Overview of Node Types (SAP Library

Overview of Node Types

When you create a mail form, the tree structure containing the form elements already contains two nodes:

New page
Main window

Each node has attributes which are maintained on subscreens displayed on the right-hand side of the screen. The attributes you can maintain on the tabs General Attributes , Output Options, and Conditions are the same for most of the node types (see: Shared Attributes of the Node Types).

Successor Nodes

The tables below list the successor nodes, depending on the node type:

Output areas

Node type	Description	Possible direct successors
Page	A page of the mail form. Direct successors of this node can be placed directly on the page.	Window, graphic, address
Window	Output area on a page. There are main windows and subwindows.	All except window and page nodes

Elementary nodes (without successors)

Node type	Description
Text	You use this node to print any texts (and table contents), except addresses.
Graphics	You use this node to position graphics in the mail form. To include background graphics, use node type Page .
Address	You use this node to include an address. The system reads the address data directly from the database tables and formats them for print output.

Flow control

Node type	Description	Possible direct successors
Command	Executes special commands (next page, paragraph numbering, printer control)	(no successor)