SAP ABAP Data Element TDSTYLE (Style Name)
Hierarchy
SAP_BASIS (Software Component) SAP Basis Component
   BC-SRV-SCR (Application Component) SAPscript
     STXD (Package) SAPscript
Basic Data
Data Element TDSTYLE
Short Description Style Name  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type TDSTYLE    
Data Type CHAR   Character String 
Length 8    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 8    
Value Table      
Further Characteristics
Search Help: Name    
Search Help: Parameters    
Parameter ID   
Default Component name STYLE   
Change document    
No Input History    
Basic direction is set to LTR    
No BIDI Filtering    
Field Label
  Length  Field Label  
Short 10 Style 
Medium 15 Style 
Long 20 Style 
Heading Style 
Documentation

Definition

Name of a style. The name of a style can have a maximum length of 16 characters, and can comprise upper case letters and figures. It must begin with a .

A style in SAPscript is a profile for formatting text. The style contains various formatting elements which the user can apply to the document to control text formatting.

In order to make the elements in the text accessible, the appropriate style must be allocated to the text. In the SAPscript standard text editor,this occurs via a menu selection. A list of all the styles available in the system is displayed, from which a style can be selected by the user.

A style definition contains the following elements:

Header data:

This is general information about the style, such as the user ID of the person who created the object, a short text describing the style, etc.

Paragraphs:

Paragraphs are the real layout elements in SAPscript. Every text entered in the editor consists of various paragraphs. The beginning of a paragraph is marked by a paragraph tag in the left column of the editor. Paragraph names and attributes are defined in the style.

The attributes which can be defined for paragraphs include text alignment, line spacing, font used etc.

Character strings:

Character strings are layout elements relevant for a section of text within a paragraph. They are inserted in the continuous text. The beginning of a section of text is marked by the character combination <XX> and the end by </>. Here is the name of the character string, which is defined in the style.

History
Last changed by/on SAP  20010130 
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