PF STATUS

[Former Member]

HI GURUS..

I jst want to ask on what is the use of PF STATUS in dialog programming.And kindly give me some sample code.

thank you very much....

gerald

[Former Member]

PF-STATUS is used to set the GUI Status of a screen, ie you can control the options on your menu bar, application toolbar, the function keys assigned to various options etc.

Implementing the status for a screen can be done in 2 ways:

1) Create the GUI status using the object list of the program or by using the transaction SE41. Then, assign it to the screen using SET PF-STATUS statement.

2) Create the GUI status by means of forward navigation, ie, use the SET PF-STATUS 'XXX' statement where 'XXX' is the name of the GUI status and double click on it to create it.

Status names can have a maximum of 20 characters.

After assigning a GUI status to a screen, this is inherited to all subsequent screens. In order to have a different status for each of the subsequent screens, you have to set a separate status for each screen.

In transaction SE41,

1) Give the program name and the status name and click on the Create button.

2) Go to 'Function keys' and expand.

3) On top of the save icon type SAVE, on top of the back icon type BACK, on top the the exit icon type EXIT etc ie on top of all the icons that you want to use, type the respective names that you want to give.

Whatever you have typed now becomes the function codes of these icons and can be used in your program.

For example you have a screen 100.

In the 'Element list' tab of the screen, give "ok_code" as the name where "OK" is the type of screen element. Activate screen.

The flow logic for the screen looks like this:

PROCESS BEFORE OUTPUT.

MODULE STATUS_0100.

PROCESS AFTER INPUT.

MODULE USER_COMMAND_0100.

Create the modules STATUS_0100 and USER_COMMAND_0100 in the main program by simply double clicking on them.

The code for these modules can be something like this:

MODULE status_0100 OUTPUT.

SET PF-STATUS 'Example'. "Example is the name of the GUI status

ENDMODULE.

MODULE user_command_0100 INPUT.

CASE ok_code.

WHEN 'SAVE'.

"call a subroutine to save the data or give statements to save data.

WHEN 'BACK'.

LEAVE TO SCREEN 0.

WHEN 'EXIT'.

LEAVE PROGRAM.

ENDCASE.

ENDMODULE.

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briefly....

IN YOUR PBO OF THE SCREEN.

SET PF-STATUS 'ZSPD'.

JUST DBL CLICK ON ZSPD IT WILL GO TO SE41 HERE YOU ARE CREATING THE MENU BAR,APPLICATION TOOL BAR AND CAN ASSIGN ANY FNCODE TO SYSTEM TOOLBAR.

NOW IN YOUR PAI YOU HAVE TO ACCESS THAT.

CASE OKCODE.

WHEN '<FNCODE WHICH U HAVE ASSIGNED THERE>'.

<DO SOMETHING>

ENDCASE.

[Former Member]

Hi

hi,

SET PF-STATUS pfstat.

Effect

Sets a GUI (Graphical User Interface) status pfstat which can be up to 20 characters long. There are many of these statuses in the GUI of a program. Each one describes which functions are available and how you can select these via menus and menu bars or by pressing function keys or pushbuttons. For further information about this, refer to the Menu Painter documentation.

Each status has a name which may be up to 8 characters long.

Setting a status makes the functions contained therein selectable.

This method allows you to vary the available functions according to the current screen, list level and/or previous program flow.

The current status is stored in the system field SY-PFKEY.

A status remains valid for the duration of a transaction or until you set a new status.

Example

Event in program:

START-OF-SELECTION.

SET PF-STATUS 'MAIN'.

WRITE SY-PFKEY.

AT USER-COMMAND.

CASE SY-UCOMM.

WHEN 'F001'.

SET PF-STATUS '0001'.

WRITE SY-PFKEY.

...

ENDCASE.

Produces a list (contents MAIN) with a GUI framework which allows you to select functions assigned to the the status MAIN. If you choose the function code F001 (e.g. from the menu or by pressing a pushbutton), you trigger the event AT USER-COMMAND . This generates a secondary list (contents 0001) with a GUI framework which allows you to select functions assigned to the status 0001. On returning from the secondary list to the basic list the status MAIN is reactivated.

regards

[former_member404244]

Hi,

PF-STATUS Is necessary for our own GUI status maintainence in dialog programming...If we set our own pf status then we can iinclude our own function keys and can write logic basing on that..

CEHCK the below links

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/9f/dba34635c111d1829f0000e829fbfe/content.htm

http://www.saptechies.com/common-used-of-dialog-screen-for-display-change-delete/

Regards,

Nagaraj