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Screen Modifications and Screen Flow Events

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Objectives

 The participants will be able to:

 Recognize Dynamic screen modification.
 Use a “mirror image” table work area to avoid updating a record that did not change.
 Code the “PROCESS ON HELP-REQUEST” Flow Logic event.
 Code the “PROCESS ON VALUE-REQUEST” Flow Logic event.

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Dynamic Screen Modification (1)

Exit Update
Change / Display
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Year 1994
Category PIC
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Critic Ellen Enter Name
Exit Update
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Year 1994
You can dynamically modify a screen.
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Field attributes can be temporarily
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modified.
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Dynamic Screen Modification (2)

Screen 9001
You must use a PBO module to
PROCESS BEFORE OUTPUT. dynamically modify a screen.
MODULE INITIALIZE.
** MZA11O01 - PBO Modules **
MODULE MODIFY_SCREEN.
MODULE MODIFY_SCREEN OUTPUT.
* to change to display mode
LOOP AT SCREEN.
Use the system’s “SCREEN”
IF SCREEN-NAME = ‘YMOVIE-
internal table.
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SCREEN-NAME = ‘YMOVIE-
Turn the input attribute NOTES’.
“off” for display mode. SCREEN-INPUT = 0.
MODIFY SCREEN.
Don’t forget to update the ENDIF.
changes to the “SCREEN” ENDLOOP.
internal table. ENDMODULE.
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Dynamic Screen Modification (3)

 Each field on a
screen has a set of
attributes that are
fixed when you
define the screen in
the Screen Painter.
When an ABAP
program is running,
a subset of the
attributes of each
screen field can be
addressed using the
system table
SCREEN.

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Mirror Image

Currently, if the user clicks on the

‘Update’ pushbutton, our program will
update the record even if the user did ** MZA12TOP - Top Include **
not make any changes to it. PROGRAM SAPMZA12 MESSAGE-ID
ZA.
TABLES: YMOVIE, *YMOVIE .

Exit Update
Change / Display
Academy Awards To avoid updating a record that did not
Year 1994 change, we can use a “mirror image”

Category PIC of the YMOVIE table work area.

Winner Forrest Gump

Notes Great movie !!!
Critic Ellen Enter Name

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Mirror Image Example

** MZA12I01 - PAI Modules ** ** MZA12I01 - PAI Modules **

MODULE SELECT_LISTING INPUT. MODULE UPDATE INPUT.
IF OKCODE = ‘EDIT’. IF OKCODE = ‘UPDA’.
* code to select YMOVIE record IF YMOVIE = *YMOVIE.
IF SY-SUBRC = 0. MESSAGE S005.
MOVE YMOVIE TO *YMOVIE. ELSE.
ENDIF. * code to update YMOVIE
ENDIF. ENDIF.
ENDMODULE. ENDIF.
ENDMODULE.

If a record is selected, it will If the record has not changed,

be placed in the “mirror image” a message will be issued and the
table work area. record will not be updated.

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Process on Help-Request

Screen 9000
Academy Awards
Year 1994 PROCESS BEFORE OUTPUT.
...
Category PIC PROCESS AFTER INPUT.
...
PROCESS ON HELP-REQUEST.
FIELD YMOVIE-AAYEAR WITH ‘0001’.

F1

Trigger “PROCESS ON HELP-REQUEST” Flow Logic

event for the particular field. This event will display
the specified supplemental documentation (i.e., ‘0001’).

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Process on Help-Request (Contd.)

Screen 9000
Academy Awards
Year 1994 PROCESS BEFORE OUTPUT.
...
Category PIC PROCESS AFTER INPUT.
...
PROCESS ON HELP-REQUEST.
FIELD YMOVIE-AAYEAR WITH ‘0001’.

F1

Trigger “PROCESS ON HELP-REQUEST” Flow Logic

event for the particular field. This event will display
the specified supplemental documentation (i.e., ‘0001’).

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Process on Value-Request

Screen 9000
Academy Awards
PROCESS BEFORE OUTPUT.
Year 1994
...
Category PIC PROCESS AFTER INPUT.
...
PROCESS ON VALUE-REQUEST.
FIELD YMOVIE-AAYEAR
MODULE VALUE_LIST.
F4

Trigger “PROCESS ON VALUE-REQUEST” Flow Logic event

for the particular field. This event will execute the specified
module (i.e., “VALUE_LIST”).
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Process on Value-Request (Contd.)

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Demonstration

 Creating a module pool program and coding the Process on Help-Request and
the Process on Value-Request events in the program to display F1 and the F4
helps.

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Practice

 Creating a module pool program and coding the Process on Help-Request and
the Process on Value-Request events in the program to display F1 and the F4
helps.

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Summary

 You can dynamically modify a screen. More specifically, screen field attributes
can be temporarily modified during the execution of an online program.
 To dynamically modify field attributes, use the “SCREEN” internal table
maintained by the system for each screen.
 A “mirror image” is created with the ABAP statement: TABLES *<database
table>. The work area created with this statement is identical in structure to the
one created with the “TABLES <database table>” statement.
 The Process on Help-Request event is triggered when the user presses the ‘F1’
key.
 The Process on Value-Request event is triggered when the user presses the ‘F4’
key.

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Questions

 What is the event required for displaying F1 help ?

 What is the event required for displaying F4 help ?
 What is the system internal table required to be modified for dynamic screen
modifications ?

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