Web Application Builder (SAP Library - Internal Service Requests)

Web Application Builder

Purpose

The Web Application Builder allows you to create Web development objects within the ABAP Workbench. Existing R/3 transactions requre these objects to allow them to run as Web transactions in a Web Browser. You can also use the Web Application Builder as an integrated environment for creating MiniApps.

Integration

The Web Application Builder is a fully integrated tool within the ABAP Workbench. Objects that you create with it, such as service files, HTML templates, and MIME objects, are stored in the R/3 Repository and are connected to the R/3 Change and Transport System.

Features

Creating Internet services for existing R/3 transactions or MiniApps.

Implementing the dialog logic.

Generating the HTML templates for the screens of a transaction. These contain standard HTML and HTML^Business statements that map the screen layout.

Editing the generated HTML templates using HTML and HTML^Business to develop them further.

Including MIME objects (icons, graphics, Java applets, animation...) to improve the layout further.

Creating language-specific texts (language resources).

Publishing the services or individual service ocmponents on the Internet Transaction Server (ITS)

Executing the complete Web transaction from the ABAP Workbench.

Connection to the Change and Transport System (CTS).

Connection to Version Management.

Constraints

Certain functions are not yet available:

There is no syntax check
HTML^Business and the flow logic are not yet integrated with the Debugger.