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New Barcode Printing in SAP using

Smartforms

Attachments:14 Added byKris Donald, last edited byCraig Cmehilon Jun 19, 2008 (view change)

Applies to:

The new bar code conversion is included as standard as of SAP Web Application Server 6.40.

You can also use the new bar code conversion as of SAP R/3 4.6C, as long as you have

imported the relevant Basis Support Package and the corresponding Kernel Patch. For more

information about this, see SAP Note 430887 in the SAP Service Marketplace.

Summary

Use any standard printer to print out barcodes using SAP Smartforms

Author(s): Kris Donald & Siddharth Shah

Company: Larsen & Toubro Infotech Ltd, Mumbai

Created on:10 June 2008

Authors Bio

Kris Donald is a SAP technical consultant working with L&T Infotech, Mumbai, India. He

has worked in SAP since September 2006 and his experience spans various technologies such

as ABAP, XI, MDM and Web Dynpro for Java and ABAP Siddharth Shah is a SAP technical

consultant working with L&T Infotech, Mumbai, India. He has worked in SAP since August

2007 and his experience spans technologies such as ABAP and Web Dynpro for Java

Table of Contents

Applies to:

Summary.

Author Bio.

Introduction.

1. Maintaining the Font(s)
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Creating a new font

2. Creating the Style.

3. Creating the Smartform

4. ABAP Program to call the Smartform

Sample program

5. Sample Output

6. Troubleshooting

Consecutive bar-coded rows overlap

Second field shows MATNR in English and not bar-coded

Preview is proper but printing doesn't take place at all

Preview is proper, text is printed properly but barcode (and pictures) are not proper

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Disclaimer and Liability Notice

Introduction

With traditional bar code printing, the bar codes are generated at the printer and not in the

SAP system. Special hardware, such as SIMM modules, is required to do this. If the bar code

is to be formatted or controlled with traditional bar code printing, print controls must be

changed in the printer commands. In contrast to traditional bar code printing, the new bar

code printing does not require any special software, since the bar code is sent to the printer as

a graphic. However, the new bar code printing only works with Smart Forms.

1. Maintaining the Font(s)

Go to TCODE SE73 and display the system bar codes*,*


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A default font (such as C128A shown below) can be used or you can create your ownfont

Creating a new font

Make sure you are in change mode for System bar codes Click on the New button on the toolbar and then choose the 'New Bar Code

Technology' and give it a name (eg: BC_NAME) and description

Different barcode technologies are available. For this example we shall use 'Code 128'

Keep the other settings as default and save the font in a transport request (clicking oncancel at the transport request popup will save it locally)


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2. Creating the Style

Go to transaction SMARTSTYLES or use the 'Style' radio button of transactionSMARTFORMS

Create a new Style (eg: ZBARCODE_STYLE) Create a default Paragraph Format by clicking on 'Create Node' from the Context

Menu of 'Paragraph Formats' in the left navigation view

Create a new Character Format by clicking on 'Create Node' from the Context Menuof 'Character Formats' in the left navigation view (I have given the Character Format

the name 'CH' in this example)


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From the barcode name dropdown list, choose either a system default value such asC128A or the font that we just created (eg: BC_NAME)

Save and activate the Style

3. Creating the Smartform

Here we will create a Smartform to display Material numbers from the MARA table as well

as a barcode which contains that same Material number * Go to transaction SMARTFORMS

and create a new Smartform (ZBARCODE_MARA in this example)


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Create the following entry in the Tables tab of the Form Interface of your Smartform

Save the Smartform Create a new Table entry on the Main Window as shown below

In the Table tab of %TABLE1,Split the Line type %LTYPE1 into two parts In the Data tab, LOOP AT Internal Table IT_MARA INTO IT_MARA Create a Table Line in the header as well as the Main Area of the table Assign Line type %LTYPE1 to both of them


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Create a Text value in each of these four cells (you can rename them to make it easierto understand) Your left side navigation display should now look something like this

Put appropriate headers into the HEADER_MATNR and HEADER_MATNR_CODEtext fields

Click on the Field list button to display the field list


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Drag and drop the MATNR field from the IT_MARA table interface into the GeneralAttributes tab of the DATA_MATNR as well as the DATA_MATNR_CODE cells

In the Output Options tab of the DATA_MATNR_CODE cell, choose the style thatyou created earlier (ZBARCODE_STYLE in this example)

Go back to the General Attributes tab, select the text &IT_MARA-MATNR& andthen change its character style to 'CH'

Save and activate the Smartform

4. ABAP Program to call the Smartform

Go to transaction SE38 Create a simple program to call the Smartform Save, activate and run the program You can choose to preview or print the Smartform

Sample program

*&---------------------------------------------------------------------*

*& Report ZBARCODE_CALLER


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*&

*&---------------------------------------------------------------------*

*& call smart form

*&

*&---------------------------------------------------------------------*

REPORT ZBARCODE_CALLER.

TABLES MARA.

DATA FMNAME TYPE RS38L_FNAM.

DATA ZITAB TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF MARA.

SELECT MATNR FROM MARA INTO CORRESPONDING FIELDS OF TABLE ZITAB

UP TO 15 ROWS.

CALL FUNCTION 'SSF_FUNCTION_MODULE_NAME'EXPORTING

FORMNAME = 'ZBARCODE_MARA'

IMPORTING

FM_NAME = FMNAME.

CALL FUNCTION FMNAME

TABLES

IT_MARA = ZITAB.

5. Sample Output


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6. Troubleshooting

Consecutive bar-coded rows overlap

Create a new paragraph format and set the Line Spacing to 2 Lines

Use this new format in the non bar-coded cells

Second field shows MATNR in English and not bar-coded

Make sure you select the text before changing the character format in the Smartform

Preview is proper but printing doesn't take place at all

Make sure your printer is configured properly in transaction SPAD. Try printing something

else from SAP to verify the settings

The device type used in our system is SAPWIN : Rel.4.x/SAPlpd 4.09+_Also check the

_Print Immediately button, else go to transaction SP01 to immediately print all pending print

jobs

Preview is proper, text is printed properly but barcode (and pictures) are not

proper

Check that your printer is configured properly in Windows with the proper driver that

matches your printer's model

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