3. Activate Sapscript Debugger
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In the Form Printer
choose the form to be
debugged
Choose this
submenu
Status message
confirms that debugger
is activated
4. Debugging Sapscript Layout set using
Print Program
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Click on the OK
button
Run the Print program
Debugger is displayed
9. Summary
• SAPScripts can be debugged after activating the
SAPScript debugger and running the print program
online.
• Similar to the ABAP/4 debugger, the following options
are available in the debugger to control the processing:
– CONTINUE - continue to the next breakpoint
– EXECUTE - execute the current function module, stop at
the start of the next function module
– SINGLE STEP - execute processing within the current
function module in single steps
– EXIT DEBUGGER - deactivate the debugger and continue
with the normal layout set processing
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10. Questions
• How is the SAPScript debugger activated ?
• What are the default break-points of the
SAPScript debugger ?
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Editor's Notes
Activate Sapscript Debugger:
Go to Transaction SE71, enter the sapscript form to be debugged in FORM field, then go to Utilities menu and choose the submenu
Activate Debugger. Message in the status bar confirms that the debugger is activated.
Alternately we can execute the report RSTXDBUG to activate the sapscript debugger.
Debugging the SAPscript form:
Run the print program online with valid values, a dialog box is displayed first in which you can set the breakpoints of the debugger.
Default breakpoints of the debugger are :
Warning messages within the layout set processing
INCLUDE commands
All SAPscript function modules
After setting the breakpoint (which is optional) click on the OK button. Now the layout set debugger is displayed.
Features of SAPscript Layout set debugger:
The layout set debugger can be used to narrow down problems with SAPscript print programs and layout sets when printing in the applications.
It allows to interactively go through a print program and provides information on
The called SAP script function modules (OPEN_FORM, START_FORM, WRITE_FORM, CONTROL_FORM, END_FORM, CLOSE_FORM, etc.)
EXCEPTIONS, that is, error situations when you call the SAPscript function modules
The current symbol values (that is, variables) in SAPscript
Warning messages that occur during the processing
INCLUDE texts that are possibly not found
The layout set debugger can only be used online, but not when printing in the background or during the update.
Several information is displayed within the interactive debugger, for example,
The current layout set
The current layout set language
The event: for example, the name of the called SAPscript function module
The name of the current layout set page
The name of the current layout set window
Similar to the ABAP/4 debugger, the following options are available in the debugger to control the processing:
CONTINUE - continue to the next breakpoint
EXECUTE - execute the current function module, stop at the start of the next function module
SINGLE STEP - execute processing within the current function module in single steps
EXIT DEBUGGER - deactivate the debugger and continue with the normal layout set processing
You can display symbol values (that is, variables) in SAPscript by entering the symbol name in an input line on the debugger screen.
Example: To display the current value of symbol &SY-UNAME&, you have to enter SY- UNAME there.
