Displaying Internet Addresses

Use

You are able to manage any number of Internet addresses as hyperlink objects. Each of these hyperlink objects is identified by a unique key. You are able to display any one hyperlink object in any cell. To do this, use the hyperlink column (see Columns with Special Technical Meaning , section Control Columns That Contain Information for Any Number of Columns ). The contents of the hyperlink column then show the affected cell. The affected cell then includes the key for the hyperlink object.

Note

Columns that contain the key for the hyperlink object have data type INT4.

You can also determine that the Internet address that is displayed in the cell has been enabled as a click area. This means, when the user clicks on the Internet address, an Internet browser starts, which takes the user to the specified Internet page. To enable an Internet Address as a Click Area use the cell type.

These are valid for the functions of Internet addresses:

ALV Tool	Display type	Function available
Simple, two-dimensional table	Classic ABAP List	Yes
Fullscreen	Yes
In the Container	Yes
Hierarchical-sequential list	Classic ABAP List	Yes
Tree Structure	Fullscreen	No
In the Container	No

Features

You are able to make the following settings for Internet addresses:

Get Hyperlink Objects
Create, change and delete hyperlink objects
Displaying Internet Addresses
Define Internet address as click area (assign cell type)

Get Hyperlink Objects

In every main ALV class in which display of hyperlink objects is possible, there is a method GET_FUNCTIONAL_SETTINGS, which returns, among other things, the hyperlink objects of the ALV output (class CL_SALV_HYPERLINKS). Using this object you obtain the desired hyperlink object with the methods GET or GET_HYPERLINK.

Function	Class	Method
Get hyperlinks	CL_SALV_TABLE CL_SALV_HIERSEQ_TABLE	GET_FUNCTIONAL_ SETTINGS
Get all hyperlink objects	CL_SALV_FUNCTIONAL_SETTINGS	GET_HYPERLINKS
CL_SALV_HYPERLINKS	GET
Get a specific hyperlink object	CL_SALV_HYPERLINKS	GET_HYPERLINK
Get Internet address	CL_SALV_HYPERLINK	GET_HYPERLINK
Get key	GET_HANDLE

Create, Change and Delete Hyperlink Objects

You are able to create any number of hyperlink objects. A hyperlink object includes two components: the Internet address and a key that you can use later to address the hyperlink object.

You are able to delete hyperlink objects either individually or all at once.

Function	Class	Method
Create hyperlink object	CL_SALV_HYPERLINKS	ADD_HYPERLINK
Delete individual hyperlink object	REMOVE_HYPERLINK
Delete all hyperlink objects	CLEAR
Change hyperlink object (address)	CL_SALV_HYPERLINK	SET_HYPERLINK

Define Internet Address as Click Area

To define the Internet address in a cell as a click area, that is, to display it underlined, use the Cell Type LINK .