The Following are the differences between Smartforms and SAPScripts :-

a) Multiple page formats are possible in smartforms which is not the case in SAPScripts

b) It is possible to have a smartform without a main window, but it is mandatory to have that in SAPScript

c) Labels cannot be created in smartforms, but in SAPScript you can create Labels

d) Routines can be written in smartforms tool

e) Smartforms generates a function module when activated- which is used to call the Smartform, nothing like such in SAPScript

f) Use RSTXSCRP to download SAPScript to your Harddisk, whereas in Smartfrom (Utilities -> Upload/Download form) it is a built-in as a utility, to download in XML format

g) The protect and endprotect command in sapscript doesn’t work with smartforms

h) The output medium for Smartforms support printer, fax, e-mail, or the Internet (by using the generated XML output), whereas in case of SAPScript, it is restricted to printer

You might also be interested in these posts:

1. Advantage Smartform: Migrating SAPScript to Smartforms in SAP
2. Debugging Smartforms and SAPScript in ABAP
3. Formatting SAPScript / SMARTFORMS in SAP

But when it comes to performance, both beats each other in there own domain.

It all comes down to number of “‘matches” in the WHERE/IF-clause.

In case you have a rare match, the WHERE-method is better.
In case you have an always match, the IF-method is better.

When the match was done on 1-out-1000:

When the match was done at 1 – out of -2 :

and when the “match” is matching every line

*source = Harry Dietz

You might also be interested in these posts:

1. Best way to Loop At ‘Standard’ Internal Table in ABAP
2. ABAP Program to show My Inactive Programs
3. Create a TCODE for an ABAP Query

- Attempts to move comments to the end of the line.  Added because pretty printer in 4.6 no longer does this.

*———————————————————–*

*———————————————————–*
* Pretty Report – format the ABAP Program
*———————————————————–*
REPORT zabap_pretty_report .
TABLES:
e071 , ” Objects of a request or task (E070)
tadir , ” Catalog of R/3 Repository objects
trdir , ” System table TRDIR
dd02t . ” R/3-DD: SAP Table Texts
DATA: BEGIN OF mtab_old_prog OCCURS 0,
line(72) TYPE c,
END OF mtab_old_prog.
DATA: BEGIN OF mtab_new_prog OCCURS 0,
line(72) TYPE c,
END OF mtab_new_prog.
DATA: BEGIN OF mtab_statement OCCURS 0,
line(72) TYPE c,
END OF mtab_statement.
DATA:
* Hold an entire statement, even if it spans multiple lines
BEGIN OF mtab_long_line OCCURS 0,
start TYPE i,
end TYPE i,
code(5000) TYPE c,
END OF mtab_long_line.
DATA: BEGIN OF mtab_tabname OCCURS 0,
tabname LIKE dd02t-tabname, ” Table name
tabdesc LIKE dd02t-ddtext, “Short text describing ABAP/4 Dictio
END OF mtab_tabname.
* Queue to hold list of internal table names for commenting the ENDLOOP
* line
DATA: BEGIN OF mtab_itab_names OCCURS 0,
tabname(40) TYPE c,
END OF mtab_itab_names.
* Queue to hold list of table names for commenting the ENDSELECT line
DATA: BEGIN OF mtab_tab_names OCCURS 0,
tabname(40) TYPE c,
END OF mtab_tab_names.
DATA: BEGIN OF mtab_form_names OCCURS 0,
tabname(40) TYPE c,
END OF mtab_form_names.
PARAMETERS:
p_report LIKE sy-repid, ” Program: Name of ABAP/4 program
p_test AS CHECKBOX DEFAULT ‘X’.
START-OF-SELECTION.
PERFORM get_program_code TABLES mtab_old_prog
USING p_report.
END-OF-SELECTION.
PERFORM create_condensed_table TABLES mtab_old_prog
mtab_long_line.
PERFORM format_program.
CALL FUNCTION ‘PRETTY_PRINTER’
EXPORTING
inctoo = space
TABLES
ntext = mtab_new_prog
otext = mtab_new_prog
EXCEPTIONS
enqueue_table_full = 1
include_enqueued = 2
include_readerror = 3
include_writeerror = 4
OTHERS = 5.
IF p_test = space.
PERFORM save_program.
ENDIF.
LOOP AT mtab_new_prog.
IF mtab_new_prog = space.
SKIP 1.
ENDIF.
WRITE: / mtab_new_prog.
ENDLOOP. ” LOOP AT MTAB_NEW_PROG
*———————————————————–*
* FORM GET_PROGRAM_CODE *
*———————————————————–*
* –> FTAB_OLD_PROG *
* –> F_REPORT *
*———————————————————–*
FORM get_program_code TABLES ftab_old_prog STRUCTURE mtab_old_prog
USING f_report.
* Read the program code into an internal table
REFRESH ftab_old_prog.
READ REPORT f_report INTO ftab_old_prog.
SELECT SINGLE * FROM trdir WHERE name = f_report.
IF sy-subrc NE 0.
WRITE: / ‘Unable to read report:’, f_report.
WRITE: / ‘Exiting program’.
ENDIF.
ENDFORM. “ FORM GET_PROGRAM_CODE
*———————————————————–*
* FORM CREATE_CONDENSED_TABLE *
*———————————————————–*
* Create a table that has all statements condensed onto 1 line *
*———————————————————–*
* –> FTAB_OLD_PROG *
* –> FTAB_long_line *
*———————————————————–*
FORM create_condensed_table
TABLES ftab_old_prog STRUCTURE mtab_old_prog
ftab_long_line STRUCTURE mtab_long_line.
DATA:
* Structure to hold program code/comment
BEGIN OF fstr_line,
code(72) TYPE c, ” Program Code
comment(72) TYPE c, ” Inline comments
END OF fstr_line.
LOOP AT ftab_old_prog.
IF ftab_long_line-start = 0.
ftab_long_line-start = ftab_long_line-end + 1.
CLEAR ftab_long_line-end.
ENDIF.
* Strip off any inline comments so they do not get in the way
* If comments are not separated, then words in the comments could
* look like keywords, and cause problems
SPLIT ftab_old_prog-line AT ‘”‘ INTO fstr_line-code
fstr_line-comment.
* Align all statements to be left justified
SHIFT fstr_line-code LEFT DELETING LEADING space.
* Put all lines that make up a single statement into one field
* This will make it easier to isolate key words. For example, if you
* want to process a TABLES statement, but exclude the TABLES part
* of a function call, or a subroutine call.
CONCATENATE ftab_long_line-code
fstr_line-code
INTO ftab_long_line-code SEPARATED BY space.
IF fstr_line-code CA ‘.’ OR ” Period means end of statement
fstr_line-code(1) = ‘*’ OR ” Comment Line
fstr_line-code CO space. ” Blank Line
* Keep track of the table index that the statement ends on
ftab_long_line-end = sy-tabix.
* Remove delimiter from concatenation of fields
SHIFT ftab_long_line-code LEFT BY 1 PLACES.
APPEND ftab_long_line.
CLEAR: ftab_long_line-code,
ftab_long_line-start.
* Don’t clear out fstr_long_line-end yet. It is used to calc
* fstr_long_line-start.
ENDIF.
ENDLOOP. “ LOOP AT FTAB_OLD_PROG
ENDFORM. “ FORM CREATE_CONDENSED_TABLE
*———————————————————–*
* FORM FORMAT_PROGRAM *
*———————————————————–*
* …….. *
*———————————————————–*
FORM format_program.
DATA: lstr_old_prog LIKE mtab_old_prog.
LOOP AT mtab_long_line.
TRANSLATE mtab_long_line-code TO UPPER CASE.
IF mtab_long_line-code(1) EQ ‘*’. “ Do not modify Comment Lines
LOOP AT mtab_old_prog FROM mtab_long_line-start
TO mtab_long_line-end.
mtab_new_prog-line = mtab_old_prog-line.
APPEND mtab_new_prog.
ENDLOOP. ” LOOP AT MTAB_OLD_PROG
ELSEIF mtab_long_line-code(6) EQ ‘TABLES’.
* Reformat any TABLES statements. Will only reformat when TABLES
* is at the start of the statement. Will not try to get table
* descriptions for CALL FUNCTIONS or FORM/PERFORMs
* Get the table names from mstr_long_line.
PERFORM get_table_names_from_statement TABLES mtab_tabname
USING mtab_long_line-code.
* Find the descriptions for each table
PERFORM get_table_descriptions TABLES mtab_tabname.
* create the new statement
PERFORM build_new_tables_statement USING mtab_long_line.
ELSE. ” All other modifications to the code handled here
LOOP AT mtab_old_prog FROM mtab_long_line-start
TO mtab_long_line-end.
* Remove extra spaces from line for comparisons
lstr_old_prog = mtab_old_prog.
CONDENSE lstr_old_prog.
TRANSLATE lstr_old_prog TO UPPER CASE.
IF lstr_old_prog-line CS ‘”‘. “ Comments
mtab_new_prog-line = mtab_old_prog-line.
ELSE.
IF lstr_old_prog-line CS ‘ LIKE ‘ OR
lstr_old_prog-line CS ‘ FOR ‘.
PERFORM get_for_like_comment USING mtab_old_prog
CHANGING mtab_new_prog.
ELSEIF lstr_old_prog-line(7) = ‘LOOP AT ‘.
* save table name into a queue
PERFORM enqueue_itab_name USING mtab_long_line-code.
mtab_new_prog-line = mtab_old_prog-line.
ELSEIF lstr_old_prog-line(7) = ‘ENDLOOP’.
* get name off of queue and add it as a comment to the ENDLOOP line
PERFORM add_comment_to_endloop USING mtab_old_prog-line
CHANGING mtab_new_prog-line.
ELSEIF lstr_old_prog-line(7) EQ ‘SELECT ‘ AND
lstr_old_prog-line(13) NE ‘SELECT SINGLE’.
* save table name into a queue
PERFORM enqueue_tab_name USING mtab_old_prog-line.
mtab_new_prog-line = mtab_old_prog-line.
ELSEIF lstr_old_prog-line(9) = ‘ENDSELECT’.
* get name off of queue and add it as a comment to the ENDSELECT
PERFORM add_comment_to_select USING mtab_old_prog-line
CHANGING mtab_new_prog-line.
ELSEIF lstr_old_prog-line(5) = ‘FORM ‘.
* save form name into a queue
PERFORM enqueue_form_name USING mtab_old_prog-line.
mtab_new_prog-line = mtab_old_prog-line.
ELSEIF lstr_old_prog-line(7) = ‘ENDFORM’.
* get name off of queue and add it as a comment to the ENDFORM
PERFORM add_comment_to_endform USING mtab_old_prog-line
CHANGING mtab_new_prog-line.
ELSE. ” Any other lines
mtab_new_prog-line = mtab_old_prog-line.
ENDIF.
ENDIF.
PERFORM format_comments CHANGING mtab_new_prog-line.
APPEND mtab_new_prog.
ENDLOOP. ” LOOP AT MTAB_OLD_PROG
ENDIF.
ENDLOOP. ” LOOP AT MTAB_LONG_LINE
ENDFORM. ” FORM CREATE_CONDENSED_TABLE
*———————————————————–*
* FORM GET_TABLE_NAMES_FROM_STATEMENT *
*———————————————————–*
* …….. *
*———————————————————–*
* –> FTAB_TABNAME *
* –> FC_STATEMENT *
*———————————————————–*
FORM get_table_names_from_statement
TABLES ftab_tabname STRUCTURE mtab_tabname
USING fc_statement.
CLEAR ftab_tabname.
REFRESH ftab_tabname.
REPLACE ‘TABLES’ WITH space INTO fc_statement.
TRANSLATE fc_statement USING ‘. ‘. “ Replace periods
TRANSLATE fc_statement USING ‘, ‘. “ Replace commas
TRANSLATE fc_statement USING ‘: ‘. “ Replace colons
CONDENSE fc_statement. “ Remove all extra spaces
SPLIT fc_statement AT space INTO TABLE ftab_tabname.
ENDFORM. “ FORM GET_TABLE_NAMES_FROM_STATEMENT
*———————————————————–*
* FORM GET_TABLE_DESCRIPTIONS *
*———————————————————–*
* …….. *
*———————————————————–*
* –> FTAB_TABNAME *
* –> LOOP *
* –> AT*
* –> FTAB_TABNAME *
*———————————————————–*
FORM get_table_descriptions TABLES ftab_tabname STRUCTURE mtab_tabname.
LOOP AT ftab_tabname.
SELECT SINGLE * FROM dd02t
WHERE tabname = ftab_tabname-tabname
AND ddlanguage = sy-langu.
IF sy-subrc = 0.
ftab_tabname-tabdesc = dd02t-ddtext.
MODIFY ftab_tabname.
ENDIF.
ENDLOOP. “ LOOP AT FTAB_TABNAME
ENDFORM. “ FORM GET_TABLE_DESCRIPTIONS
*———————————————————–*
* FORM BUILD_NEW_TABLES_STATEMENT *
*———————————————————–*
* …….. *
*———————————————————–*
* –> FSTR_LONG_LINE *
*———————————————————–*
FORM build_new_tables_statement
USING fstr_long_line LIKE mtab_long_line.
DATA: lc_sep(1) TYPE c,
li_rows TYPE i.
DESCRIBE TABLE mtab_tabname LINES li_rows.
mtab_new_prog-line = ‘TABLES:’.
APPEND mtab_new_prog.
LOOP AT mtab_tabname.
IF sy-tabix = li_rows.
lc_sep = ‘.’.
ELSE.
lc_sep = ‘,’.
ENDIF.
CONCATENATE ‘~~’
mtab_tabname-tabname
lc_sep
‘”‘
mtab_tabname-tabdesc
INTO mtab_new_prog SEPARATED BY space.
TRANSLATE mtab_new_prog USING ‘~ ‘.
APPEND mtab_new_prog.
ENDLOOP. “ LOOP AT MTAB_TABNAME
ENDFORM. “ FORM BUILD_NEW_TABLES_STATEMENT
*———————————————————–*
* FORM GET_FOR/LIKE_COMMENT *
*———————————————————–*
* …….. *
*———————————————————–*
* –> F_OLD_PROG *
* –> F_NEW_PROG *
*———————————————————–*
FORM get_for_like_comment USING value(f_old_prog) LIKE mtab_old_prog
CHANGING f_new_prog.
DATA:
lc_dummy(1) TYPE c,
lc_tabname(40) TYPE c,
ltab_nametab LIKE dntab OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE,
BEGIN OF lstr_field,
tabname LIKE dd02t-tabname, “ Table name
fldname LIKE dd02t-tabname, “ Table name
END OF lstr_field.
IF f_old_prog-line CA ‘”‘ OR “ Line already commented
f_old_prog-line(1) = ‘*’.
f_new_prog = f_old_prog.
EXIT.
ELSEIF f_old_prog CS ‘ LIKE ‘.
SPLIT f_old_prog AT ‘ LIKE ‘ INTO lc_dummy
lc_tabname.
ELSEIF f_old_prog CS ‘ FOR ‘.
SPLIT f_old_prog AT ‘ FOR ‘ INTO lc_dummy
lc_tabname.
ELSE.
f_new_prog = f_old_prog.
EXIT.
ENDIF.
* If there is anything following the table-field in a LIKE or FOR
* clause it will be removed so that only the table-field remains
SPLIT lc_tabname AT space INTO lc_tabname
lc_dummy.
TRANSLATE lc_tabname USING ‘. ‘. “ Remove periods
TRANSLATE lc_tabname USING ‘, ‘. “ Remove commas
CONDENSE lc_tabname. “ Remove extra white space
SPLIT lc_tabname AT ‘-’ INTO lstr_field-tabname
lstr_field-fldname.
* The system variables are actually defined in DDIC structure SYST
IF lstr_field-tabname = ‘SY’.
lstr_field-tabname = ‘SYST’.
ENDIF.
CALL FUNCTION ‘NAMETAB_GET’
EXPORTING
langu = sy-langu
only = ‘ ‘
tabname = lstr_field-tabname
TABLES
nametab = ltab_nametab
EXCEPTIONS
OTHERS = 4.
READ TABLE ltab_nametab
WITH KEY tabname = lstr_field-tabname
fieldname = lstr_field-fldname.
IF sy-subrc = 0.
CONCATENATE f_old_prog
‘”‘
ltab_nametab-fieldtext
INTO f_new_prog SEPARATED BY space.
ELSE.
f_new_prog = f_old_prog.
ENDIF.
ENDFORM. ” FORM BUILD_NEW_TABLES_STATEMENT
*———————————————————–*
* FORM SAVE_PROGRAM *
*———————————————————–*
* …….. *
*———————————————————–*
FORM save_program.
DATA:
lc_saveok(1) TYPE c.
DATA:
lstr_message LIKE message.
* Check to see if the program is a local private object ($TMP)
SELECT SINGLE * FROM tadir
WHERE pgmid = ‘R3TR’
AND object = ‘PROG’
AND obj_name = p_report.
IF sy-subrc = 0.
IF tadir-devclass = ‘$TMP’. “ Local Private Object
lc_saveok = ‘X’.
ELSE.
* Check to see if the person trying to update the source is the
* same one who last changed the program
SELECT SINGLE * FROM trdir
WHERE name = p_report.
IF sy-subrc = 0 AND
trdir-unam <> sy-uname.
lc_saveok = space.
MESSAGE ID ‘ZSK’ TYPE ‘I’ NUMBER 000
WITH ‘You are not the user who last changed this program.’
‘ Program changes not saved.’.
ELSE.
* Check to see if the program is on a request. If it is not,
* do not allow it to be updated. If the user cannot update the
* program, then this program won’t either.
SELECT SINGLE * FROM e071
WHERE ( ( pgmid = ‘R3TR’ AND object = ‘PROG’ ) OR
( pgmid = ‘LIMU’ AND object = ‘REPS’ ) ) AND
obj_name = p_report AND
lockflag = ‘X’.
IF sy-subrc = 0 AND e071-lockflag = ‘X’.
lc_saveok = ‘X’.
ELSE.
lc_saveok = space.
MESSAGE ID ‘ZSK’ TYPE ‘I’ NUMBER 000
WITH ‘Program must be on a transport, or be a local’
‘private object. Program changes not saved.’.
ENDIF.
ENDIF.
ENDIF.
ELSE.
lc_saveok = space.
MESSAGE ID ‘ZSK’ TYPE ‘I’ NUMBER 000
WITH ‘Program not saved’.
ENDIF.
CHECK lc_saveok = ‘X’.
*– Check to see if the program is locked
CALL FUNCTION ‘ENQUEUE_ESRDIRE’
EXPORTING
mode_trdir = ‘X’ “ Exclusive Lock
name = p_report
EXCEPTIONS
foreign_lock = 1
system_failure = 2
OTHERS = 3.
CASE sy-subrc.
WHEN 0. ” OK
INSERT REPORT p_report FROM mtab_new_prog.
IF sy-subrc = 0.
FORMAT COLOR COL_POSITIVE.
WRITE: / ‘Program now has fields commented.’.
ELSE.
FORMAT COLOR COL_NEGATIVE.
WRITE: / ‘Error saving program’.
ENDIF.
CALL FUNCTION ‘DEQUEUE_ESRDIRE’
EXPORTING
mode_trdir = ‘E’
name = p_report.
WHEN 1. “ Locked by another user
CALL FUNCTION ‘WRITE_MESSAGE’
EXPORTING
msgid = ‘EU’
msgno = ’510′
msgty = ‘S’
msgv1 = sy-msgv1
msgv2 = sy-msgv2
msgv3 = sy-msgv3
msgv4 = sy-msgv4
msgv5 = space
IMPORTING
messg = lstr_message
EXCEPTIONS
OTHERS = 1.
IF sy-subrc = 0.
FORMAT COLOR COL_NEGATIVE INTENSIFIED OFF.
WRITE: / lstr_message-msgtx,
/ ‘No changes made to program’, p_report.
ENDIF.
WHEN 2.
CALL FUNCTION ‘WRITE_MESSAGE’
EXPORTING
msgid = ‘EU’
msgno = ’510′
msgty = ‘S’
msgv1 = sy-msgv1
msgv2 = sy-msgv2
msgv3 = sy-msgv3
msgv4 = sy-msgv4
msgv5 = space
IMPORTING
messg = lstr_message
EXCEPTIONS
OTHERS = 1.
IF sy-subrc = 0.
FORMAT COLOR COL_NEGATIVE INTENSIFIED OFF.
WRITE: / lstr_message-msgtx,
/ ‘No changes made to program’, p_report.
ENDIF.
ENDCASE.
FORMAT COLOR COL_NORMAL.
SKIP 2.
ENDFORM. “ FORM SAVE_PROGRAM
*———————————————————–*
* FORM ENQUEUE_ITAB_NAME*
*———————————————————–*
* …….. *
*———————————————————–*
* –> F_LINE *
*———————————————————–*
FORM enqueue_itab_name USING value(f_line) LIKE mtab_long_line-code.
DATA:
lc_dummy(1) TYPE c,
lc_itab(40) TYPE c.
TRANSLATE f_line TO UPPER CASE.
SPLIT f_line AT ‘LOOP AT ‘ INTO lc_dummy
lc_itab.
SPLIT lc_itab AT space INTO lc_itab
lc_dummy.
TRANSLATE lc_itab USING ‘. ‘.
CONDENSE lc_itab.
mtab_itab_names = lc_itab.
* Always have the most recent LOOP AT table as the first entry in the
* queue
INSERT mtab_itab_names INDEX 1.
ENDFORM. “ ENQUEUE_ITAB_NAME
*———————————————————–*
* FORM ADD_COMMENT_TO_ENDLOOP *
*———————————————————–*
* …….. *
*———————————————————–*
* –> FSTR_LONG_LINE *
* –> F_PROG_LINE *
*———————————————————–*
FORM add_comment_to_endloop USING fstr_long_line
LIKE mtab_old_prog-line CHANGING f_prog_line.
IF mtab_old_prog-line NA ‘”‘. “ No comments
* Get the internal table from the queue
READ TABLE mtab_itab_names INDEX 1.
CONCATENATE mtab_old_prog-line
‘”‘
‘LOOP AT’
mtab_itab_names-tabname
INTO f_prog_line SEPARATED BY space.
* Dequeue the itab name
DELETE mtab_itab_names INDEX 1.
ELSE.
f_prog_line = mtab_old_prog-line.
ENDIF.
ENDFORM. ” FORM SAVE_PROGRAM
*———————————————————–*
* FORM ENQUEUE_TAB_NAME *
*———————————————————–*
* …….. *
*———————————————————–*
* –> F_LINE *
*———————————————————–*
FORM enqueue_tab_name USING f_line LIKE mtab_old_prog-line.
DATA:
lc_dummy(1) TYPE c,
lc_tab(40) TYPE c.
TRANSLATE f_line TO UPPER CASE.
SPLIT f_line AT ‘ FROM ‘ INTO lc_dummy
lc_tab.
CONDENSE lc_tab. “ Remove leading/trailing extra spaces
SPLIT lc_tab AT space INTO lc_tab
lc_dummy.
TRANSLATE lc_tab USING ‘. ‘.
CONDENSE lc_tab.
mtab_tab_names = lc_tab.
* Always have the most recent LOOP AT table as the first entry in the
* queue
INSERT mtab_tab_names INDEX 1.
ENDFORM. “ FORM BUILD_NEW_TABLES_STATEMENT
*———————————————————–*
* FORM ADD_COMMENT_TO_SELECT *
*———————————————————–*
* …….. *
*———————————————————–*
* –> FSTR_LONG_LINE *
* –> F_PROG_LINE *
*———————————————————–*
FORM add_comment_to_select USING fstr_long_line LIKE mtab_old_prog-line
CHANGING f_prog_line.
IF mtab_old_prog-line NA ‘”‘. “ No comments
* Get the table from the queue
READ TABLE mtab_tab_names INDEX 1.
CONCATENATE mtab_old_prog-line
‘”‘
‘SELECT FROM’
mtab_tab_names-tabname
INTO f_prog_line SEPARATED BY space.
* Dequeue the tab name
DELETE mtab_tab_names INDEX 1.
ELSE.
f_prog_line = mtab_old_prog-line.
ENDIF.
ENDFORM. ” FORM SAVE_PROGRAM
*———————————————————–*
* FORM ADD_COMMENT_TO_ENDFORM *
*———————————————————–*
* …….. *
*———————————————————–*
* –> FSTR_LONG_LINE *
* –> F_NEW_PROG *
*———————————————————–*
FORM add_comment_to_endform USING fstr_long_line
LIKE mtab_old_prog-line CHANGING f_prog_line.
IF mtab_old_prog-line NA ‘”‘. “ No comments
* Get the table from the queue
READ TABLE mtab_form_names INDEX 1.
CONCATENATE mtab_old_prog-line
‘”‘
‘FORM’
mtab_form_names-tabname
INTO f_prog_line SEPARATED BY space.
* Dequeue the form name
DELETE mtab_form_names INDEX 1.
ELSE.
f_prog_line = mtab_old_prog-line.
ENDIF.
ENDFORM. “ FORM SAVE_PROGRAM
*———————————————————–*
* FORM ENQUEUE_FORM_NAME*
*———————————————————–*
* …….. *
*———————————————————–*
* –> F_LINE *
*———————————————————–*
FORM enqueue_form_name USING f_line.
DATA:
lc_dummy(1) TYPE c,
lc_tab(40) TYPE c.
TRANSLATE f_line TO UPPER CASE.
SPLIT f_line AT ‘FORM ‘ INTO lc_dummy
lc_tab.
CONDENSE lc_tab. “ Remove leading/trailing extra spaces
SPLIT lc_tab AT space INTO lc_tab
lc_dummy.
TRANSLATE lc_tab USING ‘. ‘.
CONDENSE lc_tab.
mtab_form_names = lc_tab.
* Always have the most recent LOOP AT table as the first entry in the
* queue
INSERT mtab_form_names INDEX 1.
ENDFORM. “ FORM ENQUEUE_FORM_NAME
*———————————————————–*
* FORM format_comments *
*———————————————————–*
* This routine has not been well tested, so there may be *
* some unanticipated features present! *
*———————————————————–*
* –> F_PROGLINE *
*———————————————————–*
FORM format_comments CHANGING f_progline LIKE mtab_new_prog-line.
DATA: li_pos TYPE i,
li_code_len TYPE i, “ Length of the code
li_comm_len TYPE i, “ length of the comment
lc_line LIKE mtab_new_prog-line,
lc_comment LIKE mtab_new_prog-line.
*– Make sure there is an inline comment on the line
CHECK f_progline CS ‘”‘.
*– Separate program code from comments
SPLIT f_progline AT ‘”‘ INTO lc_line
lc_comment.
CONCATENATE ‘”‘
lc_comment
INTO lc_comment SEPARATED BY space.
f_progline = lc_line.
li_code_len = STRLEN( lc_line ).
li_comm_len = STRLEN( lc_comment ).
li_pos = 70 – li_code_len – li_comm_len.
IF li_pos GE 45 AND
li_pos GT li_code_len.
f_progline+li_pos = lc_comment.
ENDIF.
ENDFORM.” format_comments

*Source = Kevin

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