Changing the Editor Mode 

  1. Choose Settings ® Editor mode... The Editor: Settings dialog box appears.
  2. In the Mode group box, set the Editor mode that you want to work with.
    The ABAP Editor has three modes:
    3.

    Edit Control Modus

    Allows you to edit program code in a local editor

    PC Mode

    Allows you to use functions such as Cut, Copy and Paste

    PC mode with line numbers

    Allows you to use functions such as Cut, Copy and Paste, but with line numbers This is the default mode.

    Command mode

    Supplies the same functionality associated with the R/2 version of the SAP software.

    This documentation assumes you are using the Editor in PC mode with line numbering. Command Mode in the ABAP Editor supplies information about the command mode.

  3. In the Compression logic group box, you can enable and disable the compression logic.
    For further details, see     Using Compression Logic.
  4. In the Display group box, choose how you want the system to display your program.

    5. You can use the following options:

    Lowercase

    the entire program code is displayed in lowercase.

    Uppercase

    the entire program code is displayed in uppercase.

    Keyword uppercase

    ABAP keywords are displayed in uppercase. The remainder of the program code is displayed in lowercase.

  5. Set the path for local editing. Your source code is stored temporarily under this path. When you choose Utilities ® More utilities ® Local editing, the program code is downloaded, and a local editor called. When you exit the Editor, the program code is then re-loaded into the R/3 System.