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Converting Smart Forms to

PDF output

In this recipe, we will see how the form output may

be suppressed and returned as internal table to our
calling program and then how a PDF is generated
within the program. We will set values to some
elds in the control structure of the Smart Form
and use it with the CONVERT_OTF_2_PDF

function module.

How to do it...

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For generating PDF output without showing the
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Smart Form on the screen, follow these steps:

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First, we de ne two structures
cont_parameters and myoutput

based on the dictionary structures

ssfctrlop and ssfcrescl

respectively.

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Then, we assign 'X' to the setotf

and no_dialog elds of the control

structure.

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The dynamic call of the Smart Form
function module is then carried out.

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Appropriate variables are then de ned.
The most important is the internal table
pdf_content used for storing the
converted PDF output of the form. The

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filesize and doc_archive tables
are necessary for calling the function
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module CONVERT_OTF_2_PDF .

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The function module
CONVERT_OTF_2_PDF is then called. The
OTF parameter passes the value of the
eld otfdata of the myoutput

structure.

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