An object list is graphical organization of related development objects. For example, a program object list contains all the objects in a program. The appearance of an object list is similar to a directory listing in a graphical file manager. In this exercise, you learn how to open and navigate through an object list. If you have not already done so, open the Development Workbench. Then, proceed as follows:

1. Choose Object Browser to start the Browser.

The system displays the Object Browser: Initial Screen. At this point, you must choose whether you want to look at an object list or a single object. For this exercise, you will look at an object list.

2. Select Program in the Object list area and place your cursor in the adjacent field.

The system displays a possible entries push button beside the field. This button indicates there are several possible entries.

3. Enter the name tutprog in the Program field.
4. Choose Display.

The Browser displays the program development objects. You can see that the tutprog program contains several types of objects. Each object type has a folder icon beside it. A plus sign (+) in a folder means the folder is closed.

5. Open the Global data folder by clicking the folder icon.

The Browser displays a list of the global data found in the tutprog folder. Notice that the Global data folder now has a minus sign (-) to tell you that it is open.

6. Open ANSWER.

The Object Browser starts the ABAP Editor. If you have not used the Editor before, it asks you to confirm the mode. Choose Continue to confirm PC-mode. The Editor opens the tutprog program at the point where the global data ANSWER is declared .

7. Use Back to return to the Object Browser: Initial Screen.

In this exercise, you learned how to open an object list for a specific program. You used the Object Browser to navigate through the object list to the tutprog program. The tutprog program contains the example transaction you will create with this tutorial. Take a moment to open some of the objects in the program object list.

If you like, you can execute the program by selecting the TUTPROG node and choosing Development Object ® Test/execute. When the system prompts you for an execution type, select Direct.