Displaying the Contents of a Spool Request

Use

You want to display the content of a spool request.

Prerequisites

This procedure refers to SAPscript/Smart Forms documents and to ABAP lists. For information about forms that were created with the PDF-based solution integrated as of SAP Web Application Server 6.40, see the section Displaying and Printing PDF-Based Forms.

Procedure

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1. Select the desired spool request in the Overview of Spool Requests, and choose Display Contents.

By default, the system displays the data in a graphical format, which simulates the print output.

2. If necessary, set the display format.

For technical reasons, for example, when troubleshooting, it can be necessary to display the print data either in Raw Format (ABAP list format or OTF format for SAPscript texts) or in Hexadecimal Format.

To set the display, choose Goto --> Display Requests --> Settings from the list of spool requests.

3. If necessary, set the display area.

To avoid having an excessive effect on performance, only the first ten pages of a request are displayed, by default.

You can set the displayed area yourself by choosing Goto --> Display Request--> Settings. In the case of a very long document, you can also display only the last pages. The system can display a maximum of 9,999,999 pages.

However, note that a memory overrun can occur if you set too large a display area.