CFCONTROL SAP (Control data for print control with WORD) Structure details

Dictionary Type: Structure
Description: Control data for print control with WORD




ABAP Code to SELECT data from CFCONTROL
Related tables to CFCONTROL
Access table CFCONTROL




Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples

CFCONTROL is a standard SAP Structure so does not store data like a database table does. It can be used to define the fields of other actual tables or to process "Control data for print control with WORD" Information within sap ABAP programs.

This is done by declaring abap internal tables, work areas or database tables based on this Structure. These can then be used to store and process the required data appropriately.

i.e. DATA: wa_CFCONTROL TYPE CFCONTROL.

The CFCONTROL table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Control data for print control with WORD data available in SAP. These include FRONTPAGE (Print cover sheet), CHAPNUMBER (Chapter number), PAGENUMBER (Page numbers), PRINTONLY (Print only: No postprocessing possible).. See below for full list along with technical details, documentation, text table, check tables, foreign key relationships, conversion routines, relevant tcodes and example ABAP select code etc. .

Delivery Class:
Display/Maintenance via tcode SM30: Display/Maintenance Allowed but with Restrictions
SAP enhancement categories: Not classified


SAP CFCONTROL structure fields - Full list of fields found in SAP data dictionary

Field Description Data Element Data Type length (Dec) Check table Conversion Routine Domain Name MemoryID SHLP
CONTENTSPrint contents CFCONTENTSCHAR1CONTENTS
FRONTPAGEPrint cover sheet CFFRONTPAGCHAR1XFLAG
CHAPNUMBERChapter number CFCHAPNUMBCHAR1XFLAG
PAGENUMBERPage numbers CFPAGENUMBCHAR1XFLAG
PRINTONLYPrint only: No postprocessing possible CFPRINONLYCHAR1XFLAG
PRINTDATPrint date CFPRINTDATCHAR10CHAR10
MODEPrint (interactive) CFPR_MODECHAR1XFLAG
DOCPATHPath name for MS-WinWord documents CFDOCPATHCHAR60TEXT60
DOCNAMEName of WORD document for printing CFDOCNAMECHAR40TEXT40
DIRECTORYName of directory of WORD-INI file CFDIRECTORCHAR60TEXT60
HEADERPAGEPrelim. page for printing in MS-WinWord CFHEADPAGECHAR60CHAR60

Key field Non-key field



How do I retrieve data from SAP structure CFCONTROL using ABAP code?

As CFCONTROL is a database structure and not a table it does not store any data in the SAP data dictionary. The ABAP SELECT statement is therefore not appropriate and can not be performed on CFCONTROL as there is no data to select.

How to access SAP table CFCONTROL

Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about CFCONTROL and the data within it using relevant transactions such as

SE11 (ABAP Dictionary Maintenance)
SM30 (Maintain Table Data)
SE80 (Object Navigator)
SE16 (Data Browser).


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