Expanding Includes (SAP Library - BC - ABAP Workbench: Tools)

Expanding Includes

Use

You can expand includes that you use in your programs. The system then displays the entire contents of the include within the program, allowing you to modify it without having to switch to another window.

Caution

You can only use this function in the backend editor in the ABAP Editor.

Procedure

Open the program containing the include statement. Make sure you are in change mode.

Position the cursor on the line containing the include statement.

Choose Edit ® Other functions ® Expand include.

The system displays the entire contents of the include within your main program.

The include area is delimited by comment lines that indicate the start and the end of the include.

Save your changes to the include.

There are two ways to do this:

Choose . This saves the main program. The expanded include is then saved as part of the main program, and the include program is removed from the object list of the main program.
Position the cursor at the beginning of the include and choose Edit ® Other functions ® Save include. In this case, the changes to the include are saved separately. If you then choose , you only save the changes to the main program.

Result

When you expand an include, the expansion applies until you explicitly cancel it.

Note

To cancel the expansion, position the cursor at the beginning of the include and choose Edit ® Other functions ® Compress include. If you have changed the include, the system asks if you want to save your changes.