Hierarchy
⤷ IS-U-WM-PC (Application Component) Processing
⤷ EEWM_SERVICE (Package) IS-U: Services
Basic Data
Data Element | EEWM_TDLINE |
Short Description | Text line |
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type | D | Domain |
Type of Object Referenced | No Information | |
Domain / Name of Reference Type | TDSTXLLINE | |
Data Type | CHAR | Character String |
Length | 132 | |
Decimal Places | 0 | |
Output Length | 132 | |
Value Table |
Further Characteristics
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Parameter ID | ||
Default Component name | TEXT_LINE | |
Change document | ||
No Input History | ||
Basic direction is set to LTR | ||
No BIDI Filtering |
Field Label
Length | Field Label | |
Short | 10 | Text line |
Medium | 15 | Text line |
Long | 20 | Text line |
Heading | 32 | Text line |
Documentation
The actual text is stored in the field TDLINE. Depending on the format field of the respective line, the line contents are interpreted as
- text
- control command or
- comment
All control information which can be contained in a SAPscript text line must be represented with readable characters. Hex codes which cannot be displayed on the screen should not be used. If this is the case however, the results of SAPscript functions may not be ideal.
Normal text lines can contain 2 types of 'control information':
- character formats
- symbols
Character formats define the formatting of characters or character strings within a paragraph. They are preceded by the escape symbol <x> or <xx> and concluded by the character </>. If the end sequence is missing, the character format applies up to the end of the paragraph. Character formats can be nested. 'x' or 'xx' are the format keys of the character formats. They are defined in either the assigned style or layout set. Character formats defined by the user can only consist of the letters A to Z and numbers 0 to 9, where the first character must always be a letter.
In addition to the character formats which can be freely defined, there are also formats defined by SAPscript:
<(> and <)>
Symbols are placeholders for values which are not inserted until output formatting. Symbols must have a specific structure so that they can be recognized:
- Symbols must be preceded and followed by & characters.
- Blanks are not allowed in symbol names.
- The symbol must fit fully in the field TDLINE.
- ...
These are only the most important requirements. Symbols can also contain additional options for formatting which are however not explained here as a more extensive description would be required.
History
Last changed by/on | SAP | 20050224 |
SAP Release Created in |