SAP ABAP Data Element TPLNAM (Name of source file)

Hierarchy

☛ BBPCRM (Software Component) BBPCRM
   ⤷ CA-DMS (Application Component) Document Management System
     ⤷ CV (Package) Application Development: R/3 Document Management

Basic Data

Data Element	TPLNAM
Short Description	Name of source file

Data Type

Category of Dictionary Type	D	Domain
Type of Object Referenced		No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type	CHAR40
Data Type	CHAR	Character String
Length	40
Decimal Places	0
Output Length	40
Value Table

Further Characteristics

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Parameter ID
Default Component name
Change document	☐
No Input History	☐
Basic direction is set to LTR	☐
No BIDI Filtering	☐

Field Label

	Length	Field Label
Short	10	Source
Medium	15	Source
Long	20	Source file
Heading	40	Source file

Documentation

Definition

This file is copied to each new original application file you create.

Use

For example, you can create a source file in application Microsoft Word to store a letter that already contains certain data (such as sender, address, and other text elements) and a style sheet.
Whenever you create a new original application file in Microsoft Word from a document info record of the selected document type, the data in the source file is copied to the new original application file, where you can edit it.

Procedure

Dependencies

In the IMG activity Define workstationapplications in network, you enter the data carrier type (for example, PC with Windows NT operating system), the workstation application (for example, Microsoft Word), and:

• The path for finding the source file in the file manager
• An entry for application type 2 (change), so that you can copy the original application file of the previous document version.

History

Last changed by/on	SAP	19960124
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