
ABAP Basics
SAP PRESS
2nd Edition
Published on 26. December 2010
Book
Hardback
508 pages
978-1-59229-369-8 (ISBN)
Description
ABAP Basics is an ideal companion on your journey towards your first working SAP applications. Whether you're already familiar with another programming language or ABAP is your first, this introduction to ABAP provides you with comprehensive and structured basics on programming business-critical software. Get to know all relevant programming concepts and methods from scratch and implement them based on a holistic, real-life example. Procedural and object-oriented language elements (ABAP Objects) are presented with step-by-step instructions, screenshots, and tried-and-tested tips. With every chapter, this book extends the sample application so that you are able to reproduce a comprehensive ABAP application with all its details.
1. Introduction to ABAP Programming
Get to know the most important ABAP statements and concepts of object orientation in order to write your first functional applications.
2. Language Requirements
Learn the programming language of SAP, while understanding the connections between ABAP programming and other programs.
3. Standard Solutions
Read about typical problems and their solutions, while referencing solution screenshots and step-by-step instructions.
4. Latest Updates
Explore updated content, such as a new overview to SAP software and architecture, as well as updated references to terminology, source references, and programming errors.
5. Practice Scenario
Use the practice scenario provided in this book to embark on a real-life programming project.
Highlights:
Object Navigator
Procedural Language Elements
Database Access
User Interface and Screen Input/Output
Object-Oriented Language Elements
Software Architecture and Software Design
SAP Programming Guidelines and Tools
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Bonn
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 22.9 cm
Width: 17.5 cm
Thickness: 30 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-59229-369-8 (9781592293698)
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Günther Färber | Julia Kirchner
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Author
Günther Färber is a partner at NEXONTIS IT GmbH in Düsseldorf, Germany. He runs the development and consulting departments. During and after his IT studies, his reputation as a successful IT author helped to propel his career as an IT consultant and developer in numerous large projects at renowned companies and service providers. He began work in a startup company in 1997. In 2001, he and Julia Kirchner founded NEXONTIS IT GmbH.
Julia Kirchner is a managing partner at NEXONTIS IT GmbH in Düsseldorf, Germany. She runs the research, training, and organization departments. During and after her IT studies, she worked as a developer in several projects at renowned banks and service providers. She began work in a management position in a startup company in 1999. In 2001, she and Günther Färber founded NEXONTIS IT GmbH.
Content
... Preface ... 11
... Introduction ... 13
1 ... Technical Overview and Getting Started in the System ... 19
... 1.1 ... Overview of SAP Software and Architecture ... 19
... 1.2 ... Notes for Setting Up Access to SAP Software ... 24
... 1.3 ... Programmer's Checklist for Getting Started ... 27
... 1.4 ... Logon, Getting Started, and System Setup ... 32
2 ... Working with the Development Environment: SAP Object Navigator ... 55
... 2.1 ... Getting Started with the SAP Object Navigator ... 59
... 2.2 ... Development Classes and Packages ... 68
... 2.3 ... Namespaces ... 72
... 2.4 ... First Program: "Hello World"--REPORT, INCLUDE, and Application Menu ... 78
... 2.5 ... Online Help, help.sap.com, service.sap.com, and SAP Notes ... 105
3 ... Procedural Language Elements ... 117
... 3.1 ... Basic Commands and Fields WRITE, PARAMETERS, MOVE, SY Fields ... 120
... 3.2 ... Data and Data Types--DATA, PARAMETERS, CONSTANTS, FIELD SYMBOLS, TYPE, CREATE, Text Elements ... 127
... 3.3 ... Structures and Internal Tables--TABLE, MOVE-CORRESPONDING, INSERT, APPEND, READ, MODIFY, DELETE, LOOP ... 151
... 3.4 ... Subprograms and Functions--FORM, FUNCTION, EXCEPTIONS ... 163
... 3.5 ... Branches and Logical Expressions--IF, CASE ... 183
... 3.6 ... Loops--WHILE, DO ... 198
4 ... Defining and Managing Database Tables ... 205
... 4.1 ... Field Properties--DATA ELEMENT, DOMAIN ... 207
... 4.2 ... Defining and Processing Database Tables--SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE ... 222
5 ... Screen Input and Output ... 243
... 5.1 ... Simple Input and Output Interfaces--SELECTION SCREEN, SELECT-OPTIONS, CALL SELECTION SCREEN, SAP List Viewer ... 245
... 5.2 ... Complex Input and Output Interfaces--Dynpros ... 278
6 ... Object-Oriented Language Elements ... 343
... 6.1 ... Classes and Objects--CLASS, CREATE OBJECT, METHOD ... 345
... 6.2 ... Inheritance and Polymorphism--INHERITING FROM, REDEFINITION ... 377
... 6.3 ... EVENTS ... 396
7 ... Practice Scenario--Automated Accounting for Corporate Subsidiaries ... 421
... 7.1 ... Defining the Requirements and a List of Functions for the Application ... 422
... 7.2 ... Software Architecture ... 427
... 7.3 ... Software Design ... 430
... 7.4 ... Implementation ... 445
... Appendices ... 477
... A ... Programming Guidelines and Tools ... 479
... B ... Glossary ... 491
... C ... Sources and Literature Recommendations ... 495
... D ... The Authors ... 497
... Index ... 501
... Introduction ... 13
1 ... Technical Overview and Getting Started in the System ... 19
... 1.1 ... Overview of SAP Software and Architecture ... 19
... 1.2 ... Notes for Setting Up Access to SAP Software ... 24
... 1.3 ... Programmer's Checklist for Getting Started ... 27
... 1.4 ... Logon, Getting Started, and System Setup ... 32
2 ... Working with the Development Environment: SAP Object Navigator ... 55
... 2.1 ... Getting Started with the SAP Object Navigator ... 59
... 2.2 ... Development Classes and Packages ... 68
... 2.3 ... Namespaces ... 72
... 2.4 ... First Program: "Hello World"--REPORT, INCLUDE, and Application Menu ... 78
... 2.5 ... Online Help, help.sap.com, service.sap.com, and SAP Notes ... 105
3 ... Procedural Language Elements ... 117
... 3.1 ... Basic Commands and Fields WRITE, PARAMETERS, MOVE, SY Fields ... 120
... 3.2 ... Data and Data Types--DATA, PARAMETERS, CONSTANTS, FIELD SYMBOLS, TYPE, CREATE, Text Elements ... 127
... 3.3 ... Structures and Internal Tables--TABLE, MOVE-CORRESPONDING, INSERT, APPEND, READ, MODIFY, DELETE, LOOP ... 151
... 3.4 ... Subprograms and Functions--FORM, FUNCTION, EXCEPTIONS ... 163
... 3.5 ... Branches and Logical Expressions--IF, CASE ... 183
... 3.6 ... Loops--WHILE, DO ... 198
4 ... Defining and Managing Database Tables ... 205
... 4.1 ... Field Properties--DATA ELEMENT, DOMAIN ... 207
... 4.2 ... Defining and Processing Database Tables--SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE ... 222
5 ... Screen Input and Output ... 243
... 5.1 ... Simple Input and Output Interfaces--SELECTION SCREEN, SELECT-OPTIONS, CALL SELECTION SCREEN, SAP List Viewer ... 245
... 5.2 ... Complex Input and Output Interfaces--Dynpros ... 278
6 ... Object-Oriented Language Elements ... 343
... 6.1 ... Classes and Objects--CLASS, CREATE OBJECT, METHOD ... 345
... 6.2 ... Inheritance and Polymorphism--INHERITING FROM, REDEFINITION ... 377
... 6.3 ... EVENTS ... 396
7 ... Practice Scenario--Automated Accounting for Corporate Subsidiaries ... 421
... 7.1 ... Defining the Requirements and a List of Functions for the Application ... 422
... 7.2 ... Software Architecture ... 427
... 7.3 ... Software Design ... 430
... 7.4 ... Implementation ... 445
... Appendices ... 477
... A ... Programming Guidelines and Tools ... 479
... B ... Glossary ... 491
... C ... Sources and Literature Recommendations ... 495
... D ... The Authors ... 497
... Index ... 501