What SAP recommends in ECC 6. Either SAPSCRIPT or SMARTFORMS?

[Former Member]

Hi all,

I want to know, what is the SAP's recommendation in ECC 6.0, whether to use sapscripts or smartforms for the important form print outs like purchase order, quotation, GR, GI, invoice, delivery note.

I knew that in ECC 6.0, for some cases, there are both sapscript and smartforms available, for example Purchase order, Delivery note, invoice etc. In this case what is the SAP's recommendation? to use sapscripts or smartforms??

I heard that SAP does recommend.

Awaiting your reply,

Balaji

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi

These are few lines from sap help:

Smart Forms replace SAPscript forms. SAPscript forms will still be supported in the future; you can use them without making any changes for years to come. You can even use SAPscript texts in the Smart Forms.

Migration of SAPscript forms into Smart Forms is supported.

Even go through this link :

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/EN/a5/de6838abce021ae10000009b38f842/content.htm

[Advantages of using smartforms|http://saplab.blogspot.com/2007/09/advantages-of-sap-smart-forms.html]

Regards,

Sravanthi

[Former Member]

Hi Balaji,

SAP has not mentioned any where regarding use of SAP SCRIPTS and SMARTFORMS before releasing ECC 6.0 but still one can easily decide which is best way of printing form. SMARTFORMS has multiple advantages over SAPSCRIPTS. So people generally like to use SMARTFORMS.

Thanks,

Pritesh

[Former Member]

Hi,

AS there is no such hard core reccomendation by SAP, So it all depends on you wether you want to you use SAP Script or SMARTFORMS. As SAP Script is not fully replaced & still in use but for future there

again Adobe Forms & Smart forms will be more dominant as comapared to SAP Script, Moreover creating a form using Smatforms are easier than SAP Script so its better to go for Smatforms or Adobe Forms(if you are comfortable) as you have mentioned that you have some complex deveopments.

Cheers,

Brajesh

[JozsefSzikszai]

hi,

SAPScript is older technology, so if there is any recommendation between the two, than it is Smartforms. But since that there are Adobe Forms (or Interactive Forms - probably from Release 6.0) as well (tcode: SFP), so probably that is the real recommendation by SAP

hope this helps

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