Local Editing  

Both modes in the ABAP Editor allow you to transfer an ABAP program to a local file on your frontend machine. You can then edit the source code using an editor of your choice, before loading the file into the ABAP Editor again.

Backend Editor

Uploading and Downloading Source Code

To upload a file into the ABAP Editor, choose Utilties ® More utilities ® Upload/download ® Upload. Enter the path and filename of the file you want to read in the dialog box, then choose Copy.

Note that when you copy the file, its contents overwrite all of the previous contents of the ABAP Editor.

To download a file from the ABAP Editor to a local file, choose Utilities ® More utilities ® Upload/download ® Download. In the dialog box, enter a path and name for the file (with an appropriate file extension). Then choose Copy.

In the backend editor, the ABAP Editor supports the following file format:

 

 

Extension

Upload/Download

ASC

ASCII

BIN

Binary

DAT

ASCII data table with column tab

DBF

DBASE format (available for download only).

IBM

ASCII with IBM code page conversion (DOS)

WK1

Spreadsheet format (available for download only).

Starting the Local Editor

Specify a Path for local editing in the ABAP Editor Setting with the same name. The source code is buffered under this path. Then choose Utilities ® More utilities ® Edit locally. The system downloads the program source code to a local editor. When you leave the editor, the source code is reloaded into the ABAP Editor.

Frontend Editor Mode

Uploading Source Code

To upload a local file into the ABAP Editor, choose Load local file ( ). Then select the required local ASCII file.

Note that the entire contents of the ABAP Editor are overwritten with the uploaded file.

To download the contents of the ABAP Editor to a local text file, choose Save to local file ( ). Enter the path name for the local text file.
Note that this function does not apply to selected lines, but always to the entire contents of the editor.