SAP ABAP Data Element SCRPCOMP (Switch off screen compression at runtime)

Hierarchy

☛ SAP_BASIS (Software Component) SAP Basis Component
   ⤷ BC-DWB-TOO-SCR (Application Component) Screen Painter
     ⤷ SCRP (Package) Screen Painter

Basic Data

Data Element	SCRPCOMP
Short Description	Switch off screen compression at runtime

Data Type

Category of Dictionary Type	D	Domain
Type of Object Referenced		No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type	SCRPCHA1
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	5	Comp.
Medium	15	Compression
Long	25	Runtime Compression
Heading	0

Documentation

Definition

When you set the attribute "Switch off runtime compression", the screen is displayed in compressed form at runtime if it contains

• at least one invisible field (text field, input/output field, graphical element, subscreen, box, ...) or
• a subscreen area higher than that of the include screen used

Since it should only be necessary to switch off runtime compression of screens in special cases, the default setting is 'on' (i.e. attribute not set).

Screens are compressed according to the following logic:

• Lines containing at least one invisible field and no visible fields are "deleted", i.e. the line positions of subsequent lines are reduced. The box size is also reduced, if necessary.
• Boxes which are empty or contain only invisible fields are deleted.
• Input fields are treated as invisible only if they cannot accept input (i.e. they are inactive). This means that password fields remain.
• If the height (no. of lines) of an include screen is smaller than the height of the subscreen area in which it is supposed to run, the remaining lines are not compressed.
• During compression, an include screen is treated as if its fields are on the screen where it is supposed to run.
• Compression of a box is "object-oriented". This means that a box and its constituent fields are seen as a separate screen and compressed accordingly. The box size is reduced if necessary and the system then attempts to "delete" the compressed lines for the box environment as well.
  Fields which are not next to a box before compression do not appear next to a box after compression.
  Fields which are next to a box before compression appear next to a box after compression; unless the box was compressed "past" these fields.
• A variable step loop cannot be extended by compression.

History

Last changed by/on	SAP	19950221
SAP Release Created in	740