SAP ABAP Message Class SMARTFORMS Message Number 591 (For tips, see long text)
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☛ SAP_BASIS (Software Component) SAP Basis Component
   ⤷ BC-SRV-SSF (Application Component) Smart Forms
     ⤷ SMART (Package) SAP Smart Forms
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Message class SMARTFORMS  
Short Description Smart Forms - Form Builder    
Message Number 591  
Documentation status       Space: object requires documentation
Authorization check Error Message      
Changed On 20040719   
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The internal display of a Smart Form

Tables t_ntokens, t_objt, t_ltext are output. The language-dependent texts of the Smart Form are contained in t_ltext . All objects of the Smart Form, with the exception of those of the classes lcl_smartform and lcl_node, are listed in t_objt. The values that assume the attributes of these objects are stored in t_ntokens.

The lines of t_ntokens have two components. The first component contains a node type (NO, PA, WI, and so on). The second component contains a table, the lines of which have the following components:

  • tbegin numbers the lines
  • ttype can have the values {, }, [, ], (, ), <, >, and @. Meaning (see Example): The different types of open and closed brackets indicate the start or the end of an object, a table, a table line, or a structure. @ indicates a field. The name of the node, the table, the structure, or the field is found in tname.
  • tend. If a bracket is open in ttype, tend contains the number of the line in which this bracket closes. Otherwise tend is initial.
  • tname contains the name of a table, a structure, or a field.
  • value is initial if ttype is a bracket. If ttype = '@', value contains the value of the field whose name is in tname.

Example of the type of storage in t_ntokens: Let us assume that an object of the class lcl_node has the two attributes nodetype = 'TI' and l_obj_name; the latter is a structure with components iname = 'TEXT1' and vari = space. Six lines of the table are filled: The start and the end of the object are marked in the first and sixth lines. Line 2 contains the name and value of the field nodetype. Lines 3 to 5 are available for the structure l_obj_name: namely, line 3 for the start of the structure, line 4 for the name and the value of the field iname and, finally, line 5 for the end of the structure. The field vari is not listed because its value is initial.   

    tbegin    ttype    tend    tname        value   

    000001    {    000006    %NODE0000000058       

    000002    @    000000    nodetype        TI       

    000003    <    000005    l_obj_name   

    000004    @    000000    iname        TEXT1

    000005    >    000000    l_obj_name

    000006    }    000000    %NODE0000000058

Functions of extended internal display

You can choose between two displays of the internal form of a Smart Form. In contrast to the old display, the extended display provides the functions listed below.

To increase clarity, you can hide lines of the list.

  • "Collapse All": Only the lines with ttype = '{' or '}' are displayed. This is the default display.
  • "Expand All": All lines are displayed.
  • Choose Line and "Collapse" or "Expand": The lines with an open or closed bracket in the component ttype form pairs. If you select one of the two lines of such a pair and choose "Collapse", all the lines in between are hidden. If you choose "Expand", these lines are made visible again. Choose "Expand Once" to display only the lines of the next nesting level.

You can navigate between the lines of the list.

  • Navigation: A line pair with curved brackets in the component ttype refer to an object in the Smart Form. The lines in between hold the information about the attributes of this object. This includes references to successor objects in the Smart Form. You can double-click on a line with the name of a successor ( ttype = '@', tname = 'iname', value = <Successor>) and then navigate to the lines of the list that refer to this successor.
  • "Parent Node": Revokes the above navigation. If you select a line with curved brackets in the component ttype and choose "Parent Node", the object that has the chosen object as its successor is displayed (provided such an object exists).

You can make changes to the table t_ntokens.

  • "Value Entry": The tables can be configured so that they can receive entries. The value of the component value can then be changed in every line in which the component ttype has the value '@'.
  • Choose Lines and "Delete": . If ttype = '@', only the selected line is deleted. If the value of ttype is a bracket, both lines are deleted with the corresponding open and closed bracket and all lines in between.
  • "Save": The table t_ntokens could be changed by choosing "Value Entry" and "Delete". These changes are saved using export t_ntokens t_objt t_ltext to database stxfconts id <formname>.

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Last changed on/by 20040719  SAP 
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