Table Display 

 

1. Display

2. Navigation

 

1. Display

Using the Table Display tool, you can display and edit tables as you like, including their contents and attributes. The table display consists of two views. These are represented by the tabs Tables and Table Contents. The Tables tab contains the names of the internal tables selected by the user and their current status in the form of a history for special tools .

If you double-click the name of an internal table, you will see the view Table Contents. Here, first you see the name and the type of table selected, followed by the column headings and their contents. The headers, whose columns contain table keys, are highlighted in blue script. The table type specification depends on the table contents. For example, the entry [10x171(4608)] means that the table has 10 lines with 171 columns each, and with a line length of 4608 bytes. 

If you have tables with more than 50 columns, an additional input field Columns will be displayed beside the table name and type. Here it is possible to enter a natural number < 10⁶. This determines the column starting from which the internal table is displayed. The following rules apply:

• If this column is larger than the number of existing table columns, the last 50 columns of the table are automatically displayed.
• If you have made an entry < 0, an error message will be issued in the status line of the window. You will have to repeat your entry.  

Using the scroll bar at the end of the table display, you can page horizontally within the defined interval. The interval shows a maximum of 50 columns. In addition, four special scrolling icons are provided to the right of the input field. These support the following functions:

Icon	Icon Text	Function
	Far left	Display first 50 columns
	Left	Scroll one column to the left
	Right	Scroll one column to the right
	Far right	Display last 50 columns

Independently of the number of table columns, a number of functional services are available for internal tables. These can be called by clicking the right mouse button in the context menu or by double-clicking the icon for the Tool Services function with the left mouse button. The typical table operations, such as changing columns or rows, are included here. 

The header line of an internal table is identified in the Overview of Variables  by the icon called Internal Table in the Status column and by the icon called Header Line in the Value Type column. If you double-click the status icon, the system will branch to the table display. If you double-click the name of the variables, the system will activate the field list of the structure display. 

 

2. Navigation

For an internal table to be listed in the table display via navigation, you first need to copy it to the list of variables either by double-clicking in the Editor or using a name entry in the Overview of Variables. If you double-click the table there, this will automatically trigger the table display - if this was not yet active. If the work area already has already reached the maximum number of four tools without the structure display, again another window will be opened and you will be asked which tool you would like to swap – similar to the Editor .

In the table display itself, you can double-click the line number in the Line column. This will take you to the structure display . On the other hand, double-clicking the table cell will call up the appropriate tool for this data type. For example, in the case of an elementary data object, the system will branch to the detailed display. If you double-click an object reference, the object display  will be activated. If you use this switchover, no new tool will be displayed. The called view in each case will replace the table view (deep navigation). At the same time, you will see the icon for the Back function, just like in the structure display. It will be displayed as a light green arrow. You can use this icon to branch to the table display.

 

3. Services and Changing of the Internal Table

 

You can access the table display services via the button Services  or the context menu.

 

:

• Standard services: Search and download
• Edit columns, save: You can change and save the order in which the table columns are displayed. If the table is displayed again during the debug session, the saved column layout is used.
• Change table contents:

·         Change the row content (selected lines become input-ready). Confirm to activate changes.

·         Insert, append row: You can append or insert new rows (also by specifying a template row)

·         Delete rows (the selected rows are deleted)

·         Delete table