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Printing multiple line items in a box for a purchase order

What could cause a box command to print line items only once instead of multiple times? Expert Mark Smithson surmises the answer.

Mark Smithson
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Published: 03 Jan 2007
I am working on a SAPscript (copied from medruck form). I have to print line items of a purchase order in boxes. Now my problem is I have written the following code, which is in main window, and text-element is under loop of ekpo table. The boxes are printing only once - this is not working for multiple line items.

ITEM_LINE_3F_PRICE(Text element)
BOX XPOS '0.0' CM YPOS '1.0' CM WIDTH '1.5' CM HEIGHT 2 CM FRAME 10 TW
BOX XPOS '1.5' CM YPOS '1.0' CM WIDTH '2.5' CM HEIGHT 1 CM FRAME 10 TW
BOX XPOS '4.0' CM YPOS '1.0' CM WIDTH '3.0' CM HEIGHT 1 CM FRAME 10 TW
BOX XPOS '7.0' CM YPOS '1.0' CM WIDTH '3.0' CM HEIGHT 1 CM FRAME 10 TW
BOX XPOS '10.0' CM YPOS '1.0' CM WIDTH '3.0' CM HEIGHT 1 CM FRAME 10 TW
BOX XPOS '13.0' CM YPOS '1.0' CM WIDTH '1.8' CM HEIGHT 1 CM FRAME 10 TW
BOX XPOS '14.8' CM YPOS '1.0' CM WIDTH '1.5' CM HEIGHT 1 CM FRAME 10 TW
BOX XPOS '16.3' CM YPOS '1.0' CM WIDTH '3.0' CM HEIGHT 1 CM FRAME 10 TW

&EKPO-EBELP& &EKPO-EMATN& &EKPO-TXZ01& &EKET-EINDT& &EKET-UZEIT& &EKPO-MENGE& &EKPO-MEINS& &EKPO-KONNR&&EKPO-KTPNR&

As you have discovered the hard way, I would advise against having a BOX command in a conditional text element in a MAIN window. There are limitations on how this command works, particularly as relates to information which can print anywhere on a page. Generally, boxes belong either in a secondary window or in a default text element (i.e. at the top) of the MAIN window. I imagine you will need to redesign your form to accommodate these restrictions.

That being said, if you are determined to draw dynamic boxes in the MAIN window, take a look at SAP-provided print program 'PSFC_OBJECT_LIST' and SAPscript form 'PSFC_PRINT_LAY'. Here the print program tracks precisely where each text element begins and ends so that it can accomplish this, but it requires a rigidly built form. I'll leave it to you to decide whether the trade-off in design flexibility is worth it.

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