Need to introduce a time lag into a script ...

[Former Member]

I'm working on a variation of VA02 and I'm trying to simplify data entry. There are 3 different types of material that can go onto the sales order; most of the data is the same but there are technical differences the user doesn't need to know about (for instance the line item value is assigned to a different pricing condition depending on what material is used.

This all presented a number of challenges but I've ended up with a design where I am in a flavour of VA02 and input some line item data.

I use script buttons to take that data and use a WebRFC to update the order appropriately .... but of course I'm in the order already ... tricky.

SO ... I flip to VA03 - make the RFC call, and then flip back to VA02 .... sounds good - right?

BUT - the flip back to VA02 fails as the the system still believes the order is being processed ... D'oh!!

Does anyone have any thoughts on how to put a delay in to give the system a chance to catch up with the script?

Hmmmmm..... I probably should have started off in VA03 and used script calls to update .... D'oh!!!

Regards.

Patrick.

[Former Member]

Guys - thanks for the replies ... I got around this is the end by using my own suggestion of starting the process from VA03 and not VA02 and therefore problem conflict doies not arise.

Regards.

Patrick

[tamas_hoznek]

I'm not sure I fully understand your design, what exactly are you trying to do and why... but:

As Steve suggested, the best way to do something like this would be taking care of the delay during a WebRFC. The WebRFC could check whether the order in question is still locked and wait until it has been released, then give control back to your script in the flavor.

[Former Member]

Since you're calling a WebRFC anyway, why not just code the delay in there in ABAP? I can't think of another way to do it. There's no easy "sleep" function in Javascript...

The delay you need will obviously depend on system load - you're waiting for a background update task to finish and for locks to be released. How quickly that happens depends on what else is going on on the system.

Steve.