Pages

You must define at least one page for every form. And you must designate a "first"page in the form header. Otherwise text formatting is not possible. In addition, you should inform the system which page is to be used after reaching the end of the first page. If you do not specify a next page, the output of your text ends at the end of the current page.

To define a page, give it a name and specify attributes for it:

• Name of the next page

• Page counter mode

  INC	Increases the counter by 1
  HOLD	Counter remains unchanged
  START	Sets the counter to 1

  Note

  You can display the contents of the page counter using the system symbol &PAGE&.

  • Numbering type of the page counter

    ARABIC	Arabic numerals
    LETTER	Letters
    ROMAN	Roman numerals

    Note

    Although CHAR is displayed as an entry option for the numbering type of the page counter, internally CHAR is converted to ARABIC.

    • Output length for page numbering with numerals

    • Upper or lower case for numbering with Roman numerals or letters

    • Resource name

      In the Resource Name field, you specify that the paper for this page should be taken from a particular paper tray at the printer.

      In the Resource Name field, enter the print control that has been defined for switching to the paper tray you want to use. In printer types pre-defined by SAP, these print controls are generally as follows:

      • TRY01: Select first paper tray

      • TRY02: Select second paper tray (if available at the printer)

      • TRY03: Select third paper tray (if available at the printer)

      • TRYEN: Print envelopes (if supported by the printer)

      • TRYMN: Switch the printer to manual paper feed (if supported by the printer). The printer pauses until you feed a sheet of paper into it.

      • TRYME: Switch the printer to manual envelope feed (if supported by the printer). The printer pauses until you feed an envelope into it.

        Note

        You can use all tray selection print controls except TRY03 with suitably equipped printers that are defined with the following SAP device types: HPLJSTND, HPLJ_II, HPLJIIID, HPLJ4, LX4039, and SNI20XX8.

        You can use TRY01, TRY02, TRY03, and TRYMN on suitably equipped printers that are defined with these device types: KYOF1000, KYOF1200, and KYOFS1500.

        See the spool system (transaction SPAD) to check on how your printers are defined.

    • Print Mode

      In the Print Mode field, you can specify single or double-sided printing for a page. Possible values:

      • No entry: Currently active printing mode continues unchanged.

      • S: The page is printed in simplex mode. That is, the printer prints on only one side of the paper. If another mode was previously active, then the printer is switched to simplex mode with the start of the page.

      • D: The page is printed on the first side of a sheet in duplex mode. If another mode was previously active, then the printer is switched to duplex mode with the start of the page and continues printing in this mode.

      • T: The page is printed on the first side of a sheet in tumble duplex mode. That is, the printer prints on both sides. The page on the second side is always inverted, so that the footer of the second page is printed opposite the header of the first page.

      • If another mode was previously active, then the printer is switched to tumble duplex mode with the start of the page and continues printing in this mode.

        Note

        Print modes are currently supported for printers that use the PCL-5 language. These are printers that are defined with the following SAP device types: HPLJ_II, HPLJIIID, HPLJ4, LX4039, SNI20XX8.

        See the spool system (transaction SPAD) to check on how your printers are defined.

        The following print controls are defined for these functions: SPMSI (begin simplex printing); SPMDU (begin duplex printing); SPMTU (begin tumble duplex printing); SPMFS (print on first side of sheet in duplex or tumble duplex mode); and SPMBS (print on second side of sheet in duplex or tumble duplex mode).