Converting sapscript form into smartforms

[Former Member]

Hi all,

Pls answer if you have come across this before.

For some of the sapscripts the corresponding print programs and the sapscript forms have been modified to give correct results and working fine. However printing barcode from sapscript has become an issue and it has been decided to convert the program and the sapscript into smartforms print program and smartforms (smartforms do not need DIMS or the additional s/w at the printer server level to get the barcode printed)

Can anybody tell what kind of issues we might face in converting the print program and the sapscript form.

thanks,

ashok

[Former Member]

Ashok,

When you migrate a Script to Smartform, every code will be commented in the Smartform and windows also won't coms as there in the Script,

1) if you migrate then see the syntax check , you wil get lot of erros, you need to do lot of work to remove all the erros, ans also, you need to uncoment the links which are comented during the migration, we need be very care here, becuase we need to know which line will print the exact info,

2) so, we need to decide whether the migration is good or the scrach one better,

but if you ank this quesion, everybody will say develop a smartform from Scrach

PROS and CONS of Migrating from SAPScript to SMARTFORMS

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Our company is on 4.7 and is considering the pros and cons of converting from SAPscript to Smart Forms. We have no new forms on the horizon, but maintain a lot of forms in SAPscript. Are you able to provide any references that have converted from SAPscript to Smart Forms?

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EXPERT RESPONSE

On my last two major projects, I coordinated SAPscript to Smart Forms migration for two Fortune 500 company divisions (one upgraded from 3.1h to 4.6c, the other from 4.0b to 4.7). In both cases, the decision as to when to convert from SAPscript to Smart Forms was made on a form-by-form basis. There are a number of factors to take into account, as discussed in my recent joint ASUG conference presentation with Adobe Systems entitled: "Choosing an SAP Form Tool: SAPscript, Smart Forms or the Adobe/SAP Solution". I'll summarize some of them for you here.

One important factor: the SAPscript tool is not going away anytime soon; it is just not being further enhanced. So if your existing forms are stable and working as designed, there may be no compelling need to switch.

However, if you need to take advantage of more advanced output options, or your forms require frequent changes (which are much easier to make with the newer tool), then Smart Forms may be worth considering. In addition, the tool may be a better choice in the long run, as the embedded interactive forms technology offered jointly by SAP and Adobe in the upcoming NetWeaver '04 platform offers only direct migration from Smart Forms and not from SAPscript.

Should you decide to proceed with converting an existing SAPscript form into a Smart Form, the process can be complex in certain situations, in which case a structured approach is critical; see my related joint workshop with SAP Labs, entitled "TechEd 03: ...Migrating SAPscript to Smart Forms" -- available as a free download from the SAP Service Marketplace (Media Library). Also note that there are several preconfigured Smart Forms available as a free download from the same section of the Service Marketplace; these can jump-start new form development or re-development efforts.

Refer to the below link,

http://www.erpgenie.com/abap/smartforms_detail.htm

For further information check this link it gives step by step procedure

http://www.ficoexpertonline.com/downloads/Iyer_SmartForms.pdf

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~~Guduri