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EDITOR-CALL : ABAP keyword a day

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EDITOR-CALL

Call editor for internal tables
- EDITOR-CALL FOR itab.
Call editor for ABAP/4 programs
- EDITOR-CALL FOR REPORT prog.

EDITOR-CALL - call editor for internal tables

Basic form
EDITOR-CALL FOR itab.
Additions

1. … TITLE text
2. … DISPLAY-MODE
Effect
Displays the internal table itab in the ABAP/4 Editor. You can then use normal editor functions (e.g. insert, delete, search, replace) to make changes. When you save (with F11 ) or leave (with F3 ), any changes are adopted.

The return code value is set as follows:

SY-SUBRC = 0 Changes saved before leaving editor.
SY_SUBRC = 4 Changes not saved before leaving editor.
Notes

* The internal table can contain only type C components.

* The lines of the internal table can be up 72 characters long.

Addition 1
… TITLE text
Effect
Displays the specified text string (up to 30 characters) in the editor header line.
Addition 2
… DISPLAY MODE
&ABAP_EFFETC& Calls the editor in display mode. You can neither make changes here nor switch to change mode.
Example
Define and fill the internal table T . Then, use EDITOR-CALL to present it to the user for modification. Finally, output the table.


DATA: BEGIN OF T OCCURS 200,
TEXT1(60),TEXT2(12),
END OF T.

T-TEXT1 = 'Text 1'. T-TEXT2 = 'A'. APPEND T.
T-TEXT1 = 'Text 2'. T-TEXT2 = 'B'. APPEND T.
T-TEXT1 = 'Text 3'. T-TEXT2 = 'C'. APPEND T.
T-TEXT1 = 'Text 4'. T-TEXT2 = 'D'. APPEND T.

EDITOR-CALL FOR T TITLE 'Editor for internal tables'.

LOOP AT T.
WRITE: / T-TEXT1, T-TEXT2.
ENDLOOP.

Related EDITOR-CALL FOR REPORT

EDITOR-CALL - call ABAP/4 program editor

Basic form
EDITOR-CALL FOR REPORT prog.
Addition

… DISPLAY-MODE
Effect
Reads the program prog from the library and places it in the ABAP/4 Editor.
When you save (with F11 ), the program is written back to the library.
Addition
… DISPLAY-MODE
Effect
Calls the editor in display mode. Changes are not allowed here, but you can switch to change mode from within the editor.
Example
Call the ABAP Editor for the report SAPTEST in display mode:

EDITOR-CALL FOR REPORT 'SAPTEST' DISPLAY-MODE.

Related EDITOR-CALL FOR itab

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