Sorting in Web Dynpro 6.40 & 7.0

[Former Member]

I have some Web Dynpro projects developed on WAS 6.40 sp12. For WAS upgrade from 6.40 to 7.0, those projects will also be executed in WAS 7.0 environment.

Table with sortable columns by clicking table column header is one of the useful and important features in those Web Dynpro projects. Such functionality is implemented with the help of TableSorter.java provided in the tutorial TutWD_Table.

However TableSorter.java uses the APIs which are deprecated in WAS 7.0. Thus,

1. Is it still possible to use the deprecated APIs,<b>IWDTable.iterateColumns()</b>, and the 6.4-style tablesorter.java in WAS 7.0?

2. In WAS 7.0, the table column has another event <b>onSort</b>, which seems to be new for table sorting. Is there any article describing how to do table sorting with this new event handler?

Thanks!

[BeGanz · Accepted solution]

Hallo Tony,

you are right that the TutorialTableSorter is not directly applicable in NW04s for the Table-UI-Element was subject to some changes and enhancements. As the table tutorial will not be migrated to NW04s very soon we will post a WebLog on this subject earlier. A colleague implemented an enhanced NW04s-version of the table sorter class. The WebLog will describe the new features and will also provide a downloadable zip file of the TableSorter.java class.

Regards, Bertram

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Dear Bertram,

Thanks for your info. Hope the weblog be available soon.

By the way, will the 6.4-style table-sorter still be workable on WAS 7.0?

Moreover, the table UI has dozen of new features in WAS 7.0, will there be more information about it?

Thanks!

Tony

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Tony,

Definitely, table ui control will be better documented later, but for now you may refer WD for ABAP help -- it outlines almost all features of upcoming WD for Java UI.

See

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04s/helpdata/en/b5/ac884118aa1709e10000000a155106/content.htm

VS

[BeGanz · Accepted solution]

Hallo Tony,

the announced WebLog on the enhanced NW04s-TableSorter is now published on SDN:

<a href="/people/bertram.ganz/blog/2006/03/07/enhanced-web-dynpro-java-tablesorter-for-sap-netweaver-04s Web Dynpro Java TableSorter for SAP NetWeaver 04s</a>

Regards, Bertram