Notes on Defining the Layout

How do you indicate the mode of a document (display/change)?

The commands EDIT and SHOW have, for example, been assigned to the document. You can synchronize all HTML elements of your choice with these commands.

How do you control the number of lines displayed in a table?

The XSL style sheet is used to create a table component in the HTML document for each process instruction of type repeated data request defined in the XML document. You can pass on suitable parameters to the bfwTable component class used for this.

How do you control colors, fonts, and font sizes?

The XSL style sheet is used to link Cascading style sheets that define the font, font size, and color palette for print-out and display on the screen.

How do you link PI documents and documents from the intranet?

You can use characteristic PPPI_LAYOUT to define a frameset that is automatically displayed along with the corresponding PI document. Reserve a separate frame to output intranet documents. Using characteristics for the long text output (SAPscript editor: format HAT), you can define hyperlinks in HTML format in the PI document.

When would you use a hyperlink with the _bfw_link_ ID?

The runtime environment controls the navigation by way of these hyperlinks. You can also define that files or documents that are directly taken from the SAP system are only loaded when requested. For this reason, always use _bfw_link_ for documents taken from the SAP system.