You can enter the name of a form here, which then controls output formatting. After calling OPEN_FORM, you can immediately output texts to the form using other function modules.

If you leave the parameter blank, you must call START_FORM with a valid form name before starting any output functions.

Forms are language-dependent. Enter the desired language. If a form does not exist in this language, the system tries to call the form in its original language.

Reference field: THEAD-TDSPRAS

SAPscript can format a text for output on different device types. Enter the desired device type here.

Possible values:

'PRINTER' print output

'TELEX' telex output

'TELEFAX' telefax output

'ABAP' screen output as ABAP list

(interface of the calling program)

'SCREEN' screen output as ABAP list

(interface controlled by SAPscript,

can be set with parameter APPLICATION)

The user can display output formatted for PRINTER, TELEX, or TELEFAX as print view on the screen. From within the program, you can set the field TDPREVIEW (structure ITCPO) in the parameter OPTIONS, or the user can call the function on the print control screen.

The fields TDSENDTIME and TDSENDDATE designed for fax output (structure ITCPO) will be used for future enhancements; they are not used at present.

Use parameter DIALOG to determine whether to display a dialog box before printing, in which the user can set several spool parameters for print formatting.

Possible values:

' ' display no print parameter screen

'X' display print parameter screen

Use parameter OPTIONS to set several options for print formatting. The parameter has the structure ITCPO. The user can change some of the defined settings on the print control screen.

Structure: ITCPO

For the device type SCREEN, the system displays the text formatting on the screen. This requires an interface in which the different menu entries are defined. The same applies if the user chooses to display a print view on the screen for the other device types.

Enter one of the interface names provided by SAPscript. You usually use the interface that is assigned to the respective text object in table TTXOB.

Reference field: TTXOB-TDAPPL

Enter the index information for the print output you want to archive. This information (DARA line) is stored in the archive together with the print output. Thus, you can use the index information to access the print output directly in the archive.

Structure: TOA_DARA

The system interprets the settings passed in this parameter when archiving the output. The archive parameters have the ABAP Dictionary structure ARC_PARAMS.

Structure: ARC_PARAMS

Default value: SPACE

The parameter tells you which language variant of the form the system actually used.

The parameter contains results of the print formatting process. By comparing the corresponding fields of parameter OPTIONS with those of parameter RESULT, you can determine whether the user made changes to any settings on the print control screen.

The parameter contains results of the archiving process, including the archive parameters the user changed on the print control screen. The parameter has the ABAP Dictionary structure ARC_PARAMS.

When starting SAPscript print formatting, the system displayed a selection screen, on which the user can enter settings for the output, such as:

• Printer name

• Information on the cover page

• Page selection

• Number of copies

The parameter FORM contains the name of a form that the system could not find.

Possible reasons:

• The form does not exist.

• There is no active version of this form.

The parameter OPTIONS contains invalid values for the formatting options.

Possible errors:

• The output device specified in field TDDEST does not exist.

• The field TDPAGESLCT for selecting the pages to be printed contains invalid characters.

The system was told to open a new form even though an old form is still active. The old form must be closed first (CLOSE_FORM or END_FORM).