Update was terminated: maintain output device. How to avoid?

Question

Hi,
I created a smartform, and when it is printed, we get the error: Please maintain an output device in your user master data.
The client wants to avoid this error, without having to maintain the output device in the user master data.
So I look for the printer device in the NAST table, and pass the printer device in the output parameters when the form is being called.
But I still get the same message. Anybody know a solution for this? THX.
Here some of my code.
Select printer name
      select single LDEST from nast into v_printer_name
                         where OBJKY = NAST-OBJKY.
      output_options-tddest = v_printer_name.
      output_options-tdprinter = v_printer_name.
  call function FM_NAME
  EXPORTING
    control_parameters = control_parameters
    output_options     = output_options
    user_settings      = ' '

Answer 1

Hi,
Have you checked the sy-subrc value for the select statement that fetches LDEST from NAST? If the condition fails try to get the user default printer and pass it on to the smartforms.
select single LDEST from nast into v_printer_name
where OBJKY = NAST-OBJKY.
IF sy-subrc = 0.
output_options-tddest = v_printer_name.
output_options-tdprinter = v_printer_name.
else.
          wa_users-mandt = sy-mandt.
          wa_users-bname = sy-uname.
          APPEND wa_users TO i_users.
Get the user default printer.
          CALL FUNCTION 'SUSR_GET_USER_DEFAULTS'
            TABLES
              users  = i_users
            EXCEPTIONS
              OTHERS = 0.
          READ TABLE i_users INTO wa_user1 INDEX 1.
          IF sy-subrc EQ 0.
set user default printer
            output_options-tddest = v_printer_name.
            output_options-tdprinter = v_printer_name.
          ENDIF.