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Innovations in the matchcode help (F4 help)

Description

In order to simplify the matchcode F4 help a new procedure has been implemented. When a matchcode is called for the first time, a list of the existing IDs for controling the further search appears as usual. The selected ID is now, however, stored user-dependently as default matchcode ID. The next time a search is made via the same matchcode the dialog box 'Limit value set' of the default matchcode ID appears immediately. There are now two additional functions in this dialog box: first the function 'Other search', if the default matchcode ID is not required for this search, and second the function 'Define standard', for explicitly defining a new default ID. This second function is of course only visible if an ID other than the current default ID has been selected via the function 'Other search'.

This change also applies to the direct caller of the function module HELP_VALUES_GET_WITH_MACO.

Of course it is also possible to search as before via the quick entry (for example, '=text') in the F4 field below the matchcode with the default ID. If an ID is specified in the quick entry (for example, '=A.text'), this overrides the default ID.