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SUBMIT - spool_options

Short Reference

Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54

Syntax


... SPOOL PARAMETERS pri_params 
    [ARCHIVE PARAMETERS arc_params] 
    WITHOUT SPOOL DYNPRO... .

Effect

These additions are used to supply the spool request with print and archiving parameters. The latter are required if the print list is to be archived using ArchiveLink.

The addition SPOOL PARAMETERS passes the print parameters in a structure pri_params of data type PRI_PARAMS from ABAP Dictionary. If archiving is specified in pri_params, you must pass archiving parameters using the addition ARCHIVE PARAMETERS in a structure arc_params of data type ARC_PARAMS from ABAP Dictionary.

Structures of data types PRI_PARAMS and ARC_PARAMS must be filled by the function module GET_PRINT_PARAMETERS. When calling the function module, you can set individual or all print parameters in the program and/or display a print dialog window. The function module creates a set of valid print and archiving parameters for use as pri_params and arc_params and adds these to its output parameters.

If the structures pri_params or arc_params are initial, the print parameters or archiving parameters created by a call of the function modules GET_PRINT_PARAMETERS with initial input values are used.

The addition WITHOUT SPOOL DYNPRO suppresses the print dialog box that is displayed as standard when you use the addition TO SAP-SPOOL.


Notes

  • These additions must always be used as indicated here. It is particularly important that the standard print dialog box be suppressed. If the standard print dialog box is used, inconsistent parameters may be passed on to the program accessed if the user chooses Cancel to exit the dialog box. Instead, the print dialog box can be displayed when the function module GET_PRINT_PARAMETERS is executed. This function module has an output parameter VALID that indicates the consistency of the print parameters created.
  • Use of the addition WITHOUT SPOOL DYNPRO without passing print parameters is no longer allowed in ABAP objects. In other objects, the print parameters are derived from the user master record, if possible.
  • Calling the print dialog box with SUBMIT TO SAP-SPOOL has the disadvantage that the Back function is not available. After using this kind of statement to switch to printing, the system cannot return to a point before the statement in question. You can only exit printing using Exit, which ends the entire program. If you use Cancel, inconsistent print parameters can be passed to the program. To disconnect the print dialog box from switching to printing, it is recommended that you call the function module GET_PRINT_PARAMETERS.
  • The same obsolete additions apply to the statement SUBMIT TO SAP-SPOOL as to the statement NEW-PAGE PRINT ON.