Supress print pop up in smartforms
Dear Friends,
I need to supress the print popup in smartforms. I mean i want print directly, i dont want pop up. Now when i execute that program i am getting pop up and giving printer name and then print. But i want the print directly, i am giving printer name on the selection screen.
I have tried with different combinations of control parameters and output parameters, but its not working.
Any help will be highly appreciated.
Thanks a lot in advance.
DATA : z_control TYPE ssfctrlop, " here define two structures (ctrl and options)
z_options TYPE ssfcompop. " like ssfctrlop and ssfcompop.
MOVE 'X' TO : Z_control-no_dialog, " these are the status of variables
Z_options-tdnewid, " of 'output options' and 'control parameters' structures
z_control-PREVIEW. " that have to be set before passing to the form.
MOVE 'LP01' TO Z_options-tddest. "
MOVE space TO Z_options-tdimmed. "
MOVE 'PRINTER' TO Z_control-device. "
call function 'SSF_FUNCTION_MODULE_NAME'
EXPORTING
formname = 'ZPURCHASEORDER2'
IMPORTING
fm_name = fname.
CALL FUNCTION FNAME
EXPORTING
CONTROL_PARAMETERS = z_control " here the structures are passed
OUTPUT_OPTIONS = z_options " into the form in stmt 'exporting' so that
USER_SETTINGS = '' " print options are not popped up b4 disp of smartform.
TABLES
IT_EKKO = TAB_EKKO
IT_EKPO = TAB_EKPO
IT_LFA1 = TAB_LFA1.
Regars,
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http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/68/4a0d5b74110d44b1b88d9b6aa1315b/frameset.htm
Go to Character formate in your form.
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2) Now when you go to SE73 if you enter SBP00 for you device it will add the newly created Prefix
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The place where you are using the field value use like this
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http://www.servopack.de/Files/HB/ZPLcommands.pdf.
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Check this link:
http://www.sap-img.com/abap/questions-about-bar-code-printing-in-sap.htm
Check this link:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/d9/4a94c851ea11d189570000e829fbbd/content.htm
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http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/66/1b45c136639542a83663072a74a21c/content.htm
go through these links and cose u r previous threads,
http://www.sap-img.com/abap/questions-about-bar-code-printing-in-sap.htm
smartform - barcode
http://www.erpgenie.com/abap/smartforms.htm
http://sap.ittoolbox.com/groups/technical-functional/sap-basis/print-barcode-with-smartform-634396
http://sap.ittoolbox.com/groups/technical-functional/sap-dev/printing-barcode-733550
Detailed information about SAP Barcodes
A barcode solution consists of the following:
a barcode printer
a barcode reader
a mobile data collection application/program
A barcode label is a special symbology to represent human readable information such as a material number or batch number
in machine readable format.
There are different symbologies for different applications and different industries. Luckily, you need not worry to much about that as the logistics supply chain has mostly standardized on 3 of 9 and 128 barcode symbologies - which all barcode readers support and which SAP support natively in it's printing protocols.
You can print barcodes from SAP by modifying an existing output form.
Behind every output form is a print program that collects all the data and then pass it to the form. The form contains the layout as well as the font, line and paragraph formats. These forms are designed using SAPScript (a very easy but frustratingly simplistic form format language) or SmartForms that is more of a graphical form design tool.
Barcodes are nothing more than a font definition and is part of the style sheet associated with a particular SAPScript form. The most important aspect is to place a parameter in the line of the form that points to the data element that you want to represent as barcode on the form, i.e. material number. Next you need to set the font for that parameter value to one of the supported barcode symbologies.
Creating Bar code:
) Go to T-code - SPAD -> Full Administration -> Click on Device Type -> Double click the device for which you wish to create the print control -> Click on Print Control tab ->Click on change mode -> Click the plus sign to add a row or prefix say SBP99 (Prefix must start with SBP) -> save you changes , it will ask for request -> create request and save
2) Now when you go to SE73 if you enter SBP00 for you device it will add the newly created Prefix
Create a character format C1.Assign a barcode to the character format.Check the check box for the barcode.
The place where you are using the field value use like this
<C1> &itab-field& </C1>.
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Check this thread for detail information.
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Refer this link
i want to retrieve a photo image of an Employee to display in smartforms
Regards,
Sravanthi
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