Reg: menu painter and screen painter

[Former Member]

hi all,

Can anbody will send the step-by step procedure(if possible with screenshots) for learning menu painter and screen painters.

[Former Member]

Menu Painter

The Menu Painter is a tool with which you design user interfaces for your ABAP programs.

This section tells you how to create and use the interface, and how to define the functions that you use within it.

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/83/7a18cbde6e11d195460000e82de14a/frameset.htm

Regarding * SET PF-STATUS 'xxxxxxxx'

The purpose of this statemnt is to provide icons/ functions on application toolbar and menu toolbar at the o/p screen.

This is how we do it :

just provide a name to XXXX by decommenting it

for example SET PF-STATUS 'ZITP_GV_ALV_GRID'.

Then double click on "'ZITP_GV_ALV_GRID'"

it will take you to the next screen.

On that screen you just ahve to provide the

icons / functions which you want on your application and menu toolbar respectively..

so that you can use them while you are seeing the O/P of your program.

one eg :

MODULE USER_COMMAND_0100 INPUT.

IF SY-UCOMM = 'EXIT'.

LEAVE PROGRAM.

ENDIF.

ENDMODULE.

This exit button is there on menu toolbar

SO when you will press exit on the menu toolbar ( ^^^ the code wil be executed and it'll take you bac to se38 editor)

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[Former Member]

Screen painter

Screen painter is used to design the screens. Using screen painter you can create text boxes, radiobuttons, pushbuttons etc.

Go to se38 and create a program which is of type module pool, then go to se51 give the same prg name which you created in se38 and give some screen number. Then go to layout and design the layout by dragging and dropping the textboxes, pushbuttons etc. then write code in PAI or PBO modules.

In PAI modules you will create code which will be triggerred when u perform some action in the output. In PBO module the code which you write gets triggered before the screen gets displayed.

After writing the code activate the program and create a transaction code in se93 for the program as it can't be executed by pressing F8.

Go through these sites so that u will get an idea.

http://wiki.ittoolbox.com/index.php/FAQ:What_is_module_pool_program_in_abap%3F

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_46c/helpdata/en/35/26b1aaafab52b9e10000009b38f974/content.htm

http://sap.mis.cmich.edu/sap-abap/abap09/sld011.htm

http://sap.mis.cmich.edu/sap-abap/abap09/index.htm

http://www.geocities.com/ZSAPcHAT

http://www.allsaplinks.com/files/using_table_in_screen.pdf

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_webas630/helpdata/en/9f/db9cdc35c111d1829f0000e829fbfe/content.htm

http://www.sapdevelopment.co.uk/dialog/dialoghome.htm

http://www.sap-img.com/

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_46c/helpdata/en/08/bef2dadb5311d1ad10080009b0fb56/content.htm

http://www.sapgenie.com/links/abap.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/c9/5472fc787f11d194c90000e8353423/frameset.htm

http://www.geocities.com/ZSAPcHAT

http://www.allsaplinks.com/files/using_table_in_screen.pdf

http://www.allsaplinks.com/files/using_table_in_screen.pdf

http://www.geocities.com/ZSAPcHAT

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Edited by: Sravan Prakash.V on Jan 8, 2008 4:39 PM