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ABAP Keyword Documentation in Release 7.0
In Release 7.0, the ABAP keyword documentation has been expanded as follows:
6. Terminology changes for narrowing and widening casts
Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54
Modification 1
Full Text Search
Considerable improvements have been made to the performance of the full text search in the ABAP keyword documentation. The occurrences found by the full text search are now marked in the display. As before, the full text search can be called from the display window of the documentation. It is also available on the initial screens for the documentation (ABAP Editor, transaction ABAPHELP) as an alternative to the index search.
Modification 2
Subject Search
An alphabetical subject directory has been added to the ABAP keyword documentation. The index search now evaluates this directory in addition to the ABAP index and ABAP glossary.
Modification 3
Diagrams
Using access to the MIME repository, diagrams can now be displayed in the ABAP keyword documentation.
Example: Sessions and Memory Areas
Modification 4
Language
It is now possible to select the language in which the documentation is displayed on the initial screen of the transaction ABAPHELP. The user can choose between the logon language, English, and German. The logon language is the standard setting. When the ABAP keyword documentation is called from ABAP Editor, the logon language is always used.
Modification 5
List of ABAP Words
The document ABAP words contains a list of all names reserved in ABAP, except for those that consist of special characters. From this list, the user can navigate directly to the occurrences.
Modification 6
Terminology Change for Narrowing and Widening Casts
The use of the terms narrowing cast and widening cast, which refers to the view that a reference variable offers to an object, has been modified to reflect more general usage, which refers to the value set covered by a variable. Now the unambiguous terms up cast and down cast are now used almost everywhere.
Modification 7
Adjustment of Font Size
If the font size is changed when adjusting the local layout in the SAP GUI, this also applies to the display of the ABAP keyword documentation. Previously, only changes in color affected the ABAP keyword documentation. Within a user session, the GUI font size dependency can be deactivated by setting the standard font size.