Tables in form interface in Smartforms

Hi
Generally for creating Tables in Form Interface in smartform , We have to create a Zstructure Or ZTable Type in SE11 and then we refer this structure in form interface. My requirement is how can we create Tables In Form Interface in smartforms
without creating Zstructure In se11. Can you please tell me is it possible , If possible then how can i do it.
Thanks & Regards
Girdhari

Hi friend,
If you have a driver program and you need to pass data from the driver program to the smartform then during Form interface declaration you need to specify a global parameter. Which you will be creating using SE11.
With out creating a global structure or global table type we cannot declare it. If you have all the logic with in the smartform then you can declare the table type or structure with in the form then declare it.
But once if data comes from outside then we should go for global.
So i hope you will be clear and got the answer for your question.
Thanks,
Sri Hari
Edited by: srihari.kumar on Feb 8, 2012 12:06 PM

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