ABAP INCLUDE PROG Statement syntax, information and example SAP source code

INCLUDE

Short Reference

ABAP Syntax_1 INCLUDE incl [IF FOUND].

What does it do? The statement INCLUDE includes the include program incl at this position in the source code. In syntax checks and when the programs is generated by ABAP Compiler, statement is replaced by the source code of the include program. The included INCLUDE program must consist of full statements.
If the specified include program does not exist, a syntax error is produced. This error message can be suppressed by specifiying the addition IF FOUND .
ABAP_PGLS Use include programs to modularize source code.
Do not use include programs more than once.

Latest notes: The statement INCLUDE is the only statement that can be used instead of a
statement that introduces a program at the first position of a program. The requirement is that, after the include program is resolved, a statement that introduces a program is located at the beginning of the including program.

ABAP Workbench supports the automatic creation of include programs for specific program parts, such as the top include for global declarative statements. Always use the naming conventions proposed by ABAP Workbench. The top include can contain only declarative statements and is respected when individual include programs of a program are compiled.

In Repository Browser in ABAP Workbench's Object Navigator , the INCLUDE programs bound by a program are executed as the program's subnodes.

Example ABAP Coding These lines show the
framework program of the function group ABAP_DOCU . This function group displays the keyword documentation on the Application Server ABAP . It only contains INCLUDE statements which embed the actual source code. labap_docutop itself is made up of include programs for the individual declarations (global data and class declarations local to the program).
*<(> <)>---------------------------------------------------------
-------*
*<(> <)> Function Group SAPLABAP_DOCU
*<(> <)>----------------------------------------------------------------
*

INCLUDE labap_docutop. " Global Declarations

INCLUDE labap_docue00. " Load of Program

INCLUDE labap_docuuxx. " Function Modules

INCLUDE labap_docuo01. " PBO Modules

INCLUDE labap_docui01. " PAI Modules

INCLUDE labap_docue01. " Handling of Runtime-Events

INCLUDE labap_docup01. " Class implementations
INCLUDE labap_docup02.
INCLUDE labap_docup03.
INCLUDE labap_docup04.

INCLUDE labap_docut99. " Unit tests

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