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You use this method to generate forms (with business data) that are ready for output. The form processing framework gets the form template and relevant information, as well as the business data to be used, from the input parameters of the method. It uses the output parameters to deliver the form, ready for output, in the required format, including page number information (for the spool file).

Method Parameters

Parameter Name

Parameter Type

Data Type

Description

IV_FORM

Import

CSEQUENCE

Name of form template

IV_FORMTECH

Import

CSEQUENCE

Layout technology used to design the form template

IV_LAYOUT

Import

XSEQUENCE

Layout of form template in binary form

IV_DATA

Import

XSEQUENCE

XML file containing the business data for the form

IV_FORMAT

Import

CSEQUENCE

Format in which the generated form (in binary form) is to be returned as a value of the EV_OUTPUT output parameter. Example: pdf, ps, pcl, zpl

IV_LOCALE

Import

CSEQUENCE

Locale of form template, for example de_DE, en_US

IV_INTERACTIVE

Import

ABAP_BOOL

Indicator that defines whether the form template is to be used for interactive forms

IV_TAGGED

Import

ABAP_BOOL

Indicator that defines whether the form is to contain additional information for accessible output

EV_OUTPUT

Export

XSEQUENCE

Output of generated form in binary form in the required output format

EV_PAGES

Export

I

Output of the number of pages of the generated form as information for the spool file