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ABAP/4 Programming

Gail Corbitt
Fall 1998
Chapter 1-3

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Chapters 1-3

 Some Key Features

 Repository Concept
 (development workbench)
 Beginning Program

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Key Features

 Advanced Business Application Program

 Multi language
 Interpretive Language
 Event Driven
 Reusability
 Data Objects
 Subroutines (which are called ??? in ABAP)

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Multi-Language

 Documentation
 Titles & Headers
 Text Symbols
 Selection Text
 Text Fields
 Message Texts

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Re-usability

 Patterns
 Subroutines
 Data Objects
 Structures

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 Repository Concept

Data Models
Dictionary Types
Table Structures Users
Developers
Programs
Screens
Functions
Patterns
More...

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 Repository Concept

Developer
Group 1 Users

Developer
Group 2

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Program
 A Program has:
 Source code
 Text elements
 title
 selection text
 text symbols
 Variants
 Attribute
 Documentation

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 A Program
Text elements
Variants
Repository

Attributes
Source Code Type
Status
Application

Title
Dev. Class

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Attributes (For now)
 Program Name Convention
 ZZ##EX**
 ## is your assigned number
 ** is assignment number
 Program Type
 1 (one) : Interactive
 Development Class
 $TMP
 Local Object

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Editor for Source Code

 Two ways to get there

 editor
 Object Browser
 Three editor modes
 command
 pc
 pc with line numbering

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Basic Language Constructs

 Reserved or Key words such as MOVE, WRITE, DATA

 Elementary Data Types:
 Character -- C Floating Point -- F
 Integer -- I Numeric Text -- N
 Date -- D Packed Decimal -- P
 Time -- T Hexadecimal -- X
 Construction Concept
 Record - fixed number of related fields/data objects
 Internal Table - variable number of related records

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Basic Language Constructs Cont

 Non-Elementary Data Types (User Defined)

 Example: Types t_phone (20) type C.
 Data customer_phone type t-phone.
 Data Object: (not defined explicitly) attributes and
entities
 References: uses key word LIKE copies attributes of
one data object into another

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Basic Syntax for Source Code

 Statements
 not case sensitive
 Keyword + series of space delimited words
 ends with period
 can span multiple lines
 Literals are identified between single quotes
 Comments
 * in first column of line
 inline after double quote
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Basic Syntax for Source Code

 Colon notation
 implies “repeat verb/ABAP reserved word”
 Example 1:
Write var-1. Write var-2. Write var-3.
Write: var-1, var-2, var-3.
 Example 2:
Write ‘The answer is: ‘. Write var-1.
Write: ‘The answer is: ‘, var-1.

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Some Verbs
 REPORT program name
 REPORT ZZ99DB01
 DATA var(length) TYPE
 Curr_date(20) TYPE C
 Curr_date LIKE sy-datum
 Assignment
 MOVE ‘XYZ’ to Curr_date.
 Curr_date = ‘XYZ’.
 Write
 WRITE / column position(length) dataname
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Basic Compile Environment

 Check = Syntax check

 Save = records current version of source code
 Generate = Compiles and generates object code
 Execute (does NOT save) = Runs or if does not exist
generates and runs
 Drill Down
 X Y Z editor buffers
 Help

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Assignment #1

 Create a program to display the following information

on the screen when executed
 Current Date Current Time
 Client Number Username
 Language Key System ID
 R/3 Release Database System
 Operating System
>>> 1 item per line <<<

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Assignment #2

 Copy the program ZZ99DB01 (Debug 01) to your own

program name.
 Edit and fix the compile error(s).
 Include the PATTERN DEMO_PATTERN in the
program.
 Change the title to include your name

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