Opening ADT Links

You have two options for opening an ADT link: You can either click an ADT link that has been sent to you, for example, in an Email, or one that is provided, for example, in an MS Word file. You can also enter its URL into a dialog.

Prerequisites

To open an ADT link from a document or an email by clicking it:

  • Your Eclipse-based IDE needs to be already opened.
  • ADT link handling has to be enabled. To proceed, open the Start of the navigation pathWindow Next navigation step Preferences Next navigation step ABAP DevelopmentEnd of the navigation path preferences page and select the Open ADT Links from external documents checkbox in the ADT Link Handling area.

Context

To open an ADT link through a dialog, proceed as follows:

Procedure

  1. Choose Start of the navigation pathNavigate Next navigation step Open ADT LinkEnd of the navigation path from the menu bar.

    The Open ADT Link dialog is opened.

  2. Enter the copied URL or paste it from the clipboard.
  3. Choose OK.

Results

The relevant development object is opened in the corresponding editor.

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