Using the Tabstrip Control Wizard (SAP Library

Using the Tabstrip Control Wizard

The tabstrip control wizard allows you to create and implement tabstrip controls quickly and easily. The generated dialog logic uses backend scrolling.

You can use tabstrip controls that you generate in this way as a basis for further refinement in your application.

Features

Creates an instance of the tabstrip control.

Defines the tab pages and associated function codes.

Assigns a common subscreen area to all tab pages.

Creates a new subscreen screen (unless you want to use an existing one).

Generates the flow logic required for backend scrolling.

Creates the PBO and PAI modules and all necessary data definitions.

Creates the appropriate includes for the modules and data definitions (if required).

Procedure

To start the tabstrip control wizard:

In the graphical Screen Painter

Start the layout editor.

Switch to change mode if required.

Choose

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from the element toolbar.

Define the tabstrip control area on the screen.

The wizard then starts in a separate dialog box.

The wizard now takes you through the steps required to create a working tabstrip control. The whole process consists of five steps, in which you define the attributes of the tabstrip control and the ABAP code you want to generate. You can navigate between the dialogs using the Continue and Back functions. When you choose Finish, the system generates the tabstrip control.

In the alphanumeric Screen Painter

Start the layout editor.

Switch to change mode if required.

Position the cursor where you would like the top left-hand corner of the tabstrip control area to be.

Choose Edit ® Wizards for creating elements ® Tabstrip.

Position the cursor where you would like the bottom right-hand corner of the tabstrip control to be.

Choose Mark end of ctrl.

The wizard then starts in a separate dialog box.

See step 5 from the procedure for the graphical Screen Painter.

Note

If an error occurs when the system tries to generate the tabstrip control or you cancel the wizard, all of the objects and source code created by the wizard are deleted, and the starting state of the program is restored.