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SAP NEWS-21 documentation, setup help and example usage
Changes Before Release 3.0
Changes were made in the following subjects before development for SAP Basis Release 3.0:
1 Country-specific decimal point and date format
2 Lists as modal dialog boxes
3 Line width for each list / list level
4 New key word DESCRIBE LIST
5 Cross-client SAP SQL
6 Cross-client EXPORT / IMPORT
ABAP_MODIFICATION_1 Country-specific decimal point and date format:
The new key word SET COUNTRY allows you to change the the decimal point and date format for all subsequent output ( WRITE ).
ABAP_MODIFICATION_2 Lists as modal dialog boxes:
You can now display lists as modal dialog boxes, if the lists are formatted with LEAVE TO LIST-PROCESSING on screens that
- have the appropriate attribute set in the screen attributes.
- are called with CALL SCREEN (more precisely with the addition
... STARTING AT ... ENDING AT ).
ABAP_MODIFICATION_3 Line width for each list / list level:
Previously, the line width for a list was defined by the
specification in the main program (i.e. the program started first in a transaction ). This meant that lists created by function modules could not define the line width themselves.
Now , it is the LINE-SIZE specification of the active ABAP program (the program in which the active screen calls its modules). You can change this explicitly for each list level by using the addition ... LINE-SIZE with NEW-PAGE .
ABAP_MODIFICATION_4 New key word DESCRIBE LIST :
Previously, you could use DESCRIBE to describe the attributes of fields, field strings and internal tables. Now, you can also do this for lists by using DESCRIBE LIST .
ABAP_MODIFICATION_5 Cross-client SAP SQL :
By using the addition CLIENT SPECIFIED with the SAP SQL key words SELECT , UPDATE
, and DELETE , you can now access tables in any client.
ABAP_MODIFICATION_6 Cross-client EXPORT / IMPORT :
By using the addition CLIENT with the key words EXPORT ... TO DATABASE ,
IMPORT ... FROM DATABASE , and DELETE FROM DATABASE , you can now access the cluster databases in any client.
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