SAP ABAP Data Element DIALOG (Name of the dialog type)

Hierarchy

☛ SAP_ABA (Software Component) Cross-Application Component
   ⤷ CA-GTF-BS-SQ (Application Component) Screen Sequence Control
     ⤷ BZB (Package) R/3 Central Application Development: Subseq. Screen Proc.

Basic Data

Data Element	DIALOG
Short Description	Name of the dialog type

Data Type

Category of Dictionary Type	D	Domain
Type of Object Referenced		No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type	DIALOG
Data Type	CHAR	Character String
Length	1
Decimal Places	0
Output Length	1
Value Table

Further Characteristics

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Field Label

	Length	Field Label
Short	10	Dialog ty.
Medium	15	Dialog type
Long	20	Dialog type
Heading	5	Dialg

Documentation

Definition

Control of output of pop-up windows using flow control.

Use

Depending on the value of a field (A, B, C or free), flow control outputs a different dialog. If the flag is set, table T185D is also interpreted at run-time.

Alternative A:
A window is output, which warns of potential data loss without the option to save the data first.

Alternative B:
There appears a warning of potential data loss. The user is given the option of saving the data first. The user can respond with 'Yes', 'No' or 'Cancel'. 'Cancel' resets the function causing the dialog.

Alternative C:
As for option 'B' with the additional option of three text lines for disgnosis.

Procedure

Maintain tables T185D and T185T for dialog output.

Dependencies

Dialog output is controlled using table T185D. The texts to be output are in table T185T, which is maintained together with table T185D.

History

Last changed by/on	SAP	19980909
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