Complete ABAP (Hardcover)

... Acknowledgments ... 21 ... Preface ... 23 ... The Objective of this Book ... 23 ... Target Audience ... 24 ... Structure of this Book ... 24 1 ... Introduction to ERP and SAP ... 29 1.1 ... Historical Overview ... 29 1.2 ... Understanding an ERP System ... 32 1.3 ... Introduction to SAP ... 36 1.4 ... ABAP Overview ... 43 1.5 ... System Requirements ... 48 1.6 ... Summary ... 48 2 ... Architecture of an SAP System ... 49 2.1 ... Introduction to the Three-Tier Architecture ... 49 2.2 ... SAP Implementation Overview ... 52 2.3 ... Data Structures ... 64 2.4 ... Summary ... 75 3 ... Introduction to the ABAP Environment ... 77 3.1 ... SAP Environment ... 78 3.2 ... ABAP Workbench Overview ... 87 3.3 ... Eclipse IDE Overview ... 99 3.4 ... Summary ... 105 4 ... ABAP Programming Concepts ... 107 4.1 ... General Program Structure ... 108 4.2 ... ABAP Syntax ... 110 4.3 ... ABAP Keywords ... 113 4.4 ... Introduction to the TYPE Concept ... 114 4.5 ... ABAP Statements ... 141 4.6 ... Creating Your First ABAP Program ... 143 4.7 ... Summary ... 149 5 ... Structures and Internal Tables ... 151 5.1 ... Defining Structures ... 152 5.2 ... Internal Tables ... 164 5.3 ... Introduction to Open SQL Statements ... 187 5.4 ... Processing Data from Database via Internal Tables and Structures ... 203 5.5 ... Introduction to the Debugger ... 205 5.6 ... Practice ... 209 5.7 ... Summary ... 209 6 ... User Interaction ... 211 6.1 ... Selection Screen Overview ... 212 6.2 ... Messages ... 231 6.3 ... Summary ... 239 7 ... Modularization Techniques ... 241 7.1 ... Modularization Overview ... 242 7.2 ... Program Structure ... 245 7.3 ... Events ... 261 7.4 ... Procedures ... 272 7.5 ... Inline Declarations ... 300 7.6 ... Summary ... 303 8 ... Object-Oriented ABAP ... 305 8.1 ... Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming ... 305 8.2 ... Encapsulation ... 325 8.3 ... Inheritance ... 335 8.4 ... Polymorphism ... 347 8.5 ... Working with XML ... 362 8.6 ... Summary ... 366 9 ... Exception Handling ... 369 9.1 ... Exceptions Overview ... 369 9.2 ... Procedural Exception Handling ... 370 9.3 ... Class-Based Exception Handling ... 375 9.4 ... Messages in Exception Classes ... 387 9.5 ... Summary ... 393 10 ... ABAP Data Dictionary ... 395 10.1 ... Database Tables ... 396 10.2 ... Views ... 426 10.3 ... Data Types ... 438 10.4 ... Type Groups ... 450 10.5 ... Domains ... 451 10.6 ... Search Helps ... 455 10.7 ... Lock Objects ... 465 10.8 ... Summary ... 469 11 ... Persistent Data ... 471 11.1 ... Working with Data in Databases ... 472 11.2 ... ABAP Object Services ... 492 11.3 ... File Interfaces ... 498 11.4 ... Data Clusters ... 503 11.5 ... Security Concepts ... 506 11.6 ... Summary ... 508 12 ... Dialog Programming ... 509 12.1 ... Screen Events ... 510 12.2 ... Screen Elements and Flow Logic ... 513 12.3 ... Basic Screen Elements ... 529 12.4 ... Input/Output Fields ... 534 12.5 ... List Box ... 536 12.6 ... Table Controls ... 537 12.7 ... Tabstrip Controls ... 544 12.8 ... Subscreens ... 545 12.9 ... Working with Screens ... 547 12.10 ... Control Framework ... 560 12.11 ... Practice ... 564 12.12 ... Summary ... 568 13 ... List Screens ... 569 13.1 ... Program Types ... 570 13.2 ... Program Execution ... 574 13.3 ... Memory Organization ... 578 13.4 ... List Events ... 582 13.5 ... Basic Lists and Detail Lists ... 588 13.6 ... Classical Reports ... 592 13.7 ... Interactive Reports ... 592 13.8 ... Practice ... 598 13.9 ... Summary ... 599 14 ... Selection Screens ... 601 14.1 ... Defining Selection Screens ... 602 14.2 ... Selection Screen Events ... 604 14.3 ... Input Validations ... 606 14.4 ... Selection Screen Variants ... 608 ...