Specifying Language-Specific Fonts for Form Output

Prerequisites

You have administrator rights to change the FPFONTREPL table.
The fonts you want to use must be installed for Adobe Document Services.

For more information, see Configuring Adobe Document Services for Form Processing (ABAP).

Detailed descriptions of individual configuration steps for setting up the necessary users and communication connections, installing and configuring certificates for SSL connections, and for signatures and certification.

For more information, see SAP Note 1489570 .

Context

Form templates are created in an original language and can be translated into other languages. Texts from the form interface, form context, and form layout are translation-relevant. If a form is created in a target language other than the original language, the fonts used in the layout are retained. If these fonts do not support all characters of the target language, the system automatically chooses a suitable font. However, you can specify the fonts to be used when creating forms in the FPFONTREPL table.

Procedure

In the Data Browser (transaction SE16), call the table FPFONTREPL.
Under Name of Form Object, enter the name of the form template. Use one of the following options:
- To specify fonts for particular form templates, enter the names of the form templates.
- To specify fonts for all form templates in the client, enter the placeholder * in the table under Name of Form Object.
Under Language, enter the target language of the form in which the specified font is valid.

Note

To output the form in the target language, you must enter this in the LANGU field of the import parameter /1BCDWB/DOCPARAMS of the function module generated when the form is called.
Under Source Font, specify the font of the original form template.
Under Target Font, specify the font that the system is to use when outputting the form in the target language.

Example

You want the form created using form template FP_name to use the font MS Mincho instead of Times New Roman for the Japanese version.

You must enter the following in table FPFONTREPL:

Name of Form Object (Form Template)	Language	Source Font	Target Font
FP_name	J	Times New Roman	MS Mincho