In this document we will go through the process of creating and understanding the feature of Screen Painter and Menu Painter.
Screens and Menus make up the graphical interface of an ABAP/4 application.
Screen Painter:
- The ABAP/4 Development work bench provides special tool known as the Screen Painter to design and maintain the screen and its elements.
- Screen Painter is a tool that allows the user to creates GUI screens for the transactions
- A Screen is also known as a DynPro (Dynamic Program).
- A Dynpro is a combination of a screen and the associated flow logic
- The Screen Painter is available in two modes. Graphical and Alphanumeric modes
- To use the screen painter enter SE51
- A Screen is made up of different elements like the pushbuttons, radiobuttons, checkboxes, labels etc.
- Each of these elements are associated with :
attributes
Describe a screen. Screen attributes include things like a description, atype, and position.
layout
Refers to the arrangement of elements on a screen.
field attributes
Describe an element. For example, a particular field accepts only characterinput.
flow logic
Describes the relationship between a screen element and its underlying application. Flow logic is a series of instructions.
Menu Painter :
Using the Menu Painter, you can design the interface components.The Menu Painter components are as follows :
Status
Defines the combination of menu bars, menu lists, F-key settings, and functions available to an interface. For example, an Editor application might have two statuses: edit and view. In edit status, the cut function is available and with the view status the cut function is unavailable.
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Menu bars
Define functions available to the user. Where the functions appear depend onthe dialog. If the dialog is modal, the functions appear at the bottom of the interface as a row of buttons. In the primary window, the functions can appear both as a row of menus and as buttons in a tool bar.
Menu list
Lists the items in a specific menu. For example, an edit menu might contain items like copy, cut, and replace.
F-key settings
Define keyboard keys associated with a particular interface function.
Functions
Define individual functions such as cut, copy, and replace.
Titles
Define window titles for an interface.
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