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Saving a Program

To save the contents of the ABAP Editor, choose  with the quick info text Save from the standard toolbar.

The system saves an inactive version of the current program and adds it to the user's list of inactive objects. There is no syntax check before that procedure.

Activating a Program

To activate a program, choose  with the quick info text Activate or Program → Activate.

When you activate a program, the activation process checks for syntax errors and then generates the active version. Finally, it generates a load version and deletes the corresponding entry from your list of inactive objects.

Caution

The activation does not apply to all program components. Screens and GUI statuses are independent transport objects and have to be activated separately.

Generating a Program

To generate the program, choose Program → Generate.

When you generate a program, the system creates a new load version from the active version. Unlike activation, this operation only generates a new load version.

Restoring a Program After a System Crash

If there is a system crash while you are working on a program, the system tries to save the data in a temporary storage. The next time you try to edit the program, you are asked which version you want to use - the one from the database or the temporary one.

If necessary, you can use the Compare function to compare the two versions before deciding which one to restore.

See also:

Status Display for Development Objects