RTF display with variables

GuiXT Viewer can be used to display textfiles in rtf format.
You can use GuiXT variables to display R/3 values within the rtf file and thus create a completely new screen for your R/3 transaction.

At first sight it is rather difficult to find all the relevant data for the selected customer. For example, you have to scroll through the address table to find telephone and fax number at the bottom of the table. It would be convenient to have all the data nicely formatted at one glance.

This can be done by using GuiXT viewer to insert an rtf or html file as a template and by displaying the data via GuiXT variables.

SAP R/3 screen FO37 to display customer data
vte03-fd03-02.gif (16147 bytes)

Here the customer data is displayed by an rtf file. You can freely choose fonts and font sizes and format your text. This makes your R/3 screen far more intelligible.

vte03-fd03-05-rtf.gif (7670 bytes)

You first delete all the original screen elements and replace them by an rtf file as a template. Your GuiXT script looks like this:

vte03-fd03-04-script.gif (2994 bytes)

The corresponding rtf file customer.rtf.

You use GuiXT variables with fieldnames and/or coordinates. The variables will be replaced at runtime by the input values of the current screen.
Look at your GuiXT screen elements window to find the position of the input values you wish to display.

vte03-fd03-05-rtf-file.gif (3013 bytes)

If you prefer to keep the original R/3 screen and display customer data in an additional window you can use the view command with the "-floating" option. The rtf file is then displayed in a separate window which can be closed and moved like any other window on the screen.

vte03-fd03-06-rtf-float.gif (18521 bytes)

The GuiXt script with the "-floating" option is simple:

vte03-fd03-04-scriptfloat.gif (2744 bytes)