SAP Note 16958 - Conditional output of NEXTPAGE in SAPscript

Symptom:

The SAPscript system symbol NEXTPAGE also contains a value on the last page of output.

Cause and prerequisites

The end of the text is not recognized until the last character in the main window is output. The symbol value, however, has already been replaced at that point.

Solution

You can suppress the output of NEXTPAGE only in type VAR windows, as these process the end-of-page after the main text.
This can be achieved in the following manner:

Release prior to 3.0:

1. At the start of the main layout set text (before the output of the first text element), define a local text symbol LASTPAGE:

/: DEFINE &LASTPAGE& = ' '

2. At the end of the main layout set text (at the output of the
last element in the main window), replace the value of the local
text with another value, e.g. "X":
/: DEFINE &LASTPAGE& = 'X'

3. In the window with symbol NEXTPAGE, install a conditional
query like the following:
/: IF &LASTPAGE& <> 'X'
* Following page: &NEXTPAGE&
/: ENDIF


NEW-PAGE

As of Release 3.0

On the last output page in all windows that are not type MAIN, the variable &NEXTPAGE& has the value of 0. For example, the following constructs will not be printed. On all other pages the variable NEXTPAGE has a value other than 0. The text "following page" and the variable will, therefore, be printed.

Examples:
&NEXTPAGE(I)&

&'following page: 'NEXTPAGE&

IF &NEXTPAGE& <> '0'
Following page: &NEXTPAGE&
ENDIF

Additional key words

Form, SAPscript, se71, nextpage, command