Changing Custom Menu Path

To change custom menu path used this tcode

SE43

ICON In Custom Message

Wonder how to put icon in custom pop up.

1) Select your favorite icon by running RTSXINFO

2) Insert status icon element at your module pool layout

3) Declare the parameter ID . Use this paramete name at you PARAMETER ID at status icon element.

DATA: ICN_WARNING TYPE ICONS-TEXT.

4) AT PBO set you status icon image using function ICON_CREATE , below is the e.g

MODULE SET_ICON OUTPUT.

CALL FUNCTION 'ICON_CREATE'
EXPORTING
NAME = 'ICON_MESSAGE_WARNING'
* TEXT = ' '
* INFO = ' '
* ADD_STDINF = 'X'
IMPORTING
RESULT = ICN_WARNING
* EXCEPTIONS
* ICON_NOT_FOUND = 1
* OUTPUTFIELD_TOO_SHORT = 2
* OTHERS = 3
.
IF SY-SUBRC <> 0.
* MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
* WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
ENDIF.


ENDMODULE.

5) END

Dynamic Open SQL Eh!

What is Dynamic OPEN SQL ?

Its featured as 'SQL changed' that depend on certain condition, resulted minimize line of code.

Please refer below link for better understanding

http://www.susanto.id.au/papers/DynOpenSQL.asp#_Toc23566382

Example.

DATA: str_where TYPE TABLE OF EDPLINE. " declaring the data for holding the where statement.

CONCATENATE 'NAME LIKE ''' NAMELIKE '%''' INTO str_where.

to be continued..

SAPScripts and Smartforms Myth

1) There is gutter at left 0.6cm perhaps ? How to change this ?

2) Smartforms what you see is what you not get , manually print and check to know if its correct or not.

3) Smartforms need to create structure to import customize itab at report program level any tricks to skip this ?

4) Counter technique is invented and used to manage the footer in sapscript ?

5) RKD_WORD_WRAP used in SAPScript to make to two lines output.

6) More to come.. the quest never end ;-)

Back to Basic : Internal Tables

Below is how to declare internal table using local structures type

'' Declaring local structures

TYPES: BEGIN OF struc_sflight,

carried like sflight-carrid,

connection LIKE sflight-connid,

END OF struc_sflight.

"Declare internal tables

" New declaration techniques dont have header line.

DATA : itabflight TYPE struc_sflight.

" Using work area to process data

DATA: wa_flight LIKE LINE OF itabflight.

Convert String to comma separated number value

There is certain time we need to convert a text of number to comma separated figure and concatenate with bracket, there is a function may could help on this

Below is the code snippet. Final output will be (13,000.00).

DATA: strnew(100) TYPE C.

PARAMETERS : p_betrg LIKE T5G15-AMUNT.

CALL FUNCTION 'HRCM_AMOUNT_TO_STRING_CONVERT'
  EXPORTING
    BETRG = p_betrg
*   WAERS = ' '
    NEW_DECIMAL_SEPARATOR = '.'
    NEW_THOUSANDS_SEPARATOR = ','
    IMPORTING
    STRING = strnew
.
CONDENSE strnew.
CONCATENATE '(' strnew ')' INTO strnew.
WRITE:/ p_betrg, 'After conversion' , strnew.

To debug background job

1) SM37

2) Go to the spool

3) Key in jdbg command, press [Enter]