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Procedure documentation Creating a GUI Status Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Procedure

  1. Enter the name of your ABAP program.
  2. Choose Status from the object list.
  3. Enter a status name.
  4. A status name can consist of up to 20 alphanumeric characters.

  5. Choose Create.
  6. The Create Status dialog box appears.

  7. Enter a short description.
  8. Select a Status Type.
  9. The status type enables the Menu Painter to display the correct work area for the kind of status you want to create. The following status types follow the standards in the SAP Style Guide.

    Status type:

    References to

    Dialog status

    Menu bars, standard toolbar, function keys and application toolbar

    Dialog box

    Function keys and application toolbar. Dialog boxes do not have menu bars or a standard toolbar.

    Context menu

    A context menu. Context menus contain a set of functions that you can use to construct a context-sensitive menu. See also Creating a Context Menu.

     

  10. Choose Continue.
  11. The system displays the work area of the Menu Painter.

    Define the components of the interface (or refer to existing interface components).

    See also:
    Defining Key Assignments

    Creating Menu Bars

    Defining Pushbuttons

    Creating Standard Toolbars

  12. Save your new status.

Result

The new status object appears in your program object list.

Caution

You cannot call a status in your program until you have activated it. ( See also: Testing and activating statuses)

 

 

 

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