ABAP Code Sample to Attach F1 and

F4 Help Fields in ALV Grid

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Applies To:
ABAP
By: Kavitha Bhuvaneswaran, Wipro Technologies
Date: 20 Jan 2005

Code Sample
REPORT zooalvf14 .
*Global data definitions for ALV.......................................*
DATA : alvgrid TYPE REF TO cl_gui_alv_grid,
custom_container TYPE REF TO cl_gui_custom_container,
fieldcatalog TYPE lvc_t_fcat.
*table to contain fields that require f4...............................*
DATA : lt_f4 TYPE lvc_t_f4 WITH HEADER LINE.
*ok_code declaration...................................................*
DATA : ok_code TYPE sy-ucomm.
*Tables declaration....................................................*
TABLES : zemployee_c7.
*Types declaration.....................................................*
TYPES : BEGIN OF ty_emp,
empid LIKE zemployee_c7-empid,
empname LIKE zemployee_c7-empname,
END OF ty_emp.
*Internal table declaration............................................*
DATA : i_emp TYPE TABLE OF ty_emp.
*Workarea declaration..................................................*
DATA : wa_emp TYPE ty_emp.

*Selection screen parameters...........................................*

SELECT-OPTIONS : s_empid FOR zemployee_c7-empid.
*---------------------------------------------------------------------*
*
CLASS lcl_event_handler DEFINITION
*---------------------------------------------------------------------*
*
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*
*---------------------------------------------------------------------*
CLASS lcl_event_handler DEFINITION.
PUBLIC SECTION.
METHODS :
handle_on_f1 FOR EVENT onf1 OF cl_gui_alv_grid
IMPORTING e_fieldname es_row_no er_event_data,
handle_on_f4 for event onf4 of cl_gui_alv_grid
importing e_fieldname es_row_no er_event_data
.
ENDCLASS.
*---------------------------------------------------------------------*
*
CLASS lcl_event_handler IMPLEMENTATION
*---------------------------------------------------------------------*
*
........
*
*---------------------------------------------------------------------*
CLASS lcl_event_handler IMPLEMENTATION.
METHOD handle_on_f1.
*custom f1 help for empid field.......................................*
IF e_fieldname = 'EMPID'.
CALL SCREEN 3001.
ENDIF.
*to prevent processing of standard f1 help............................*
er_event_data->m_event_handled = 'X'.
ENDMETHOD.
Method handle_on_f4.
*standard f4 help will be invoked......................................*
endmethod.
ENDCLASS.
*start of selection....................................................*
START-OF-SELECTION.
SELECT empid empname FROM zemployee_c7
INTO CORRESPONDING FIELDS OF TABLE i_emp
WHERE empid IN s_empid.

CALL SCREEN 3000.

*&---------------------------------------------------------------------*
*&
Module STATUS_3000 OUTPUT
*&---------------------------------------------------------------------*
*
text
*----------------------------------------------------------------------*
MODULE status_3000 OUTPUT.
SET PF-STATUS 'ZTOOL'.
SET TITLEBAR 'ZTITLE'.
IF alvgrid IS INITIAL.
CREATE OBJECT custom_container
EXPORTING
container_name = 'ZCONTAINER'.
CREATE OBJECT alvgrid
EXPORTING
i_parent = custom_container.
PERFORM prepare_f4.
CALL METHOD alvgrid->register_f4_for_fields
EXPORTING
it_f4 = lt_f4[]
.
*creating instance for event handler..................................*
DATA : event_handler TYPE REF TO lcl_event_handler.
CREATE OBJECT event_handler.
SET HANDLER event_handler->handle_on_f1 FOR alvgrid.
SET HANDLER event_handler->handle_on_f4 FOR alvgrid.
*preparing field catalog..............................................*
PERFORM prepare_fieldcatalog CHANGING fieldcatalog.

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CALL METHOD alvgrid->set_table_for_first_display

EXPORTING
I_BYPASSING_BUFFER
=
I_BUFFER_ACTIVE
=
I_CONSISTENCY_CHECK
=
I_STRUCTURE_NAME
=
IS_VARIANT
=
I_SAVE
=
I_DEFAULT
= 'X'
IS_LAYOUT
=
IS_PRINT
=
IT_SPECIAL_GROUPS
=
IT_TOOLBAR_EXCLUDING
=
IT_HYPERLINK
=
IT_ALV_GRAPHICS
=
IT_EXCEPT_QINFO
=

CHANGING
it_outtab
= i_emp
it_fieldcatalog
= fieldcatalog
*
IT_SORT
=
*
IT_FILTER
=
*
EXCEPTIONS
*
INVALID_PARAMETER_COMBINATION = 1
*
PROGRAM_ERROR
=2
*
TOO_MANY_LINES
=3
*
others
=4
.
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
*
MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
*
WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
ENDIF.
ENDIF.
ENDMODULE.
" STATUS_3000 OUTPUT
*preparing field catalog...............................................*
FORM prepare_fieldcatalog CHANGING i_fieldcatalog TYPE lvc_t_fcat.
DATA : ls_fcat TYPE lvc_s_fcat.
ls_fcat-fieldname = 'EMPID'.
ls_fcat-ref_table = 'ZEMPLOYEE_C7'.
ls_fcat-coltext = 'EMPLOYEE ID'.
APPEND ls_fcat TO i_fieldcatalog.
CLEAR ls_fcat.
ls_fcat-fieldname = 'EMPNAME'.
ls_fcat-ref_table = 'ZEMPLOYEE_C7'.
ls_fcat-coltext = 'EMPLOYEE NAME'.
APPEND ls_fcat TO i_fieldcatalog.
ENDFORM.
*&---------------------------------------------------------------------*
*&
Module USER_COMMAND_3000 INPUT
*&---------------------------------------------------------------------*
*
text
*----------------------------------------------------------------------*
MODULE user_command_3000 INPUT.
CASE ok_code.
WHEN 'BACK'.
LEAVE TO SCREEN 0.
WHEN 'EXIT'.
LEAVE PROGRAM.
ENDCASE.
ENDMODULE.

" USER_COMMAND_3000 INPUT

*&---------------------------------------------------------------------*
*&
Module USER_COMMAND_3001 INPUT
*&---------------------------------------------------------------------*

*
text
*----------------------------------------------------------------------*
MODULE user_command_3001 INPUT.
CASE ok_code.
WHEN 'SAVE'.
LEAVE TO SCREEN 0.
WHEN 'BACK'.
LEAVE TO SCREEN 0.
ENDCASE.
ENDMODULE.

" USER_COMMAND_3001 INPUT

*&---------------------------------------------------------------------*
*&
Module STATUS_3001 OUTPUT
*&---------------------------------------------------------------------*
*
text
*----------------------------------------------------------------------*
MODULE status_3001 OUTPUT.
SET PF-STATUS 'GUI'.
SET TITLEBAR 'TITLE'.
ENDMODULE.

" STATUS_3001 OUTPUT

*preparing fields to be registered for f4 help.........................*

FORM prepare_f4.
lt_f4-fieldname = 'EMPNAME'.
lt_f4-register = 'X'.
lt_f4-getbefore = 'X'.
lt_f4-chngeafter = 'X'.
APPEND lt_f4.
ENDFORM.

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