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The Structure SCREEN

Most components of the structure SCREEN from ABAP Dictionary correspond to the attributes of a screen element on a dynpro.

Data objects with the data type SCREEN can be used as a work area in the following ABAP statements:

  • in LOOP AT SCREEN, to read the screen element properties of a dynpro,
  • in MODIFY SCREEN, to modify the screen element properties of a dynpro.

The following table shows the components of SCREEN, their assignment to the field properties in the dynpro, and the possible values.

Component Length Type Attribute Value Meaning
name 132 c Name name Name
group1 3 c Group 1 id1 Modification group
group2 3 c Group2 id2 Modification group
group3 3 c Group3 id3 Modification group
group4 3 c Group4 id4 Modification group
required 1 c Mandatory field 0, 1, 2 Mandatory or recommended field
input 1 c Input 0, 1 Input-ready field
output 1 c Output 0, 1 Display field
intensified 1 c Light 0, 1 Highlighted field
invisible 1 c Invisible 0, 1 Invisible element
length 1 x VisLg ... Field length
active 1 c - 0, 1 Active field
display_3d 1 c Two-dimensional 0, 1 Box
value_help 1 c Input help 0, 1, 2 Input help button
request 1 c - 0, 1 Input exists
values_in_combo 1 c dropdown list box 0, 1 Input help exists

The component name contains the name of the current dynpro field in the loop. The components group1 to group4 can contain three figure identifiers id1 to id4, which were assigned to the current screen element when it was defined. These identifiers allow the screen elements to be grouped together in up to four different modification groups. These can be queried in logical expressions in the statement block after LOOP AT SCREEN, in order to process multiple screen elements in the same way.

The remaining components of the structure SCREEN (apart from request) show the display properties of the current screen element. With the exception of length, they can have the value 0 or 1, where content 1 means "active" and content 0 means "inactive". In addition, required and value_help can also have the value 2:

  • With required, value 2 means a recommended field which is displayed on the screen in the same way as a mandatory field (value 1) but a check is not performed.
  • With value_help, value 2 means that the input help button is always displayed, whereas value 1 means that the button is only displayed if the cursor is positioned on the dynpro field.

Except for active and request, all components of the structure SCREEN correspond directly to an attribute of the current screen element.

  • The component active does not have a corresponding attribute. A change to its content using MODIFY SCREEN influences the attributes input, output and invisible, and correspondingly the components input, output and invisible of the structure SCREEN.
  • The component request is set to value 1 by the runtime environment if the event PAI occurs, provided that user input exists has been entered in the dynpro field.

Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54