MINS298c 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

Developers

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

Users

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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
Integer -- I Date -- D Time -- T

Floating Point -- F
Numeric Text -- N Packed Decimal -- P 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 Curr_date(20) TYPE C Curr_date LIKE sy-datum MOVE XYZ to Curr_date. Curr_date = XYZ.

DATA var(length) TYPE

Assignment

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
Client Number Language Key

Current Time
Username System ID

R/3 Release
Operating System

Database 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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