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:
- 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. - From the Spool Administration: Initial Screen window, select the Device formats option and click Change.
- 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
orZLETDOC
) in the appropriate fields.Note: All ABAP customized user Formats follow the naming convention of Z_number-of-rows_number-of-columns_descriptive-text. - Click Execute.
- From the Maintain Format for Device Type window, the blank left column indicates that the customized format has not yet been initialized.
- Click