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Changes in Release 3.0
Changes were made in the following subjects as part of the development for SAP Basis Release 3.0:
Topics: Declarative Statements

RFC - Remote Function Call

Logical Databases and Selection Screens

String Processing

Internationalization

List Processing

Debugger

Arithmetic Expressions

Assigning Types to Formal Parameters

Displaying Icons on Screens

OLE2 Automation Controller

Open SQL

Messages

Other Changes


Overview of changes in reverse chronological order:

14.03.96 New key words SET LOCALE
SORT AS TEXT and CONVERT TEXT for locale-specific text processing

14.12.95 User-specific variables in variants

14.12.95 Passing dynamic selections using
SUBMIT

23.11.95 MESSAGE Xnnn

05.10.95 Performance option: Field selection when using logical databases

20.07.95 Ability to display simplified
SELECT-OPTIONS on the selection screen

17.05.95 Report-specific selection options can be passed direct to the database

14.03.95 Selection screens: Nested blocks

28.02.95 Open SQL : SELECT and INTO list with SELECT and FETCH

22.02.95 Selection screens: User-specific keys in application toolbar.

22.02.95 Selection screens: Ability to define/change block titles at runtime

15.02.95 Output of QUAN fields (addition UNIT of WRITE statement)

26.01.95 List processing: Symbols in lists

20.01.95 Open SQL : Explicit cursor processing

19.01.95 User interface for entering user database selections

19.01.95 Dynamic selections on selection screens


18.01.95 Selection screens: User pushbuttons

18.01.95 Selection screens: Ability to define/change comments at runtime

18.01.95 Selection screens: Maximum 200 lines; no more continuation screens

18.01.95 Selection screens: Selection screen versions instead of model screens

18.01.95 Selection screens: Blocks (with or without boxes)

29.12.94 List processing: System tables
%_LIST ... protected against access

27.12.94 List processing: F1 , F4 and GET CURSOR

15.12.94 Open SQL : ... FOR ALL ENTRIES

15.12.94 Open SQL : ... PACKAGE SIZE


14.12.94 PARAMETERS ... RADIOBUTTON GROUP ...


13.12.94 ASSIGN COMPONENT with component name

27.10.94 Converter for assigning types to formal parameters

24.10.94 Open SQL : ... ACCEPTING DUPLICATE KEYS

19.10.94 New SPLIT variant: SPLIT ... INTO TABLE itab

17.10.94 Function module
RS_SET_SELSCREEN_STATUS for setting user's own GUI status on selection screens

17.10.94 Increase size of selection screens to 60 lines

15.10.94 Open SQL : Dynamic SQL


13.10.94 Integration of data model with logical databases

04.10.94 New command field SSCRFIELDS-UCOMM
on selection screens

16.09.94 New alignment additions for
WRITE[TO]

08.09.94 New ABAP key word SPLIT for splitting character strings

07.09.94 Modified effect of SKIP
at end of page

07.09.94 Fixed list columns when displaying a list (leading column)

05.09.94 SET PF-STATUS SPACE activates standard list status

02.09.94 New ABAP key word CONCATENATE for concatenating several character strings

29.08.94 New ABAP key word CONTINUE for continuing a loop

25.08.94 New SHIFT variants ( SHIFT ... DELETING ... )

20.08.94 Maintenance of ABAP text elements

19.08.94 New additions for LEAVE :
LEAVE PROGRAM , LEAVE LIST-PROCESSING

19.08.94 Handling of EXIT in list events

19.08.94 SET CURSOR and GET CURSOR with the addition LINE... (without FIELD )

17.08.94 New operators and functions in arithmetic expressions ( COMPUTE )

01.08.94 Debugging of system screens and system programs

28.07.94 MESSAGE with numbered variables


22.07.94 Ability to leave lists and return to the selection screen

22.07.94 SET TITLEBAR with numbered variables

20.07.94 SUBMIT WITH SELECTION-TABLE

20.07.94 Date calculations in variants

20.07.94 SUBMIT: Runtime information from function module RS_SUBMIT_INFO

20.07.94 Blank selection screens no longer generated

18.07.94 Debugging of ABAP/4 lists

15.07.94 List backup

15.07.94 Variable format specification with FORMAT , WRITE and MODIFY LINE

15.07.94 WRITE and ULINE with variable position and length specifications

15.07.94 ASSIGN and PERFORM with offset specifications and without exceeding field limits (feld+off(*))


15.07.94 MOVE with variable offset and length specifications

01.07.94 Matchcode selection with logical databases

23.06.94 User's own F1/F4 on selection screens

15.06.94 Asynchronous RFC

01.06.94 Checkbox parameters


Earlier ABAP changes:

ABAP Changes before Release 3.0