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Use

Inbound reports can exist in the SAP System in many different formats. As standard, the .PDF format is supported for inbound reports in the SAP component Product Safety. You can also send inbound reports in any other format.

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Shipping Inbound Reports

In order that the inbound report can be printed and shipped via a printer with R/3 spool capability (for example, default printer), you must set up a local port on the generation server. To do this, install a logical (not physical) printer locally. This local printer converts the format of the inbound report into PS or PCL format. The converted file is then reloaded into the SAP System and output on a printer with R/3 spool capability.

Note

If you want to display inbound reports in report management or the report information system, an application must be configured on your front end that can display the format of the inbound report. In order to print out the inbound reports, the printer must be capable of printing the application format.

Prerequisites

Procedure

For PDF and Non-PDF Formats

You must execute the following steps 1. through 3. for shipping inbound reports, regardless of which format the inbound reports have.

Installing a Local Printer on the Generation Server

  1. Install a local printer on the generation server with the following data:

Caution

  1. For the sample data above, make the following entries in the WWI.INI file:

[CONVERT]

command=printto

target=C:\temp\target.ps

printer=Convert

Installing the Application on the Generation Server

  1. Install on the generation server an application that can display and print the format of the inbound report. (For *.PDF files, install the Acrobat Reader.)

The application must be capable of converting the extension format XYZ of your inbound report to the formats PCL or Postscript using printer drivers.

You can now already ship inbound reports in PDF format, since these are supported as standard.

For Non-PDF Formats

You also need to execute the following steps in addition to the above if you use reports in formats other than PDF.

Checking Requirements in the Windows Registry

  1. Open the registry editor under Windows using the REGEDIT command and check that:

Note

If Windows NT is installed on the generation server and the new format XYZ is the format TIF, the generally available application Wang Imaging that converts TIF to PostScript can be used. You then only need to configure the printer.

Adapting the DDIC Domain ESDWIAPPL

  1. From the SAP R/3 screen in the SAP System, choose Tools ® ABAP Workbench ® Development ® Dictionary, select the Domain field, and enter ESDWWIAPPL.
  2. Choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Change ® Fixed values.
  3. In the Fix.val. column, enter the file extension XYZ, assign a short text, and choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text.
  4. Adapting Customizing

  5. In Customizing for Product Safety, call the IMG activity Specify Communication.
  6. Copy every entry with the source document format PDF and for the copied entries, replace the value PDF with the value of your file extension.

 

 

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