Tool

Setting

Description

Workbench
(general)

Display background picture

If you set this option, a background picture is displayed in the Object Navigator.

No picture

If you set this option, no background picture is displayed.

ABAP Editor

Front-End Editor (New)

Enables the new Front-End Editor mode of the ABAP Editor. See also: Front-End Editor (Source Code Mode).

The Front-End Editor is available with SAP GUI for Windows 6.40 Patch Level 10 or higher. In order to have the editor integrated into the ABAP Workbench and use all related transactions, you need the appropriate SAP system version. The first version supporting the new editor is SAP NetWeaver 2004s.

Front-End Editor (Old)

Enables the old Front-End Editor. When you work in this mode, the source code of your program is loaded at the frontend and can be edited locally. See also: Front-End Editor (Plain Text Mode).

Back-End Editor

The conventional line-based Back-End Editor.
See also: Back-End Editor.

Numbering

The options With and Without line numbering apply only to the old Front-End Editor.

Compression

You can use the option With compression logic to compress logical blocks of ABAP coding. For more information, see Using Compression Logic.

Path for local editing

This is the place where the program is downloaded or stored temporarily. From there you can also start a local editor. This option applies only to the Front-End Editor (Plain Text Mode).

Upper-/lowercase conversion in display mode

This option is based on the Convert upper/lowercase settings of the Pretty Printer. The Keyword uppercase option is not supported for performance reasons. There is no special formatting in display mode if this option is not selected.

Pretty Printer

Indent

Indents lines in the ABAP source code. For example, all statements belonging to an event are indented by two characters. See also: Improving the Layout.

Convert upper-/lowercase

This option allows you to standardize the source code display.

●     Lowercase (for the entire program apart from literals and comments).

●     Uppercase (for the entire program apart from literals and comments).

●     Keyword uppercase (highlights ABAP keywords).

Split-Screen Editor

Window arrangement

You can arrange the programs either next to each other or one above the other in the Split-Screen Editor.

Comparison operations

If you choose Ignore indentations, the system recognizes the program lines as identical as long as they have the same contents, even if they are indented differently. 
If you choose Ignore comments, the system recognizes program lines as identical as long as they have the same contents apart from comments appended using <">.
The Ignore upper-/lowercase setting is initial. 

For more information, see Special Split-Screen Functions.

Class Builder

Display filter

Options for displaying the components of global classes or interfaces in the Class Builder. They allow you to extend or restrict the standard display.

Scope Filter

Restricts the display of class components to instances or static components. 

Screen Painter

Graphical layout editor

If you set this option, the system uses the graphical layout editor in the Screen Painter. If the option is not set, the system starts the alphanumeric editor.

Menu Painter

Output length in status maintenance

Function code: The function code field in the Menu Painter can be set to allow input length between 4 and 20 characters.

Text length: The text field for function texts in the Menu Painter can be set to allow input length between 10 and 40 characters.

Note that these user-defined settings are only valid in the status maintenance screen of the Menu Painter.

Front-end platform

Front-End: All function codes maintained in the Menu Painter are platform-independent but the function key names are not. By selecting a platform, you ensure that the function keys are labeled using the convention of the selected platform.

Function Builder

Check syntax in test

When you test a function module, the system can check the syntax of the function group to which the function module belongs.
To improve performance in the Function Builder test environment, this option is switched off by default.