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List of Topics

• Objectives

• Inactive Sources

• Interactive Reporting

• Module Pool Programming

• Data Interfaces

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Module Map

•

Objectives

• Inactive Sources

• Interactive Reporting

• Module Pool Programming

• Data Interfaces

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Learning Objectives

• Learn about Inactive Sources

• Review changes to Interactive Reporting

components

• Learn new enhancements in Module Pool

Programming

– Screen Painter

– Tabstrips

• Understand the Data Interface enhancements

– Data Transfer Workbench

– Batch Input Recorder

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Module Map

• Objectives

•

Inactive Sources

• Interactive Reporting

• Module Pool Programming

• Data Interfaces

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Inactive Sources

• As of release 4.6, new functionality for inactive

sources has been introduced

• This enhancement provides developers with a

separate local view of the R/3 Repository and is
the basis for a "local runtime system”

• Changes to development objects can be tested

within this local system without disturbing the
wider development environment

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Inactive Sources: Terminology

• There are three essential new terms used in the

context of inactive sources:

– Active version: The database version of a

development object used to generate the
runtime object

– Inactive version: A saved database version

of a database object that does not affect the
runtime object (even after regeneration)

– Worklist: The set of all inactive versions of

development objects belonging to a
particular user

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Inactive Sources: Procedure

• Objects are always saved as inactive versions

– When you create or change a development

object and then save it, an inactive version is
written to the database

• Inactive objects are included in the user's

worklist

– Development objects that have been edited

and saved are placed in the worklist of the
developer responsible

– Each user has their own worklist, which other

users cannot access directly

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Activating Objects

• It is possible to activate the following:

– Entire worklist

– Selected objects

– Components of one object (classes in ABAP

Objects)

• Prerequisites:

– Before activating an object, the system

checks the syntax of the entire object (main
program, function group, or class)

– Any syntax errors are displayed in a list

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Overview of Inactive Objects

• It is possible to display various sets of inactive

development objects within the system

• The following functions are available:

Activate the selected objects
Display all inactive objects belonging to a
request in the Workbench Organizer
Display the worklist for a specified user
Display all inactive sub-objects for a
main program or function group
Display all inactive objects in the system

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Effect of inactive sources

•

Save

• Saves the object in an inactive version without a syntax check.

Enters the object in your worklist.

•

Activate

• Creates an active version from the existing inactive version. If an

object contains components (like classes in ABAP Objects), you can
activate individual components.
Before activating the object, the system checks the syntax of the
entire object, then creates an active version, generates a runtime
version, and deletes the corresponding entry from your worklist.

•

Generate

• Creates a new runtime version from the existing active version.

Unlike the 'Activate' function, this function only generates a new
load version.

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Effect of inactive sources

•

Display Active/Inactive Sources

• If an object exists in both active and inactive versions, you can

switch between the versions in the ABAP Workbench tools.

•

Delete

• Both active and inactive versions are deleted.

• Note that when you delete components of a global class in the Class

Builder, they reappear in your worklist with the "Delete" icon. They
are not finally deleted or removed from your worklist until you
activate the relevant objects.

•

Copy

• The system uses the active version of the source object, except in

the Function Builder, where it asks you which version you want to
copy if both an active and an inactive version exist). The new copy is
always inactive.

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Effect of inactive sources

•

Rename

• Applies to both the active and inactive versions of an object.
•

Syntax check

• Uses your worklist.
•

Execute

• A runtime object can only be generated from a syntactically-correct

active version. The inactive version of an executable program can
be run from the ABAP Editor. If you execute a program from the
object list, there must be an active version.

•

Transport

• Only active objects can be transported. You cannot release a

transport request until all objects have been activated

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Effect of inactive sources

•

Object list (SE80)

• Displays all active and inactive objects. If an inactive version exists, the

object is highlighted.

•

Where-used list

• Like the object list, the where-used list is global, not user-specific. It is

based on all objects.

•

Navigation

• Navigation is user-specific, and takes your worklist into account. If an

inactive version of an object exists and the object is in your worklist, you
will see that inactive version. Otherwise, the active version is always
displayed. This does not apply only to navigation in the various ABAP
Workbench tools, but also from the object list or from a where-used list.

•

Debugging

• The Debugger always displays the active version of an object.

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Module Map

• Objectives

• Inactive Sources

•

Interactive Reporting

• Module Pool Programming

• Data Interfaces

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Calling Additional Selection

Screens

SELECTION-SCREEN:

BEGIN OF SCREEN 1100

. “Definition of additional

selection
“screen, not 1000 (reserved for

“standard

selection screen)

[…..]

AT SELECTION-SCREEN

“event whenever selection

screen CASE sy-dynnr.

“is called (standard or other).

WHEN ‘1100’.
[…..]

END-OF-SELECTION.

IF ……..

CALL SELECTION-SCREEN 1100.

”dynamic call of additional screen

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Copy User

Interface

Rename

Interfac

Copy

Status

Activate

Menu Painter GUI

Enhancements

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Menu Painter

• As of release 4.0 it is

possible to create up
to 35 pushbuttons in
the application
toolbar

• Names have been

extended for
function codes,
status names, titles
and texts

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Menu Painter

• As of release 4.6, the Menu Painter is fully

integrated with the new version of the ABAP
Workbench

• As well as its inclusion in the new design and

navigation of the Object Navigator, the Menu
Painter also contains the following new
features:

– Inactive sources

– Templates for constructing context menus

– Defining application toolbars with fixed

positioning (from release 4.5A)

– Separators in application toolbars

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Merge List Functions

• The “Merge List

Functions” icon in the
Function Key
assignment section of
the “Maintain Status”
screen retrieves the
standard SAP function
codes

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Module Map

• Objectives

• Inactive Sources

• Interactive Reporting

•

Module Pool Programming

• Data Interfaces

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Position

(Line, Column)

Field Format

Dictionary Object

Scrollable

Height

Defined Length

Screen Element

Next Object

Tabs

Screen Painter GUI

Enhancements

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Screen Painter

• As of release 4.6 the screen painter has been

enhanced to make it easier to use:

– Tabstrip control

– Enhanced editor functions

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Screen Painter

• As of release 4.6, the Screen Painter is included

in the Object Navigator

• The Screen Painter also contains the following

new features:

– Status display for inactive sources

– Consistent forward and backward navigation

– Dropdown list boxes for input/output fields,

table controls (as of release 4.5A)

– Function codes for checkboxes and radio

buttons

– Custom container (as of release 4.5A)

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Tabstrips

• A tab is an area on a screen in which you can

include several screens (tab pages) within a
sub-screen

• The user switches between the tab pages using

the push buttons on the top of the tab

• Tabstrips allow users to access multiple

subscreens on one normal screen

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Tabstrips

• Graphical Screen Painter is particularly

desirable when creating tabstrips because of
the intricacy involved

• The actual tabstrip objects DO NOT display

information to the user

• Tabstrips must have subscreen areas painted

onto them, which in turn hold subscreens that
display information to the user

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Creating Tabstrips

•

To customize tabstrips, complete the following steps:

– Begin with a normal type screen
– Paint a tabstrip onto the normal screen
– Paint one or more (depending on the type of tabstrip)

subscreen areas onto the tabstrip

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CALL SUBSCREEN <subscreen area name >
INCLUDING <program name> ‘<subscreen #>’.

Subscreens

• Subscreens are created the same way normal

screens and modal dialog boxes are created

• Subscreens are called by other screens in your

program

– This allows for a more dynamic program

since different groups of screen elements can
be displayed on one screen

• Subscreens are called in flow logic using the

following syntax:

•

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Function Code

Type ‘ ’

Type ‘E’

Type ‘S’

Type ‘T’

Type ‘P’

• As of release 4.0 function type “P” is available

– Used only in local GUI logic (i.e., when creating tabstrip

controls)

New Function Type

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TABLES: SPFLI.

SELECTION-SCREEN BEGIN OF SCREEN 101 AS SUBSCREEN.
SELECT-OPTIONS: s_carr FOR spfli-carrid,
s_conn FOR spfli-connid.
SELECTION-SCREEN END OF SCREEN 101.

SELECTION-SCREEN BEGIN OF SCREEN 102 AS SUBSCREEN.
SELECT-OPTIONS: ...
PARAMETERS: ...
SELECTION-SCREEN END OF SCREEN 102.

SELECTION-SCREEN BEGIN OF SCREEN 103 AS SUBSCREEN.
PARAMETERS: ...
SELECT-OPTIONS: ...
SELECTION-SCREEN END OF SCREEN 103.

TABLES: SPFLI.

SELECTION-SCREEN BEGIN OF SCREEN 101

AS SUBSCREEN

SELECT-OPTIONS: s_carr FOR spfli-carrid,
s_conn FOR spfli-connid.
SELECTION-SCREEN END OF SCREEN 101.

SELECTION-SCREEN BEGIN OF SCREEN 102

AS SUBSCREEN

SELECT-OPTIONS: ...
PARAMETERS: ...
SELECTION-SCREEN END OF SCREEN 102.

SELECTION-SCREEN BEGIN OF SCREEN 103

AS SUBSCREEN

PARAMETERS: ...
SELECT-OPTIONS: ...
SELECTION-SCREEN END OF SCREEN 103.

Subscreen 101

Subscreen 102

Subscreen 103

AS SUBSCREEN

Selection Screens as

Subscreens

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SELECTION-SCREEN BEGIN OF SCREEN 101 AS SUBSCREEN.
...
SELECTION-SCREEN END OF SCREEN 101.
SELECTION-SCREEN BEGIN OF SCREEN 102 AS SUBSCREEN.
...
SELECTION-SCREEN END OF SCREEN 102.

SELECTION-SCREEN BEGIN OF TABBED BLOCK blockname FOR n LINES.
SELECTION-SCREEN TAB (length) tabname1 USER-COMMAND ucomm1 DEFAULT SCREEN 101.
SELECTION-SCREEN TAB (length) tabname2 USER-COMMAND ucomm2 DEFAULT SCREEN 102.
SELECTION-SCREEN END OF BLOCK blockname.

INITIALIZATION.
tabname1 = TEXT-001. "TEXT-001 DE: Verbindung
tabname2 = TEXT-002. "TEXT-002 DE: Flug

SELECTION-SCREEN BEGIN OF SCREEN 101 AS SUBSCREEN.
...
SELECTION-SCREEN END OF SCREEN 101.
SELECTION-SCREEN BEGIN OF SCREEN 102 AS SUBSCREEN.
...
SELECTION-SCREEN END OF SCREEN 102.

INITIALIZATION.
tabname1 = TEXT-001. "TEXT-001 DE: Verbindung
tabname2 = TEXT-002. "TEXT-002 DE: Flug

SELECTION-SCREEN BEGIN OF TABBED BLOCK blockname FOR n LINES.

SELECTION-SCREEN TAB (length) tabname1 USER-COMMAND ucomm1 DEFAULT SCREEN 101.

SELECTION-SCREEN TAB (length) tabname2 USER-COMMAND ucomm2 DEFAULT SCREEN 102.

SELECTION-SCREEN END OF BLOCK blockname.

INITIALIZATION.

abname1 = TEXT-001. "TEXT-001 EN: Connection

tabname2 = TEXT-002. "TEXT-002 EN: Flight

Defining A Tabstrip Control on

the Selection Screen

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Context Menus

Screen area

Subscreen
area

Area in the box

Elements that do not have

their own menu inherit the

area menu

List

Edit

Goto

Extras Envir. SystemHelp

Box

Box in the box

Subscreen area

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<Program name>

Program object types

GUI status

BASE

BOOK

Fields

Create

STATUS_100

Create Status

xxxxx
SUB130

Table Control Subscreen

Program

Status

Status
attribute

Short text

Status type

Dialog status
Dialog box
Context menu

Creating a Context Menu

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Context
menu

Context Menu for the Table Control Subscreen

Code Text

Sort

SRTD
SRTU

Descending
Ascending

LIST Booking list

M 1

BACK

M 1

EXIT

M 1

INFO

M 1

DETL

M 1

...

Function

list

Creating a Context Menu:

Assigning Functions

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Object Attributes

Screen
Painter

Context Menu Form

ON_CTMENU_

Screen Attributes

General Attributes

Context Menu Form

ON_CTMENU_

*-------------------------------

*** INCLUDE SAPBC410CONDF01

*-------------------------------

...

FORM
USING p_menu TYPE REF TO cl_ctmenu.
...
ENDFORM.

...

FORM
USING p_menu TYPE REF TO cl_ctmenu.
...
ENDFORM.

on_ctmenu_rbgframe

on_ctmenu_sub130

SUB130

RBGFRAME

Linking Screen Objects

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on_ctmenu_sub130

Flight

FORM
USING p_menu TYPE REF TO cl_ctmenu.

CALL METHOD cl_ctmenu=>load_gui_status

        EXPORTING program = sy-cprog
                  status  = 'SUB130'
                  menu    = p_menu.

ENDFORM.

Using the Context Menu

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Module Map

• Objectives

• Inactive Sources

• Interactive Reporting

• Module Pool Programming

•

Data Interfaces

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Data Transfer Workbench

• The Data Transfer Workbench supports the

automatic transfer of data from legacy systems
into the R/3 System

• The Workbench provides access to the standard

programs as well as the necessary tools for
transferring data

• The Workbench is particularly useful for large

amounts of data

– It guarantees that data is transferred

efficiently and ensures that data in the R/3
System is consistent

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Data Transfer Workbench

• The Data Transfer

Workbench provides the
following functions:

– Administration and

organization of data
transfer projects

– Tools for analyzing the

required SAP
structures

– Integration of standard

data transfer programs

– Registration and

integration of your own
data transfer programs

– Various techniques to

load data into R/3

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Initial Data Transfer File

• Before transferring the data automatically into

the system, first convert the data from the
legacy system into a suitable format

– This initial file contains the relevant fields in

the length and sequence specified by the
structure

– Use the data transfer file to see the fields of a

transfer object in the R/3 System and the
structure in which the data should be
delivered

• By choosing Transfer object  Create init file, it is

possible to create an empty transfer file for test
purposes

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Editing the Data Transfer File

• The Editor

provides
functionality to
change a data
transfer file

– Particularly

useful for
editing
transfer data
during the
test (before
the data is
actually
transferred)

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Testing the Data

• It is possible to start data transfer objects that

support input directly on-line

• It is possible to create a data transfer file for

test purposes using data that already exists in
R/3 for the following records:

– G/L account master records

– Material masters

– Sales documents

– Routing

– Personnel planning

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BDC_INSERT

CALL FUNCTION ‘

BDC_INSERT

’

EXPORTING

TCODE

= <transaction code>

TABLES

DYNPROTAB

= <bdc internal

table>

EXCEPTIONS

INTERNAL_ERROR

= 1

. . .

OTHERS

= 5.

• Post local is a new 4.0 parameter in the BDC_INSERT

function module

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Batch Input Recorder

• The Batch Input Recorder allows the user to

record transactions while they are being
manually entered

• The user can then create a batch input session

to be executed at a later time

• Once the transaction is recorded, a batch input

program can be generated

– This program is then available for

modification by the programmer in order to
meet customer requirements

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Batch Input Recorder

• The batch input recorder

tool can serve as a good
base for creating a
batch input session

• It allows the

programmer to gather
information on a specific
transaction(s) such as
screen numbers, field
names and values and
then stores it in a form
of a log or a batch input
program

ABAP Development Tools

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You may not rent, lease or distribute the Material to clients or other third parties, but you may transfer the Material to

other employees of PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Module Review

• Objectives

• Inactive Sources

• Interactive Reporting

• Module Pool Programming

• Data Interfaces

Document Outline