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Creating Lists

The following ABAP statements are used for creating classical lists:

• WRITE

• ULINE

• FORMAT

• SET BLANK LINES

• SKIP

• NEW-LINE

• BACK

• POSITION

• SET LEFT SCROLL-BOUNDARY

• NEW-PAGE

• RESERVE

• HIDE

• SET MARGIN

• PRINT-CONTROL

Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54

Programming Guideline

Use SAP List Viewer

Note

Classic lists are no longer intended to be used directly in production programs. The use of other suitable output media is recommended instead.

• For table list output, the classes of SAP List Viewer (ALV), such as CL_SALV_TABLE, should be used.

• For simple text output, the wrappers of the browser control, such as dynamic documents or wrappers of the textedit control should be used. Dynpros, Text Output shows an executable example of the latter.

• For simple console output, XML-based output streams can be used. An example of this is shown by the class CL_DEMO_OUTPUT_STREAM. The program DEMO_OUTPUT_STREAM shows potential uses of this class. The class CL_DEMO_OUTPUT, which is based on CL_DEMO_OUTPUT_STREAM, is used in programs from the ABAP Example Library.

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WRITE

ULINE

FORMAT

SET BLANK LINES

SKIP

NEW-LINE

BACK

POSITION

SET LEFT SCROLL-BOUNDARY

NEW-PAGE

RESERVE

HIDE

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