SAPScript BOTTOM ENDBOTTOM Command

Have a SAPScript form with multiple paragraphs. In the original version I put a footnote at the bottom of a page by doing something like:

>/E FOOT_NOTE 
>/: BOTTOM 
>B1 <NR><I0><HL><IT> Some fixed text.</> 
>/: ENDBOTTOM 

That worked correctly. Now I am changing the form so that a number of paragraphs may or may not appear at the bottom of the page. Since I don't know which paragraph may be first, I tried creating two new paragraphs:

>/E START_BOTTOM
>/: BOTTOM
>/* 
>/E END_BOTTOM
>/: ENDBOTTOM

I call START_BOTTOM, then conditionally call whatever paragraphs are needed and finally call END_BOTTOM.

The problem is that the paragraphs simply continue on from the last line that was printed, not at the end of the page.

Had had also tried putting:

>/E START_BOTTOM

At the beginning of each paragraph that could appear at the end, and it worked to a point u2013 each paragraph appeared at the end, but overwrote whatever previous paragraphs were there.

How to control the BOTTOM command?
 

Answer:

Yes that's true, that Split in BOTTOM command doesn't work same as it works with the PROTECT.. ENDPROTECT.

But, after some research I got success.

Don't create any element in your MAIN window for BOTTOM / ENDBOTTOM. 

Use the FM WRITE_FORM_LINES to append entire BOTTOM .. ENDBOTTOM lines. Like:

data: la_head like THEAD,
           lt_lines type standard table of TLINE,
        la_lines like line of lt_lines.

select single * from stxh into la_head
  where TDOBJECT = 'FORM'
    and TDNAME   = 'ZTEST_WATERMARK'
    and TDID     = 'DEF'
    and TDSPRAS  = sy-langu.

* Bottom Start
la_lines-tdformat = '/:'.
la_lines-TDLINE  = 'BOTTOM'.
append la_lines to lt_lines.

* Generic Text
la_lines-tdformat = '*'.
la_lines-TDLINE  = 'This is BOTTOM'.
append la_lines to lt_lines.

* Include Text1
la_lines-tdformat = '/:'.
concatenate '''' 'A1' '''' into la_lines-TDLINE.
concatenate 'INCLUDE ZTEST_NP OBJECT TEXT ID ST PARAGRAPH '
la_lines-TDLINE into la_lines-TDLINE separated by ' '.
append la_lines to lt_lines.

* Include Text1
la_lines-tdformat = '/:'.
concatenate '''' 'A1' '''' into la_lines-TDLINE.
concatenate 'INCLUDE ZTEST_NP1 OBJECT TEXT ID ST PARAGRAPH '
la_lines-TDLINE into la_lines-TDLINE separated by ' '.
append la_lines to lt_lines.

* Bottom End
la_lines-tdformat = '/:'.
la_lines-TDLINE  = 'ENDBOTTOM'.
append la_lines to lt_lines.

* Append lines to MAIN
CALL FUNCTION 'WRITE_FORM_LINES'
  EXPORTING
    FUNCTION                       = 'APPEND'
    header                         = la_head
*   TYPE                           = 'BODY'
    WINDOW                         = 'MAIN'
  tables
    lines                          = lt_lines
EXCEPTIONS
   FUNCTION                       = 1
   TYPE                           = 2
   UNOPENED                       = 3
   UNSTARTED                      = 4
   WINDOW                         = 5
   BAD_PAGEFORMAT_FOR_PRINT       = 6
   SPOOL_ERROR                    = 7
   CODEPAGE                       = 8
   OTHERS                         = 9
          .

IF sy-subrc <> 0.
* MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
*         WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
ENDIF.

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