Table Tab (SAP Library - SAP Smart Forms (BC-SRV-SCR))

Table Tab

Use

You use this tab page to determine the table layout for a table node (or a complex paragraph).

In contrast to the template node, where you fix all lines and columns of the table, you determine mere table types on the Table tab. You select these table types when displaying the successor nodes.

Specifying the Table Layout by Line Types

You use a line of the table control of the Table tab to define a Line type. The line type specifies:

How many cells the line contains and how wide these cells are. The sum of all cell widths must correspond to the table width. In addition, the table width must never excede the width of the output window.

The height of the table line is determined dynamically and depends on the cell contents as well as on the style used. The highest cell determines the height of the line.

Whether the table cells within the line are protected against page breaks (mark No page break field)
Which line type to use if no line type is specified for the output of the node

Determine a line type for the table heading, a line type for the items in the table, and a line type for the output of a total. To do this, fill in three lines in the table control.

Defining the Line Types

To describe the line types, use either the table control or the Table Painter (to call it, use a pushbutton on the tab page).

General Settings for the Table Layout

The attributes in the Table pattern box and for the table width as well as the Horizontal alignment apply for the entire table. These attributes are identical with the attributes of the template (see: Defining the Table Layout).