Trigger Automatic Search Help in WebDynpro for ABAP

[Former Member]

I have a WDA application for creating a Purchase Order. The first screen has 2 options - one for creating a PO from scratch; and one for copying an original PO.

The second view ('Copy PO') for copying a PO has a single field (PO document) with a Search Help attached (freely programmed). The Search Help works well.

Now for the question:

When firing the second screen ('Copy PO'), I would like to trigger the Search Help without actually entering the view. Is there some way of firing an event that triggers the Search Help without entering the 'Copy PO' view?

Any help would be gratefully accepted.

[Former Member]

hi gareth.......

a solution for you.....

instead of triggering a search help....

in you wddoinit method... call a popup which ahs a table with all the required values...

so when the user selects one... it has to be bound to an attribute....

which is then passed to the po field.

---regards,

alex b justin

[Former Member]

Alex,

Appreciate your solution, which I have already considered and may well use.

However, my question still stays - can a search help be automatically triggered without hitting the 'search help' button?

Regards,

Gareth

[Former Member]

hi gareth......

i dont think that you can do this..... unless you have created some seperate method for the search help.

---regards,

alex b justin