Smart Forms are SAP’s innovative solution for creating and maintaining forms in SAP systems in a completely graphical user interface, by using very minimum programming skills.
The main highlights of Smart Form are
1. Forms can be created and maintained in minimum time
2. A graphical user interface for adjusting forms, inserting fields, graphics, working with templates and tables, and all this with minimum programming skills
3. Web publishing based on generated XML output
SAP Smart Forms allow you to execute simple modifications to the form and in the form logic by
using simple graphical tools; in 90% of all cases, this won't include any programming effort. Thus,
a power user without any programming knowledge can configure forms with data from an SAP
System for the relevant business processes.
To print a form, you need a program for data retrieval and a Smart Form that contains the entire
from logic. As data retrieval and form logic are separated, you must only adapt the Smart Form if
changes to the form logic are necessary. The application program passes the data via a function
module interface to the Smart Form. When activating the Smart Form, the system automatically
generates a function module. At runtime, the system processes this function module.
You design a form using the graphical Form Painter and the graphical Table Painter. The form
logic is represented by a hierarchy structure (tree structure) that consists of individual nodes,
such as nodes for global settings, nodes for texts, nodes for output tables, or nodes for graphics.
To make changes, use Drag&Drop, Copy&Paste, and select different attributes. These actions
do not include writing of coding lines or using a Script language.
For Web publishing, the system provides a generated XML output of the processed form.
You can insert static and dynamic tables. This includes line feeds in individual table cells,
triggering events for table headings and subtotals, and sorting data before output.
You can check individual nodes as well as the entire form and find any existing errors in the tree
structure. The data flow analysis checks whether all fields (variables) have a defined value at the
moment they are displayed.
SAP Smart Forms allow you to include graphics, which you can display either as part of the form
or as background graphics. You use background graphics to copy the layout of an existing (scanned) form or to lend forms a company-specific look. During printout, you can suppress the background graphic, if desired.
SAP Smart Forms also support postage optimizing.
Best Regards,
Vibha
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