What is the difference between Standard text and Text Symbols?

[Former Member]

Hi,

1.Difference between Standard text and text symbol,?

2. Which we use Standard symbol?

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Thiru,

Standard text is a object which can hold some text and can be used in scripts to print this text in the script.

Text Symbols - This is text declaration limited to only the program declared.

<b>Reward points if this helps.

Manish</b>

[Former Member]

Text symbol

Text symbols are symbols representing text elements. In fact, a text symbol can be defined for every text elements. The reading of the form is easier in the SAPscript editor. The name of the text symbol must not exceed 32 characters and its value 60 characters. The value assignement can be done in two ways:

- Using the following command: "/: DEFINE &SYMBOL&='TEST_SYMBOLE'"

- Using a standard text symbol.

The text symbol value is temporary stored. When the print program finishes the execution, the text symbol does not exist anymore. The text symbol must have a value when it is declared.

Also check this link,

http://www.supinfo-projects.com/en/2005/forms_sapscript_en/5/

Standard text are good, if you are using them in more than one SAPScript, because you have to maintain them only once, and not in every SAPScript.

It is really good to write rarely changing texts into the SO10 standard texts (for example company name, and address).

standard text is not always used in scripts. when ever u want to display some data u need to use standard text so that the data gets displayed. Say, u have a large piece of document which needs to be printed at end of script... rather than writing the whole thing in script, we create standard text using SO10 and then use the name along with standard text in script.