SAPscript Function Modules (SAP Library - BC SAPscript: Printing with Forms)

SAPscript Function Modules

This section contains a detailed description of the function modules used by SAPscript.

Database
READ_TEXT	Reads a text module and passes it to the specified work areas.
READ_TEXT_INLINE	Like READ_TEXT. In addition, it passes the first few text lines to a second lines table.
READ_REFERENCE_LINES	Reads the text lines of a reference text and passes them to the specified lines table.
SAVE_TEXT	Saves a text.
DELETE_TEXT	Deletes a text.
COPY_TEXTS	Copies a text.
SELECT_TEXT	Finds the texts for an application object.

Administration
REFER_TEXT	Creates a reference to another text.
RENAME_TEXT	Renames the text in the text memory.
COMMIT_TEXT	Creates for all texts in the text memory the call of an appropriate update module.
INIT_TEXT	Initializes the internal work areas for a text.

Editor call
EDIT_TEXT	Calls the text editor.
EDIT_TEXT_INLINE	Merges the inline lines with the other text lines and calls the text editor.

Consistency check
CHECK_TEXT_AUTHORITY	Checks the authorization for standard texts.
CHECK_TEXT_ID	Checks whether the specified text ID is valid.
CHECK_TEXT_LANGUAGE	Checks whether the specified text language is valid.
CHECK_TEXT_OBJECT	Checks whether the specified text object is valid.
CHECK_TEXT_NAME	Checks whether the specified text name is valid.

Editing functions
TEXT_SYMBOL_COLLECT	Finds the variable symbols that occur in a text.
TEXT_SYMBOL_PARSE	Checks whether a character string is a SAPscript symbol.
TEXT_SYMBOL_REPLACE	Replaces symbols in a text with their values.
TEXT_SYMBOL_SETVALUE	Defines the value of a text symbol.
TEXT_CONTROL_REPLACE	Replaces control statements in a text (IF, CASE...).
TEXT_INCLUDE_REPLACE	Replaces INCLUDE control statements by the text lines of the corresponding text.

Print
PRINT_TEXT	Formats a text for output.
PRINT_TEXT_ITF	Prints a text in the internal ITF format.

Form functions
OPEN_FORM	Opens the form output.
CLOSE_FORM	Ends the form output.
START_FORM	Starts a new form.
WRITE_FORM	Calls a form element.
WRITE_FORM_LINES	Writes text lines into a form.
END_FORM	Ends the current form.
CONTROL_FORM	Sends a control statement to the form.
READ_FORM_ELEMENTS	Finds the elements of a form.
READ_FORM_LINES	Passes the lines of a form elements into an internal lines table.

Conversion
CONVERT_TEXT	Converts texts between different formats.
CONVERT_TEXT_R2	Converts texts between SAPscript and the R/2 format.
CONVERT_OTF_MEMORY	Converts the formatted text (OTF format).
EXCHANGE_ITF	Exchanges the paragraph and character formats of a text with those of another style or form.

Transfer
IMPORT_TEXT	Imports texts.
EXPORT_TEXT	Exports texts.
TRANSFER_TEXT	Uploads/Downloads texts.