Character Strings
Used to define the fonts and the formatting and printing styles
for each and every character that needs to be printed on the output
document. The start of the character string is indicated by <string
name>, while the end of the character string is indicated by </>
Pages
The designer needs to organise the template as a series of pages.
When an actual output document is printed, it will refer to each
page for putting the data coming from the ABAP program. The order of
pages is also taken from the template i.e the layout set defined.
Windows
Various parts of the output document can be conveniently
organised on the pages using windows. Thus the data stream coming
from the ABAP program can be logically grouped into various parts
and can be placed on different locations on a page
There are 2 main types of windows that can be used in a layout
set:
MAIN - A layout set can have only one MAIN window which
is created by default. This window can flow over multiple pages.
CONSTANT - A layout set can have any number of constant
windows. A constant window can be used once per page
Text Elements
Any text that needs to be written on the output document should
be placed within a text element. This includes constant text as well
as variable data like internal table data coming from the ABAP
program.
It is advisable to group logically related data within one text
element.
The fields of various tables defined in the ABAP program will be
included under these text elements. These fields are carriers of
data. Every field should be included in a pair of & characters.
(e.g. &aufk-aufnr&)
Page Windows
All the windows that form a page of the layout set.
Choose the window and click the Text Elements button to go
to the Layout Set Editor. This consists of 2 parts
The small space on the left is for specifying the type of
command, while the window adjacent to it is for writing the command
or the text that needs to go under a text element.
