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Spool Dialog Box
The spool dialog box makes it possible to interactively determine all
spool parameters and checks the input values for consistency and
completeness. The call is either automatic or program controlled.
The spool dialog box appears automatically if a user chooses Execute
and Print on the selection screen, and also when
spooling screen lists . In these cases, the
spool dialog box cannot be suppressed.
The GET_PRINT_PARAMETERS function module can be used to call the
spool dialog box in a program.
When the spool dialog box is called automatically, the
SET_PRINT_PARAMETERS function
module can be used to set standard values. The
SET_PRINT_PARAMETERS
function module mainly has the same import parameters as the
GET_PRINT_PARAMETERS function module (refer to
Overview of All Spool Parameters )
and no export parameters. There is an additional input parameter called
FOOT_LINE that is used when spooling a
screen list to define that a footer is to be printed and that is only
taken into account there.
Notes
Displaying the spool dialog box using GET_PRINT_PARAMETERS
is the recommended method for program-controlled spooling, and thereby
decouples the dialog from the statements
NEW-PAGE PRINT ON and SUBMIT TO
SAP SPOOL . It is still possible to call the spool dialog box with
the latter, however, the functions Back or Cancel cannot
be processed properly.
The standard values for the spool dialog box must be set before sending
the selection screen or list to the screen when the spool dialog box is
called automatically. It is recommended that SET_PRINT_PARAMETERS
only be used at the INITIALIZATION
event of an executable program.
Using SET_PRINT_PARAMETERS only allows the setting those spool
parameters that are stored in components of the PRI_PARAMS
structure.
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