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Purpose

The Screen Painter is a tool in the ABAP Workbench that you use to create screens for ABAP programs and flow logic for the screens.

Integration

The Screen Painter can be used with the Modification Assistant. For more information, see Modifications in the Screen Painter .

Features

Screen Painter Architecture

You use the Screen Painter to create and maintain all parts of a screen:

Screen Part Description

Screen Attributes

Screen attributes describe a screen object in the SAP system. They describe the program to which the screen belongs and the type of screen.

Screen Layout

The screen layout describes both the screen elements and their layout. The most common screen elements are I/O fields, text fields, checkboxes, radio buttons, pushbuttons and controls. Fields are defined in the ABAP Dictionary or in your program.

Flow Logic

The flow logic controls the flow of your program.

Screen Painter Modes

The Screen Painter has a Layout Editor with two modes:

Both modes offer the same functions but use different interfaces. In the graphical mode, you use a drag and drop interface similar to a drawing tool. In the alphanumeric mode, you use your keyboard and menus. To activate the graphical mode, in the Screen Painter choose Utilities → Settings → Graphical layout editor.

Note

GUI Dependency: The Graphical Layout Editor of the Screen Painter is part of the SAP GUI and can be started only in the SAP Web Application Server 6.10 with SAP GUI Release 6.10 or later. In SAP NetWeaver 04, it can be started with SAP GUI Release 6.20 or later, Patch 56 or Release 6.40, Patch 8. In all other cases, the system starts the Alphanumeric Fullscreen Editor automatically.