Connecting a new format to a device type

To use the format you created, you must connect the format to a device type by doing these steps:

  1. From the R/3 main menu, access the Spool Administration window by selecting the Tools main menu and then selecting the Tools → Administration → Spool → Spool Administration path. or typing /nSPAD in the ok-Code field.
  2. From the Spool Administration: Initial Screen window, select the Device formats option and click Change.
  3. From the Spool Administration: Choose Format for Device Type window, specify the Device Type (link to creating custom device types) and your customized Format name (in this case, Z_65_255_DOC or ZLETDOC) in the appropriate fields.
    Note: All ABAP customized user Formats follow the naming convention of Z_number-of-rows_number-of-columns_descriptive-text.
  4. Click Execute.
  5. From the Maintain Format for Device Type window, the blank left column indicates that the customized format has not yet been initialized.
  6. Click