SAP ABAP Advanced Cookbook

Table of Contents

• Preface

• Chapter 1: ABAP Objects
• Introduction
• Creating a shared memory object
• Creating a persistent object
• Creating classes based on factory methods
• Creating classes based on singleton design pattern
• Creating classes based on adapter pattern

• Chapter 2: Dynamic Programming
• Introduction
• Using field symbols and data references to print database table contents
• Applying dynamic Open SQL
• Dynamic program generation

• Chapter 3: ALV Tricks
• Introduction
• Setting ALV columns as key columns and making zero amount appear as blank
• Removing columns from display and layout
• Enable Adding Layout toolbar buttons
• Adding Hotspot to columns
• Adding your own buttons to ALV toolbar
• Adding checkboxes to columns

• Chapter 4: Regular Expressions
• Introduction
• Using regex as an IF statement
• Removal of characters from a string
• Converting date into internal date type
• Validation of format (telephone number)
• Removing repeated words from text string
• Inserting commas in an amount string
• Removing comments from program code
• Interpreting HTML stream

• Chapter 5: Optimizing Programs
• Introduction
• Using transaction SAT to find problem areas
• Creation of secondary indexes in database tables
• Adding hints in SELECT clause
• Secondary indexes for internal tables
• Hashed table for single read access
• Replacing for all entries construct with Ranges

• Chapter 6: Doing More with Selection Screens
• Introduction
• Adding tabstrips and listboxes to report selection screens
• Adding toolbar buttons on selection screen
• Changing screen fields on radio button selection
• Taking desktop folder and filename as input
• Coding search help exits for creating better F4 helps

• Chapter 7: Smart Forms – Tips and Tricks
• Introduction
• Toggle on/off the Microsoft Word text editor
• Using background pictures and print preview
• Using folder options for page protection
• Printing several forms in one spool request
• Converting Smart Forms to PDF output
• Applying sorting and subtotaling to table fields

• Chapter 8: Working with SQL Trace
• Introduction
• Carrying out SQL trace
• Generating and interpreting the trace result
• Carrying out restricted trace
• Filtering unwanted trace result entries
• Summarizing a SQL list and viewing table-related information
• Quickly finding the data source of a screen field
• Finding the data source of a field's hit list

• Chapter 9: Code Inspector
• Introduction
• Carrying out quick code inspection
• Carrying out a full-fledged inspection
• Carrying out database-specific performance checks
• Suppressing messages using pseudo comments
• Searching for ABAP statement patterns and tokens within code
• Creating your own Code Inspector checks

• Chapter 10: Simple Transformations
• Introduction
• Creating simple transformations
• Creating transformations for structures and calling them in programs
• Creating transformations for internal tables
• Generating transformations for dictionary table types
• Downloading into Excel made easy using simple transformations

• Chapter 11: Sending E-mail Using BCS Classes
• Introduction
• Creating a simple e-mail message
• Sending e-mail to Internet e-mail addresses
• Adding attachments to your message
• Creating HTML e-mail
• Running a program and sending its output as an e-mail

• Chapter 12: Creating and Consuming Web Services
• Introduction
• Creating a Web service from a function module
• Configuring the created Web service
• Consuming a Web service
• Creating a consumer proxy's logical port
• Calling a Web service from an ABAP program

• Chapter 13: SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe
• Introduction
• Creating nested tables
• Enabling duplex printing in forms
• Using form elements and scripting to create interactive forms
• Working with Adobe offline infrastructure
• Parallel printing of form
• Adding error messages for interactive forms
• PDF object API

• Chapter 14: Web Dynpro for ABAP
• Introduction
• Creating trees
• Creating navigation lists
• Creating tabstrips
• Displaying error messages
• Calling dialog boxes of same component
• Displaying Adobe forms in Web Dynpros

• Chapter 15: Floorplan Manager
• Introduction
• Creating applications based on OIF Floorplan design
• Changing header and ticket area at runtime
• Adding list GUIBBs to Floorplan applications
• Viewing structure of FPM applications
• Creating GAF applications
• Creating FPM applications using Application Creation Tool

• Index