Version 2.60

Here is an overview of the most significant changes in the context of ABAP core development that relate to the current ABAP Development Tools for SAP NetWeaver (ADT) client and the SAP NetWeaver 7.5 SP03 back end.

Note The features below that are highlighted with an '*' are available for all ABAP systems supported by ADT.

Working with ABAP Development Objects

Changing The Color of Individual ABAP Keywords*

Now you can configure the syntax coloring preference for each single ABAP keyword or the sequence of several ABAP keywords, for example, "call method", used within a statement. This enables you to highlight all relevant occurrences and to improve readability when you skim through ABAP source code objects such as ABAP classes, interfaces, programs, and so on.

To proceed, open Start of the navigation path ABAP Development Next navigation step Editors Source Code Editors ABAP Keyword Colors End of the navigation path preference page. From here you can use a set of predefined syntax coloring configurations provided by SAP.

Note

To make these default configurations visible in your ABAP source code, you also have to apply your preference.

For more information, look here Changing The Color of Individual ABAP Keywords

Predefining a Background Color for ABAP Method Blocks*

Now you can predefine a background color to highlight the implementation of a method in the source code editor. Then, between the METHOD and ENDMETHOD statement, the background color of a method body is displayed in the predefined color.

To proceed, open the Start of the navigation path General Next navigation step Appearance Colors and Fonts End of the navigation path preference page and expand the ABAP Syntax Coloring folders. From here you edit the ABAP method block entry.

For more information, look here Changing the Font Color of Texts