneous> RDI output mode and output device.
I think you can configure this to output mode I (IDoc) and send the IDoc to a File port. So in the File port Output will be in TEXT mode.
I think this will help you out.
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Basic Security & form printing questions.

Hi, I am not an Oracle Forms developer yet, just gathering info, but I have 2 probably simple questions for you forms experts out there that maybe you can help me with.
Lets say that this new application will have 10 users and I create a main menu with 5 categories. Can forms allow me to give 4 users read/viewable rights to, lets say 3 categories,instead of all 5 categories? Bsically I just need to know if it offers some kind of security that I can create for each individual user.
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- using the [SDN ABAP Development Forum Search|https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/directforumsearch?threadid=&q=&objid=c42&daterange=all&numresults=15&rankby=10001],
- the information accessible via the [SDN ABAP Main Wiki|https://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/ABAP],
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- the 3 part [How to write guru ABAP code series|https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/f2dac69e-0e01-0010-e2b6-81c1e8e5ce50] ... (use the search to easily find the other 2 documents...)
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- An introduction to how the forums are used and the quality expected,
- A collection of some threads which provided usefull answers to questions which are frequently asked, and,
- A collection of some memorable threads if you feel like reading some ABAP related material.
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HT4356 Fillable pdf in Adobe Acrobat Professional X but when I try to use the Airprint feature the form print minus the field data, have anyone been able to resolve this issue?

I have developed a fillable pdf in Adobe Acrobat Professional X but when I try to use the Airprint feature the form print minus the field data, have anyone been able to resolve this issue?

Hi,
I had a similar problem and found help for it. Go to the "Advanced" menu and select Extend features in Adobe Reader. That will enable rights which may resolve your problem. If that doesn't work, there is a really helpful guy in here, Robert Levine. You may want to ask him directly.
Good Luck

Adobe Form - Print page at the end for every record of a Z table with Text

Hello friends, I am facing a challenging here and I need to develop the following below. Mind you, I don't have much exposure/experience with Adobe Forms
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In essence, print a page for each one of them at the end, with the text above using the fields from the z table.
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Hi Marco,
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When we use the Oracle Forms print built-in to print the screen-shots, the print-out turns out to be ugly with lots of dots all over.
We are using Forms 6i (6.0.8.11.3) running on 9iAS on Windows 2000. The version of JInitiator we are using is 1.1.7.31. The forms open up in a separate frame.
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Craig Bagley1 wrote:
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How to get the form printed through the transaction ME42

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How to get the form printed through the transaction ME42.
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Here go to ME42 put in your RFC no, in the menu Header -- Messages, go there and see if a message has been inserted, else you can insert one.
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Text in special form

Hi,
I just wan't to make a text in a special form(like a circle)
How can I do this.
I make a text but i cant find a circle as vector??

maltje wrote:
>
quote:
Originally posted by:
Newsgroup User
> maltje wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I just wan't to make a text in a special form(like
a circle)
> > How can I do this.
> > I make a text but i cant find a circle as vector??
>
> I've successfully done this using Freehand or
Illustrator, and then
> copying the result back to FW.
>
> 1. Select the text using the text tool and cut it.
> 2. Open Illustrator and create a new web document. You
can probably
> use one of the default sizes, such as 640 x 480 or 800
by 600.
> 3. Use the Type tool in Illustrator to draw a text box.
It's
> important you do it this way or the wrap doesn't work.
Don't worry about
> the size of the box as it can be adjusted later.
> 4. Paste the text into the newly created text box.
> 5. Hop back to Fireworks and copy the image to the
clipboard.
> 6. Back to Illustrator again. Make sure the layer
containing the
> text is selected and paste the image by pressing
Ctrl/Cmd+V. Both the
> image and the text should be in the same layer. If they
aren't, drag the
> objects within the Layers panel until they reside in the
same layer.
> Make sure the image is stacked on top of the text.
>
> On the Mac, you may get just an empty box in place of
the picture
> and a message that states "Quicktime and a known
decompressor are needed
> to see this picture." The technique still works though
since the empty
> box holds the space for the photo.
>
> 7. Select the image and go to Object > Text Wrap >
Make. Instant
> text wrap!
> 8. If the margin around the image is too great for you,
select the
> image and go to Object > Text Wrap > Text Wrap
Options. Reduce the
> offset from the default of 6 pt to 4 or 2 pt.
> 9. Because text is converted into points when pasted
into
> Illustrator, make the width of your text box slightly
narrower than you
> need in Fireworks. In my example, my box width in
Illustrator was closer
> to 630 pixels rather than 640. To alter the width of the
text wrap, use
> the pointer tool in Illustrator and drag one of the
corner control
> handles of the text box. This scales the box without
distorting the text.
> 10. Select both the text and the image and copy the
selection to the
> clipboard.
> 11. Move back to Fireworks and paste the selection. This
can take a
> few seconds for the text to appear.
>
> These are the main steps. For more detail (and pictures)
check out the
> full tutorial:
http://www.communitymx.com/content/article.cfm?cid=F3859
>
> --
> Jim Babbage - .:Community MX:. & .:Adobe Community
Expert:.
>
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> CommunityMX - Free Resources:
>
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> Adobe Community Expert
>
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> See my work on Flickr
>
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jim_babbage/
>
>
> Thanx for the explanation,but I only downloaded
Fireworks on trial.I have need
> of another program?
>
For the method I described, yes. I was running on the
assumption you
had the Suite.
The other recommendation listed here should work fine for
you, or you
can just create a series of text boxes to emulate the look.
Keep in mind, this type of alignment is not something that
can be
reproduced easily on a web page, unless you are planning to
export this
text area as a graphic, which makes the text inaccessible,
non-indexable
and non-searchable on the web page.
Jim Babbage - .:Community MX:. & .:Adobe Community
Expert:.
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CommunityMX - Free Resources:
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Hi Friends,
I have to maintain two languages for sales order printing i.e. EN and FR.
I have copied the standard print program into a Zprogram as I have to add some more functionality also the script is a Custom Script.
How would I maintain two languages for the same script?
Kindly help.
Regards,
Pradeep
Note : I will definitely assign the marks for good answer .

Hi Prabhu,
Kindly explain it in detail. How can we create a smart form which having dual language i.e english & french.
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hi experts:
I am learning about form printing,the control command-include,for example:INCLUDE ZTEST OBJECT TEXT ID ST.
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thanks

Hi,
Standard text are used to include a Fixed Note or Rules or regulation document in SAPSCRIPT.
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SAP Vendor Master Communication Details for SMART FORM Printing.

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Thanks in Advance.
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Ravi

Hi Ravi,
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Communication Details Vendor Master SMART FORM Printing.

Hi
Could you please advice Functional module to extract SAP Vendor Master Communication Details for SMART FORM Printing.
Thanks in Advance.
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Hi,
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I am attempting to create an Adobe Form print/e-mail output for Invoices, with zero, one or many attached pages from the IXOS archive. (TIFF files.) So far I have managed to attach exactly one IXOS image. Now I need to make the number of attached images dynamic.
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Logic to extract IXOS image to application server's file system.
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The result is consistently one blank page. No more, no less.
Can anyone help?
Edited by: Eric Hopp on May 12, 2010 12:09 AM

Hello,
I have no experience regarding the table of pictures, but you could try a workaround if you don´t insist of displaying the images. You could attach the pictures as attachments (you know, the little attachments icon on the left in your Reader). The ABAP coding for this can be found in SE38 FP_* and when you check the descriptions you should be able to find the one working with the attachments.
Would be better than nothing I guess,
Otto

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