Nov 14 2010

BSP Dashboard Demonstration

We have been working closely with leading BW consultancy Innogence to build a BSP dashboard for their iRekon product.  Click here to see a demonstration of the dashboard in operation:

http://www.innogence.com/onlinedemo/index.html

The product is in production at  major BW sites in Australia and working well.


Aug 12 2010

Text descriptions for object types

Where does SAP store the text for object descriptions in SE10 - TRE071X-OBJ_DESCRI ?

Not in a table. By analysing the search help SCTSOBJECT I found a form called GET_SYSTEM_TYPES in program SAPLTR_OBJECTS. Here all the object texts are hard coded and populated into an internal table with the KO100 structure.


Aug 12 2010

How to print PDF forms from the SAP spooler

As of SAP Web Application Server 6.40, you can create a form in the new PDF-based form solution, which is integrated into the ABAP Workbench (SE80) and the SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio… more


Aug 12 2010

Embedding paint.exe in SAP GUI transactions

Here is some code to embed the paint application into a GUI application. Tablet signatures, anyone? However, my preferred approach is using a Flex components in web dynpros - much slicker but you will need EP1 for NW.

report zzzzzzzz.

include ole2incl.

selection-screen begin of screen 1100.
selection-screen end of screen 1100.

*———————————————————————-*
* CLASS cl_paint DEFINITION
*———————————————————————-*
class cl_paint definition.

public section.

methods:
constructor,

on_close_document
for event on_close_document of i_oi_document_proxy
importing document_proxy has_changed.

private section.

data:
go_control type ref to i_oi_container_control,
go_proxy type ref to i_oi_document_proxy.

endclass. “cl_paint DEFINITION

*———————————————————————-*
* CLASS cl_paint IMPLEMENTATION
*———————————————————————-*
*
*———————————————————————-*
class cl_paint implementation.

method constructor.

data:
retcode type soi_ret_string.

*– Create the OLE control
call method c_oi_container_control_creator=>get_container_control
importing
control = go_control
retcode = retcode.
call method c_oi_errors=>raise_message
exporting
type = ‘E’.

*– Attach the OLE control to the screen container
call method go_control->init_control
exporting
r3_application_name = ‘Signature Pad’(000)
inplace_enabled = ‘X’
inplace_scroll_documents = ‘X’
parent = cl_gui_container=>screen0
register_on_close_event = ‘X’
register_on_custom_event = ‘X’
importing
retcode = retcode.
call method c_oi_errors=>raise_message
exporting
type = ‘E’.

*– Create a proxy to the Paint application in the OLE container
call method go_control->get_document_proxy
exporting
document_type = ‘Paint.Picture’
document_format = ‘OLE’
importing
document_proxy = go_proxy
retcode = retcode.
if retcode ne c_oi_errors=>ret_ok.
exit.
endif.

*– Create a new paint document
call method go_proxy->create_document
exporting
create_view_data = ‘X’
open_inplace = ‘X’
importing
retcode = retcode.
if retcode ne c_oi_errors=>ret_ok.
exit.
endif.

set handler me->on_close_document for go_proxy.

endmethod. “constructor

method on_close_document.

” Save the signature here

endmethod.

endclass. “cl_paint IMPLEMENTATION

start-of-selection.

data:
go_picture type ref to cl_paint.

create object go_picture.

call selection-screen 1100.


Aug 12 2010

Substitutions: accessing values that should be out of scope

A lot of dodgy code has been written to get at required data which is not visible in user exits and substitutions. A common strategy is to EXPORT the desired value to memory in one exit, and IMPORT from memory in another. Such code is hard to write reliably, and even harder to maintain.

The trick illustrated below provides direct access to any data in any program in the global memory of a session. It is clean, reliable and easy to maintain. Go wild.


*&———————————–*
*& Form u113
*&———————————–*
** Customer number into assignment field
** Peter Chapman - March 2009 - Final
*————————————*
FORM u113.

FIELD-SYMBOLS: <k> TYPE kunnr.

DATA:
lv_kunnr_field TYPE fieldname VALUE ‘(SAPMF05A)KNA1-KUNNR’.

ASSIGN (lv_kunnr_field) TO <k>.

bseg-zuonr = <k>.

ENDFORM.