How to set image as a background in the SMARTFORMS?

Setting background pictures in FORMS and in the print preview

We will first create a background image and upload the image on the SAP Document Server

using the transaction SE78. The name of the image we upload is ZST9_BACKGROUND and is

in color (the supported formats are .tiff and .bmp).

We will now set the graphic as the form background. Follow these steps:

1. Call the transaction SMARTFORMS. Double-click the relevant node in the left-hand

pane of the page for which the background image is to be set.

2. In the right-hand pane, three tabs will appear for the page. The third is Background

Picture. On this tab, enter the name of the uploaded graphic. Select the Color

Bitmap Image (BCOL) radio button. Within the Output Mode list, select Print

Preview from the listbox.

3. The main window is placed on top of the background graphic.

4. Next, we define a text within the MAIN Main Window on the page.

5. A suitable line TEST TEXT FOR BACKGROUND is created within the created text,

as shown in the following screenshot:

When the Smart Form is called (using a calling program), the background graphic is displayed

along with the line of text in the Print Preview mode. However, when the form is printed, no

background image appears (only the line of text created appears). This setting is very useful

when a pre-printed paper having the appropriate background graphic is used for printing, and

should not be printed in the form output (since the paper already has the graphic in it). The user,

however, needs to see the background graphic when the form preview is taken on the screen.

If the background graphic appears blurred or the pixel artefacts are visible, we may need to

use a high-resolution graphic. One option may be that we use a high quality (high-resolution

graphic). Also, we may try to control this using the resolution setting through the Resolution

field in the Output Attributes screen. Instead of keeping it blank, we may enter a value of

200. The higher the resolution, the clearer will be the graphic (however, the size of the

graphic may decrease as the resolution increases).

We may also slightly change the image's output mode in order to make the image work as a

watermark when printed on paper. Instead of the Print preview and no print option for the

Output Mode, we can choose the Print preview and print option.

This will print the image on both the Print option (and the Print Preview option) and when

printed on paper, it will make the image appear as a watermark on top of which text and data

will appear.