{"id":7381,"date":"2025-08-05T01:28:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T19:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sapewmhelp.com\/?question=what-are-smart-forms-in-sap"},"modified":"2025-08-05T01:28:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T19:58:21","slug":"what-are-smart-forms-in-sap","status":"publish","type":"question","link":"https:\/\/www.sapewmhelp.com\/?question=what-are-smart-forms-in-sap","title":{"rendered":"What Are Smart Forms in SAP?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Smart Forms are SAP&#8217;s graphical tool for creating and maintaining print forms. They were introduced as a replacement for SAPscript to simplify form development with a graphical, drag-and-drop interface and no need for a separate scripting language.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"470\" data-end=\"493\"><strong>Key Features:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Built using graphical editor (no need to write layout code manually).<\/li>\n<li>Supports tables, loops, conditions, windows, and dynamic content.<\/li>\n<li>Output in formats like PDF, print preview, email, or XML.<\/li>\n<li>Separates form logic from application logic (cleaner design).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Example Function Module Usage:<\/p>\n<div class=\"hcb_wrap\">\n<pre class=\"prism line-numbers lang-scss\" data-lang=\"SCSS\"><code><!--StartFragment --><span><span>DATA<\/span><span>:\u00a0<\/span>lv_fm_name\u00a0<span>TYPE\u00a0<\/span>rs38l_fnam<span>,<\/span>\r\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0lv_control_param\u00a0<span>TYPE\u00a0<\/span>ssfctrlop<span>,<\/span>\r\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0lv_output_options\u00a0<span>TYPE\u00a0<\/span>ssfcompop<span>,<\/span>\r\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0lv_job_output_info\u00a0<span>TYPE\u00a0<\/span>ssfcrescl<span>.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span>CALL\u00a0<\/span><span>FUNCTION\u00a0<\/span><span>'SSF_FUNCTION_MODULE_NAME'<\/span>\r\n\u00a0\u00a0<span>EXPORTING<\/span>\r\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0formname\u00a0<span>=\u00a0<\/span><span>'ZSMARTFORM_NAME'<\/span>\r\n\u00a0\u00a0<span>IMPORTING<\/span>\r\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0fm_name\u00a0\u00a0<span>=\u00a0<\/span>lv_fm_name<span>.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span>CALL\u00a0<\/span><span>FUNCTION\u00a0<\/span>lv_fm_name\r\n\u00a0\u00a0<span>EXPORTING<\/span>\r\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0control_parameters\u00a0<span>=\u00a0<\/span>lv_control_param\r\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0output_options\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<span>=\u00a0<\/span>lv_output_options\r\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0user_settings\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<span>=\u00a0<\/span><span>'X'<\/span>\r\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0&lt;other_parameters&gt;\r\n\u00a0\u00a0<span>IMPORTING<\/span>\r\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0job_output_info\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<span>=\u00a0<\/span>lv_job_output_info<span>.<\/span>\r\n<\/span> <\/code><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","question-category":[158],"question_tags":[178,283,177,287],"class_list":["post-7381","question","type-question","status-publish","hentry","question-category-abap","question_tags-abap","question_tags-forms","question_tags-sap","question_tags-smart-forms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sapewmhelp.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/question\/7381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sapewmhelp.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/question"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sapewmhelp.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/question"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sapewmhelp.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sapewmhelp.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sapewmhelp.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"question-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sapewmhelp.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fquestion-category&post=7381"},{"taxonomy":"question_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sapewmhelp.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fquestion_tags&post=7381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}