Tool Conventions 

The tool conventions used in SAP Mobile Application Studio (MAS) facilitate you to use this tool more efficiently. These conventions refer to the standard functions provided in MAS and useful when you perform modeling activities using MAS.  

Log on

Every time you try to log on, MAS prompts you to select the baselineor a change list.

§         If you select baseline, you have to either create a change list or switch to an existing change list to model development objects.

§         If you create a change list or select a <change list>, you can model development objects directly.

Display

The development objects and system objects like change lists modeled for a mobile client application are grouped and displayed in a hierarchy via browsers. In each browser, the objects are grouped logically and displayed as nodes.

Each top-level node contains sub-level nodes if existing, else displays the corresponding objects.

In Object Browser the:

·         Tile node displays the sub-level nodes like Detail Tiles and List Tiles.

·         Business Objects node displays the corresponding business objects.

Version Display

Every time you modify an object a version is created for the object.

·         You can view the previous versions of an object in a version tree diagram.

·         You can display details of a version in the version tree diagram. 

Basic operations

You can perform basic operations like create, view and delete on an object from three different locations. These locations are the menu bar, toolbar and context-menu (which you can access when you right-click on an object). To perform an operation, you must select the object in the Object Browser and then choose the required option from one of the locations.

Naming an Object

A default name is provided when you create an object. This default name is prefixed with a namespace. For more information, see Namespace Implementation.

When you create a business object, the default name given for the business object is ABC_NewBO1. Here, ABC indicates the namespace.

You can change the default name to a more meaningful name. However, you must not change or delete the namespace.

Code

You can use the default font style defined for Code windows. However, you can choose any other font style as the:

·         Fixed Font, in which MAS displays details, for example, a list of events provided in a choice list of the Code window.

·         Proportional Font, in which you enter the code and comments in a Code window.

Wizards

All wizards are activated by default. You can deactivate the wizards from Tools à Options. 

Quick Access to Development Objects

You can add development objects, which you use most frequently, to favorites. You can later access these objects from the favorites menu without searching in the Object Browser.

Change List

·         You can only model development objects a change list. To do this, you have to either create a change list or switch to an existing change list.

·         When you try to model a development object, a version gets created and added to the change list. Your modifications are applied only on the version. To save your modifications, you must release the change list. For more information, see Change List Administration.

Branching

MAS prompts you to create a side branch when you try to modify or delete a development object, which is:

·         Not created in the current MAR but received from another repository or SAP.

·         Being accessed by another MAS user in a different change list.

Output

Whenever an operation fails, a failure acknowledgement is sent to you in the form of a message in a model window. However, if the operation is successful, you can find the expected result in the corresponding location.

·         If a business object is created successfully, it appears under the Business Objects node in the Object Browser.

·         If the user interface is generated successfully, the corresponding runtime files can be found in the path specified.