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Cannot Update Field Labels That Extend over More Than One Line

In ABAP Objects and, as of release 7.0, outside of classes, field labels enclosed in parentheses in a list cannot extend over more than one line.

In ABAP Objects, the following statements cause an error message:

SELECT SINGLE col1 col2 ... coln
FROM dbtab
INTO (wa-col1, wa-col2, ................ , wa-c
oln)
WHERE col1 IN (f1, f2, ..................... , f
n).

Correct syntax:

SELECT SINGLE col1 col2 ... coln
FROM dbtab
INTO (wa-col1, wa-col2, ................ ,
wa-coln)
WHERE col1 IN (f1, f2, ..................... ,
fn).

Cause:

Field labels cannot extend over more than one line on principle. If the line length in the Editor is increased in a future release, these split field labels will cause syntax errors. The behavior of lists is exceptional and is being adapted to general behavior.