3.4 Printing program

Obligatory sections of printing program:

  • declaration of a variable (context), using ABAP-dictionary type;

  • implementation of logic for filling the variable (context);

  • call a function module 'ZXLWB_CALLFORM', passing the variable (context) and form name as importing-parameters.

Example of a simplest printing program:

REPORT z_shipping_label.


* declare a context

DATA gs_context TYPE zcontext_shipping_label .


* fill the context

gs_context-to_name = 'Dan Tedford' .

gs_context-to_street = '811 Alworth Avenue' .

gs_context-to_town = 'Middlefield' .

gs_context-to_state = 'CA' .

gs_context-to_zip = '98567' .


* call the form

CALL FUNCTION 'ZXLWB_CALLFORM'

EXPORTING

iv_formname = 'SHIPPING_LABEL'

iv_context_ref = gs_context

EXCEPTIONS

OTHERS = 2.

IF sy-subrc NE 0 .

MESSAGE ID sy-msgid TYPE sy-msgty NUMBER sy-msgno

WITH sy-msgv1 sy-msgv2 sy-msgv3 sy-msgv4 .

ENDIF .

Result of the printing program execution:

We see a screen of the viewer containing an application toolbar and a container in which is inscribed OLE-object Excel.