Form for Formatting Output

Definition

A style determines only the paragraph and character formats. To layout the individual print pages, you define forms in SAPscript. You can also specify paragraph and character formats in forms. If no style is allocated to a text, the system uses the paragraph or character formats defined in the form under the same names. If no form is allocated to a text, the system automatically uses the form SYSTEM.

Use

The form is stored in the text header in field TDFORM. When initializing the text using INIT_TEXT, the system copies the default value from the corresponding field in table TTXOB into the text header. After initializing or reading a text, you can change the form by entering another form into the text header. If you want to allocate a form for printing only, simply specify the form in the text header before calling the function module PRINT_TEXT. With certain text objects, the user can change the form in the text editor, provided the text interface offers the corresponding menu functions. The system then stores the form together with the text.