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Procedure documentationDisplaying an Original Application File with the Viewer  Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Use

You can display original application files with the integrated viewer in supported processing situations (for example, from the product structure or from the document info record).

See also: Viewer for Displaying Original Application Files

Prerequisites

You have made the settings in Customizing for Document Management for the viewer in the SAP system.

You are in a processing situation in which the display of original application files in the integrated viewer is supported.

See also: Viewer for Displaying Original Application Files

Procedure

The following are exemplary for the procedure in the different processing situations.

In all situations you can display the original application file by clicking on the button This graphic is explained in the accompanying text (Display Original) or using the context menu (entry Display).

Displaying Original Application Files from the Product Structure

  1. Display the product structure in the Product Structure Browser.

See also: Displaying the Product Structure

  1. Explode the structure for documents.

You can see whether a document version has one or more original application files assigned to it:

  1. Click on the icon Display Original.

The number of maintained original application files determines what happens next:

Number of Original Application Files

Procedure

One

No further action required.
The original application file is displayed.

Several

You see a dialog box with a list.

The list contains the workstation application or displays a short text for the original application file.

Select an original application file then choose Continue.

Displaying Original Application Files from the Document Info Record

  1. Display the document info record.
  2. All existing original application files are listed on the tab page Document Data or Originals.

  3. Position your cursor on the line of the original application file you want to display. Double-click on the original application file to start the viewer.

Result

The system checks the settings in Customizing for Document Management for the current frontend type (such as PC with operating system Microsoft Windows NT). The system determines which viewer is appropriate for displaying the selected file format (for example *.ACD format for AutoCAD files calls a 2D viewer).

The viewer is started automatically and displays the data of the original application file in a new screen section.

The following example shows the redlining feature in addition to the viewer.

This graphic is explained in the accompanying text

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