templates

[Former Member]

hi all

plz tell the difference between template and a table

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anand

[Former Member]

Hi

Table Painter is used to design layout of Templates & Tables.

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/4b/83fb4edf8f11d3969700a0c930660b/frameset.htm

You can say its nothing but graphical format of template.

Template is to display a table whose layout and size (number of lines and columns) is determined before the runtime of the application program. For this reason, a template is also called a static table

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Anji

[Former Member]

Hi Anand,

<b>Template : </b>

1) It is a static entity i.e. its dimensions can not be changed at run time.

2) You will specify both height and width for the column in template.

<b>Table : </b>

1) It is a dynamic entity i.e. its dimensions can be changed at run time. Hence, based on the data, it can last from one page to multiple pages. Hence, for line item display, normally table is used because you won't be knowing about the number of line items and no of pages.

2) You only specify the width of the column.

Check this link which describes more about smartform

http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/BCSRVSCRSF/BCSRVSCRSF.pdf

You can find differences from 53 to 56 pages in the pdf

Thanks,

Vinay