SAP Controls Workshop (H1913)

Description

With standard ABAP programming, data output in an appealing table layout is time consuming - now it can be done much more easily! This SAP PRESS Essential guide shows you how to develop ergonomic applications with SAP Controls, which have been available since Release 4.6. You get a step-by-step instruction on how to use classic Table Control, ALV Grid Control and on integrating Excel via OLE: Every Container and Application Control is dealt with in detail and bolstered with extensive and re-usable code examples. Readers of this unique guide will become very familiar with Control Framework, Custom Container, and Picture Control. In addition, HTML Viewer Text Edit and Toolbar Control will soon be your new best friends.

CONTENTS:

1. Introduction ... 3

2. Classical Controls ... 7

2.1 Tabstrip Control ... 7

2.2 Table Control ... 9

3. Control Framework (CFW) ... 13

3.1 Architecture ... 13

3.2 Automation Queue ... 14

3.3 Event Handling ... 16

3.4 Lifetime Management ... 17

3.5 Class Hierarchy ... 17

3.6 Testing an Application ... 18

4. Custom Containers with Picture Controls ... 19

4.1 Basic Program ... 19

4.2 Controls for Container and Picture ... 23

4.3 Method Call ... 26

4.4 Event Handling ... 28

5. Container Controls ... 37

5.1 Custom Container Control ... 37

5.2 Dialog Box Container Control ... 39

5.3 Docking Container Control ... 42

5.4 Splitter Container Control ... 44

5.5 Easy Splitter Container Control ... 47

6. SAP HTML Viewer ... 51

7. SAP TextEdit ... 59

8. SAP Toolbar ... 63

9. SAP Tree and Tree Model ... 71

9.1 SAP Simple Tree ... 72

9.2 SAP Column Tree ... 81

9.3 SAP List Tree ... 89

9.4 SAP Tree Model ... 94

10. SAP ALV Grid ... 101

10.1 ALV Grid with Predefi ned Structure in the ABAP Dictionary ... 102

10.2 ALV Grid with Display Variant ... 105

10.3 ALV Grid with Selectable Data Area Layout ... 106

10.4 ALV Grid with Toolbar ... 109

10.5 ALV Grid with Field Catalog ... 114

10.6 ALV Grid with Double-Click Event and Hotspot ... 118

11. Context Menu ... 123

11.1 Context Menu for the Picture Control .... 123

11.2 Context Menu for Tree Control and Tree Model ... 127

11.3 Context Menu for the ALV Grid Control ... 129

12. Drag&Drop ... 133

12.1 The Drag&Drop Operation .... 134

12.2 Events of the Drag&Drop Operation ... 134

12.3 Creating a Sample Application ... 135

13. Desktop Offi ce Integration ... 145

13.1 Integrating Office Applications ... 146

13.2 Integrating MS Excel functions ... 157

Appendix ... 163

1. Sample Programs ... 163

2. Test Data in the front-end PC ... 164

3. Online Documentation ... 164