Have you ever found yourself scratching your head wondering why your Smartform wouldn’t go?

Scratch no longer!

Ok, so this is going to be a really quick post, just because I think there’s a lot of people out there who didn’t know about this functionality and it’s very helpful.

Many times it has happened to me, I’m working on a Smartform, and I try to test it and nothing happens, the function module aborts with some formatting error or sometimes a “others” exception, and I had to go and try to understand what happened, comment out code or delete windows (making a backup) until I found where the problem was, usually a missing logo or a window exceeding the page limits. A missing text module will also do this.

But there’s an easier way to find out what the problem is, SFTRACE!

Let’s work through an example.

So, I tried to print/preview a print out, it didn’t work, what now?

I execute transaction SFTRACE and turn the trace on:

Try to print again. Refresh the trace. An entry will appear!

Now look at the info… in my case apparently there’s a missing graphic!

There you have it. I hope this is helpful.

Best regards,

Bruno Esperança