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Mastering SAP ABAP

By : Paweł Grześkowiak, Wojciech Ciesielski, Wojciech Ćwik
Book Image

Mastering SAP ABAP

By: Paweł Grześkowiak, Wojciech Ciesielski, Wojciech Ćwik

Overview of this book

Advanced Business Application Programming (ABAP) is an established and complex programming language in the IT industry. This book is designed to help you use the latest ABAP techniques and apply legacy constructions using practical examples. You'll start with a quick refresher on language and database concepts, followed by agile techniques for adding custom code to a modern ABAP system. After this, you will get up to speed with the complete ABAP toolset for importing data to and from different environments. Next, you'll learn how to print forms and work with the different ABAP tools for Extensible Markup Language (XML) manipulation. While covering further chapters, you'll gain insights into building stunning UI5 interfaces, in addition to learning how to develop simple apps using the Business Object Processing Framework (BOPF). You will also pick up the technique of handling exceptions and performing testing in ABAP. In the concluding chapters, you can look forward to grasping various techniques for optimizing the performance of programs using a variety of performance analysis tools. By the end of this book, you will have the expertise you need to confidently build maintainable programs in Systems, Applications, and Products (SAP).
Table of Contents (25 chapters)
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Dedication
About Packt
Contributors
Preface
Index

Adobe Forms


SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe is the latest approach to creating printouts. The Adobe package has been an integral part of NetWeaver since its 2004 version, but it is also a separate product and can be successfully used in enterprises that do not use SAP software. It consists of a LifeCycle Designer with a form editor and the Adobe Document Service, a server that interprets calls and generates printouts.

Adobe Document Service works on Java stacks, which means you need to have Java Stack SAP Web Application Server installed. This is not the only difference between native print technologies and Adobe. A large advantage of Adobe is the ability to implement interactive solutions, which, for example, allow users to enter information into the system. Adobe uses two languages for programming FormCalc logic and classic JavaScript. Examples of the use of both technologies will be available in the next section.

Creating our first Adobe Form

In this example, we will try to create our sales...