Text symbols - Scripts

Hi,
I am new to SAP scripts.
I m struggling wid scripts.....need to ask where & how we can add text symbols in the script.
I need to add some coding in the text elements for which I need to define the variables (text symbols)..how to do that?
Please help me on priority.
Thanks & Regards,
Sangeeta

Google the document (pdf) 'SAPScript Made Easy' - it's an oldie but a goodie and it will help you learn the SAPScript skills you need. Otherwise, check the help files for learning the basics or request some assistance from your team lead.

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Text symbol in script

Hi All,
I am using a standard symbol in script.Insert>symbol>standard symbol,whether these symbols are speific to the program or will be available globally.i meant to ask if i use a standard symbole 'cp_prod' can i use the same in another form for different text?
Regards,
Sai

Hi
These script symbols are global
you can use them in other form also
A variable in SAPscript is called a symbol. There are the following types.
System symbol (e.g. the number of the current page)
Standard symbol (usable in any document)
Program symbol (value from the print program)
Text symbol (local variable)
The value of a symbol is text for using within SAPscript code and is represented by the symbol-name enclosed by ampersands. On seeing the tell-tale ampersands in SAPscript code, you sometimes need to figure out the symbol type.
goto any PAGEWINDOW's Text elements in Script (SE71)
from the Menu-> INSERT-> Symbols
you find all symbols here
System symbols
System symbols in a SAPscript form are comparable to system fields like SY-UZEIT in an ABAP program, and include these. The graphical editor offers three types of system symbol.
1. General system symbols
See the table TTSXY. PAGE is the most widely used. The list given in our BC460 training manuals is out of date.
2. SAPscript system symbols
See the dictionary structure SAPSCRIPT. SAPSCRIPT-FORMPAGES is the most widely used.
3. ABAP system symbols
For the ABAP system field SY-UNAME, say, the symbol is SYST-UNAME. [SYST is the dictionary structure for ABAP system fields.]
Sample code:
User: &SYST-UNAME&
Page &PAGE& of &SAPSCRIPT-FORMPAGES(C3)&
Standard symbols
Standard symbols are maintained centrally (in the table TTDTG via transaction SE75) for use in any document. Menu path:
Tools
Form Printout
Administration
Settings
Some standard symbols are SAP-standard and others are custom. Curiously, table TTDTG is cross-client although SAPscript forms are not.
The value of a standard symbol has to be defined for each language used. This gives a way to make a single SAPscript form multi-lingual.
We can take advantage to an extent of the central maintenance, though there is no guarantee that the available standard symbols will used in every appropriate context.
Standard symbols complicate searching a SAPscript form, since text like Charity registration 211581 may be hiding in a standard symbol.
Text symbols
A text symbol is declared and assigned to within the SAPscript code, and so obviously applies only to the current document. The command DEFINE is used, requiring /: in the tag column, as in the following examples.
/: DEFINE &COMP_NAME& = University of Warwick
/: DEFINE &WS_RATE& = &TAX_SUMM_C&
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Anji

Difference jb/w text symblosin script and standard text in scripts

hi to all
can u pols explain about the
difference b/w text symblos in script and standard text in scripts

hi
Default paragraph Paragraph set to * in standard text maintenance
If no form has been assigned to a text, the system automatically assigns the form SYSTEM, which contains minimal definitions for text formatting. There are two ways of formatting texts using forms: Use the standard text maintenance to enter and print the text.
Any kind of text can be included in a form. If no object is specified, then TEXT will be used (standard texts).

Text Symbols
Text symbols acquire their values as a result of explicit assignment. To interactively assign text symbols, in the text editor choose Include  Symbols  Text. This method is available for all text symbols belonging to a text module as well as those of the associated form. Values defined in this way are lost when the transaction is left. If you want to print the text module again, then you must enter the symbol values again. The purpose of the DEFINE command is to provide a means of making this value assignment a permanent part of the text, so that the values are available again when the text module is called again. This command can also be used to re-assign a new value to a text symbol half-way through the text. Syntax: /: DEFINE &symbol_name& = 'value'
/: DEFINE &subject& = 'Your letter of 7/3/95' The value assigned can have a maximal length of 60 characters. It may itself contain other symbols. A symbol contained within the value assigned to another symbol is not replaced with its own value at the point at which the DEFINE command is executed. Rather, this replacement is made when the symbol defined in the DEFINE command is called in the text.
/: DEFINE &symbol1& = 'mail' /: DEFINE &symbol2& = 'SAP&symbol1&' /: DEFINE &symbol1& = 'script' &symbol2& -> SAPscript If, however, the DEFINE command is written using the ':=' character rather than the '=' character, then any symbol contained within the value being assigned is replaced immediately with its current value. The assignment to the target symbol is made only after all symbols in the value string are replaced with their values. The total length of the value string may not exceed 80 characters. The target symbol must be a text symbol, as before.
/: DEFINE &symbol1& = 'mail' /: DEFINE &symbol2& := 'SAP&symbol1&' /: DEFINE &symbol1& = 'script' &symbol2& -> SAPmail
Inserting Text Symbols
Procedure
Inserting a Text Symbol
1. Choose Insert → Symbols → Text.
2. Place the cursor on the desired text symbol.
3. Choose Choose.
4. The system inserts the text symbol.
Editing the Value of a Text Symbol
1. Choose Insert → Symbols → Text.
2. Choose Edit value bearbeiten. The dialog window Value definition for symbol <text symbol> appears.
3. Enter the appropriate value definition.
4. Choose Continue. In the dialog window Text symbols the specified value appears after the name of the text symbol.
5. Choose Continue.
Deleting all Text Symbol Values
1. Choose Insert → Symbols → Text.
2. Choose Delete all values. The system deletes all defined values.
3. Choose Continue.
Using Formatting Options for Text Symbols
1. Choose Insert → Symbols → Text.
2. Choose Options. The dialog window Formatting options for <text symbol> appears.
3. Fill in the fields.
4. Choose Continue.
5. Choose Continue. The system executes the selected formatting option.
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ravish
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How to copy Report(including text symbols and Selection text) in Local file

Hi,
I have developed a Report in my testing system (Company dummy system) which contains lot selection text and Text symbols.
Is there any program that will copy that prohram along with all selection text and text symbold and save it on the floder and form the same program or different program i can upload program??
for example SAP has standard program RSTXSCRP from which i can export and import SAP Script to and from local file or system.
Please let me know at the earliest.
Regards,
Prasanna

HI,
For scripts only that option is avaible in SAP.
For reports u can copy that report to another name otherwise release the request no and transport to one system to another system.
Final option is u have to save to one local file (green color icon) after that in which system, u want to upload the report means u have to create new report and upload it including selection-text itself.
Thanks,
Shankar

Symbol script to change image

Would it be possbile to have have a symbol script that allows me to select which image out of 5 or 6 should be viewable, and have it in just one field as compared to toggling the visibility of 6 seperate image fields

Managed to figure out how to do this by adding a few functions to the symbols .jsf file. If anyone happens to have the same problem a working version of my symbol and the corresponding .jsf code can be found below.
Sample
http://i.imgur.com/Jy8RZ.png
.jsf file
4
Book%20Title,textChars,Book%20Title,Title;
Book%20Publisher,textChars,Book%20Publisher,Publisher;
Highlight%20Box,visible,Is%20Selected,false;
Visible%20Image,fontsize,Selected%20Image,0;
function shouldIBeVisible(myNumber)
var values = Widget.elem.customData["currentValues"];
if (values[3].value == myNumber )
return true;
return false;
function isSelected(status)
if (status)
return "#ff0066";
return "#dac4a5";
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values.push({ name:"Book Title", type:"text", value:"Title" });
values.push({ name:"Book Publisher", type:"text", value:"Publisher" });
values.push({ name:"Is Selected", type:"boolean", value:"false" });
values.push({ name:"Selected Image", type:"number", value:"0" });
Widget.elem.customData["currentValues"] = values;
function applyCurrentValues()
var values = Widget.elem.customData["currentValues"];
Widget.GetObjectByName("Book Title").textChars = values[0].value;
Widget.GetObjectByName("Book Publisher").textChars = values[1].value;
Widget.GetObjectByName("Highlight Box").pathAttributes.brushColor = isSelected(values[2].value);
Widget.GetObjectByName("Image1").visible = shouldIBeVisible(1);
Widget.GetObjectByName("Image2").visible = shouldIBeVisible(2);
Widget.GetObjectByName("Image3").visible = shouldIBeVisible(3);
Widget.GetObjectByName("Image4").visible = shouldIBeVisible(4);
Widget.GetObjectByName("Visible Image").fontsize = values[3].value;
switch (Widget.opCode)
case 1: setDefaultValues(); break;
case 2: applyCurrentValues(); break;

What is the difference between Standard text and Text Symbols?

Hi,
1.Difference between Standard text and text symbol,?
2. Which we use Standard symbol?

Text symbol
Text symbols are symbols representing text elements. In fact, a text symbol can be defined for every text elements. The reading of the form is easier in the SAPscript editor. The name of the text symbol must not exceed 32 characters and its value 60 characters. The value assignement can be done in two ways:
- Using the following command: "/: DEFINE &SYMBOL&='TEST_SYMBOLE'"
- Using a standard text symbol.
The text symbol value is temporary stored. When the print program finishes the execution, the text symbol does not exist anymore. The text symbol must have a value when it is declared.
Also check this link,
http://www.supinfo-projects.com/en/2005/forms_sapscript_en/5/
Standard text are good, if you are using them in more than one SAPScript, because you have to maintain them only once, and not in every SAPScript.
It is really good to write rarely changing texts into the SO10 standard texts (for example company name, and address).
standard text is not always used in scripts. when ever u want to display some data u need to use standard text so that the data gets displayed. Say, u have a large piece of document which needs to be printed at end of script... rather than writing the whole thing in script, we create standard text using SO10 and then use the name along with standard text in script.

Not able to make change of text in text symbol which are stored in txt pool

Hi Experts,
I have new problem today. I have been told to make changes of header text which is displayed after running one customized program.
Program name : ZSDXXXXX1 which is attached in one Tcode: ZSDXX2.But when I goto SE38 and display the program to make changes, it shows the following different report name like AQCSSYSTQV000009ZSDXXXXX1 and the text symbols text-f58 which are somewhat different.
Pls gide me to proceed further...
In SE38:
report AQCSSYSTQV000009ZSDXXXXX1
 line-size 253 no standard page heading line-count 000(003).
include <symbol>.
include <icon>.
selection-screen: begin of block prog
 with frame title text-f58.
tables LIKP.
data %count-LIKP(4) type x.
data %linr-LIKP(2).
tables aqldb.
include rsaqexcd.
data: begin of %st_liste occurs 100,
 head(1),
 tab(3),
 line(6) type n,
 cont(1) type n,
 fint(1),
 finv(1),
 fcol(1) type n,
 text(0253),
 end of %st_liste.
etc.

As per the report name "AQCSSYSTQV000009ZSDXXXXX1", it seems that there will be a SAP Infoset "ZSDXXXXX1"
Go to transaction SQ02 with this infoset name "ZSDXXXXX1" then press change button.
Then on right hand side there witll be field groups/data fields. Select the folder corresponding to Text-F58 and then press change button .
If it does not work try transaction SQ01 & SQ03.
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Edited by: Alvaro Tejada Galindo on Apr 11, 2008 4:29 PM

How to prevent a text in script from displaying if its value is zero

Dear all,
How to prevent a text in script from displaying if its value is zero
for eg Price = 0.00
if price is 0 it should'nt appear in output.
I tried with if price ne 0.
 price = &price&
 endif.
but it's not working.
Regards
Raj
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Edited by: Alvaro Tejada Galindo on Jan 20, 2009 8:59 AM

Hello Nagaraju,
 What you were doing is partially right.
The correct format to write in the script is as follows :
/: if &PRICE& ne 0.
&PRICE&
/: endif.
This should work. Let me know how it goes.
Nayan

Assigning a Value to a Text Symbol: DEFINE

Hi all,
I am printing some text in the form. The text is in the database table and is retrieved. say the field name is fld06 in the table ztfin. Previously it is code as &zfin-fld06& in the form edotir. Now my requiremnet is to dispay some other text where ever I have to print ztfin-fld06. I have used the define statement in this way :
/: DEFINE &ztfin-fld06& = 'Data Fattura'
But when I look at the output the text is not replaced nor it is realised while I am debugging. Can anyone tellme where I am going wrong ?
Regards,
Varun.
Message was edited by: varun sonu

hi
chk this out
DEFINE: Value assignment to text symbols
Text symbols receive their value through an explicit assignment. This assignment can be made interactively in the editor via the menu options Include Symbols Text. This lists all the text symbols of a text module, as well as those of the allocated layout set.
The contents defined in this way are lost if the transaction is exited. To continue printing the text module, you would have to enter the symbol values again.The DEFINE command allows you to anchor this value assignment firmly in the text, to also have it available when you next call up the text. Furthermore, you can allocate another value to a text symbol in
the course of the text.
Syntax:
/: DEFINE &symbolname& = value
Example:
/: DEFINE &re& = Your correspondence of 3/17/94
Example:
/: DEFINE &symbol1& = xxxxxxx
/: DEFINE &symbol2& = yyy&symbol1&
/: DEFINE &symbol1& = zzzzzzz
Result: &symbol2& yyyzzzzzzz
The assigned value may have a maximum of 60 characters. It can also contain further symbols. When a symbol is defined using the control command DEFINE, symbols which occur in the value are not immediately replaced by their value. They are only replaced when the target symbol is output. If the operator := is used in the DEFINE statement, all symbols which occur in the value which is to be assigned are immediately replaced by their current values. The resulting character string is only then assigned to the target symbol when all occurring symbols have been replaced. The length of the value is limited to 80 characters. The target symbol must be a text symbol, as at present.
Syntax:
/: DEFINE &symbolname& := value
u can also write a perform...endperform to change the value of a field to ur required text.

Text symbol for automatic insertion of file and page data

In Visio I have a footer on my wireframe pages that includes text symbols referencing data about the file (document name, last edited) and also the number of the page. These symbols automatically update as the data changes. I can do something similar in InDesign and Word.
I cannot seem to find a way to do this in Fireworks. Perhaps I just don't know what the feature is called?
--Jim

Apologies, but you weren't particularly clear on the problems you were having in your prior post, so I was just making sure you actually found the shapes.
You didn't ask about customizing the shapes either. If you had, we might have been able to save you the time. Auto shapes have very specific editable on-canvas features. The rest is controlled under the hood by JavaScript. It's quite likely that - had you opened the JS file - you could have made some of those edits. That's the cool thing about these shapes. You CAN change things.
I don't pretend to be a JS guru, but when I opened the JSF file, I was able to find the variables for changing font color, size, fill color and whether the text automatically expands to fill the box, in few minutes.
On the canvas, I can use the Subselection tool to change the width of the box and its fill, as well as the size of the text block. I can use the customize command for the shape itself to place each piece of information on a separate line.Will you get a warning message when you resize the rectangle? Yes, because you are altering the base parameters of an object controlled by JS. Does it have a negative impact on the shape? No.
As for autonumbering of Pages, I isaid that this is an automatic feature in FW. You have no control over it in the current version and as I said, I do not beleive the numbering is carried over to a PDF. Beside each page name you will see a 2 digit number - that is what I was referring to.
If you do not manually name your pages, FW will also name them onthe sequence in which they were created, Page 1, Page 2 etc. FW will NOT change that name if you change the order of the pages; it sill only update the sequence number.
As you said yourself, you are new to Fireworks. Don't throw in the towel because of one negative experience, which could have been resolved with more knowledge of the software, or additional questions in the forum. And remember that Fireworks is not just a wireframing tool; it is also a design tool.
Message was edited by: Jim_Babbage

Text symbols are missing in SAP standard program

Hi All,
I am in very critical probelm I have standard program J_1I_EWT_MIS in that i have text elements are in english.
I dont have any access key but i want to transalte the text elements while tarnsalting it doesnt ask me for any access key.
Unfortunately i have overwitten all the text elemnts to another language all my text sysmbols were disapperared.
I dont have any solution now..
BUt i know that etx symbols which are disapperead.
Please advise me how can i proceed to get my text symbols.
Thanks,

Hi,
My problem is i have selections texts in standard program previously i have descriptions for that.
By mistaken all the texts were disappered and selection texts are existing.
Now i eant to enter selection text name for that.AS it is a standard program i can't change it.
Can you please give me an idea on this.
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Swapna.

Using Standard text in scripts

Hi all,
I had a problem while printing standard texts in scripts.
I Know how to print standard text if we have to print it from the begining of window using
INCLUDE &T024E-TXADR& OBJECT TEXT ID ADRS LANGUAGE &EKKO-SPRAS& PAR
But my problem id i have print it after a hard coded text like
Delivery schedule: 'here i have to print the standard text'.
can any one please help me out how to solve the problem
Thanks & regards
sreehari p

Hi,
Here's one my brother taught me - you can actually trick the system to accommodate this requirement.
Ensure that you use 2 different paragraph formats in your INCLUDE statement, using the PARAGRAPH and NEW_PARAGRAPH clauses, ie.
INCLUDE &T024E-TXADR& OBJECT TEXT ID ADRS LANGUAGE &EKKO-SPRAS& PARAGRAPH P1 NEW-PARAGRAPH P2
Paragraph P2 (which will be used as the first line) should be created as having a Line Spacing value of 1 TW (1 twip) which is less than 1/1000th of an inch. Also, set the Left Margin value to an offset which brings the text to the right of the Delivery schedule literal.
Paragraph P1 (which will be used for all subsequent lines) should be set up as normal - ie. use the same paragraph format as that for displaying your "Delivery schedule:" literal. If you need the text to be indented in line with the first line, then copy your existing paragraph to a new paragraph but set the Left Margin value to the same as that in P2.
What this does is to output the first line of text indented by the margin after skipping 1 twip, giving the illusion that it's actually on the same line. Since subsequent lines are output with a normal (or normal/indented) paragraph, that just follows with normal spacing on subsequent lines.
Hope this makes sense.
Regards, Andy

What is a text symbol, what does it do (other than mess with my doc)?

I am working with FM8 in Tech Comm Suite 1 on Windows XP.
Some of my docs have text symbols sprinkled liberally throughout the text. I know you can select the option not to view the text symbols, but they still show up in FM and PDFs and RoboHelp and play havoc with the spacing.
What are text symbols?
What purpose do they serve?
How can you make sure they aren't inserted when creating a doc?
Is there any way to get rid of them easily?
Thanks for the help that I know will soon be coming.
M

To clarify, text symbols are one of FrameMaker's visual guides that can be optionally displayed in a FrameMaker document window to indicate the location of something else. A text symbol appears as a special character, but never prints or appears in PDF. However, the represented object may indeed affect the way the published document appears. As explained in the FM 9 User Guide, there are text symbols for an end of paragraph, end of flow, tab, anchored frame, table anchor, marker, forced return, equation alignment point, nonbreaking space, discretionary hyphen, and suppress hyphenation. You turn text symbols on and off with the View > Text Symbols command. Doing so does not affect the content of your document; it just helps you locate where the represented objects occur.
Thus, the problem you are having is not text symbols per se, but the object represented by a text symbol. As others have commented, the tab character can produce the observed results. Viewing text symbols can help you locate the tab characters. While tab characters can be inserted automatically in an autonumber or, in a structured document, in a prefix or suffix, they can also be entered from the keyboard, by pasting, or by converting a document that contains them from another format. You can find tabs that are not automatic using Edit > Find/Change. Type \t as the text you want to find. If you wish you can do a global change to remove all the tabs in the document or change them all to spaces.
--Lynne

Issue passing values to text symbols in Dynamic text PDF forms

Hello Everyone,
I am facing a problem related to Dynamic texts in Adobe PDF forms (Text node of type include text). I am able to pass the dynamic values to the Text node properties but i am not able to pass the values to Text symbols inside the Text node. When tested it says the field not found. I have the same structure and field in the CONTEXT as that of the text symbol. The problem i see is because in PDF the field names have $record.(fieldname) ?
Please share your thoughts if anyone has faced similar problem or know how to handle it.
Thanks a million in advance,
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Open the report up in the Designer and Click on Edit, Subreport Links. Likely what you can do is use Shared Variables to pass values from the main report to the subreport.
You need to do this in the report first. If you are using RAS then you can at runtime. If RAS is not available to you then no way in code.
See these samples:
Root Page
http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/BOBJ/BusinessIntelligence%28BusinessObjects%29+Home
Enterprise Samples (including managed and unmanaged ras)
http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/BOBJ/BusinessObjectsSDKSampleApplications
Non-Enterprise Samples
http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/BOBJ/CrystalReportsSDKSampleApplications
Exporting Samples (RAS)
http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/BOBJ/NETRASSDK+Samples#NETRASSDKSamples-Exporting%2FPrinting
Also refer to the DSK help files for the Engine or RAS and search on the subreportcontroller.
If you are using RAS I'll move your post to the SDK forum.
Thank you
Don

Location of standard text in scripts

hi,
        where will be the standard text in script?
regards,
bbr.

SO10 is the T-code.
You can call the FM Read_text.
you should pass the below values to FM
    id                            =
    language                      =
    name                          =
    object                        =
tables
    lines                         =.
Regards,
Rajasekhar Reddy.

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