ABAP Development Tools - Copy "Open ABAP Development Object" history to another project

[dagni]

Hi.

When I create a new Abap project in ADT, I want to copy the entries in the history of "Open ABAP Development Object" dialog from an existing project to the new project. I mean this list:

Does anybody know if that's possible? It would be even better if all of the projects shared the same list, just like input history in SAP GUI.

Thanks.

[dagni]

I've found that it's saved in the <workspacepath>\.metadata\.plugins\com.sap.adt.tools.core.ui\dialog_settings.xml file under the /section[@name="Workbench"]/section[@name="OpenABAPDevelopmentObject.history"]/item[@key="History"]/@value attribute, but it seems rather complicated to play with. Although I like to fiddle with things, I'll leave this one alone (for now 😉 )

[Florian]

Why not add it via favorites? Packages or handle it with bookmarks. These are a lot easier to convert to a new project.

Also the open source plugin ABAP Favorites from 28f4b37a40894f18a22abc696b8154f4 could give you a hand in your situation.

https://blogs.sap.com/2017/07/23/abap-favorites-plugin-for-adt/

[dagni]

Favorite packages are not very useful for me as our packages contain a lot of objects. I need to be able to add individual objects. Especially clicking through all the "Favorite packages > <package> > Source library > Function groups > <function group> > Function modules > <function module>" nodes is a real pain.

Bookmarks could be useful but when I add a bookmark, it doesn't create a meaningful name anymore. It used to say "Function module RFC_PING", but now it says "rfc_ping.apfunc". Besides I'll still have to find a way to copy existing bookmarks to other projects.

I've tried the Favorites plugin, and I loved it! It should have been there from the beginning. You can create project dependent and project independent favorites, which are very useful. It just has a few glitches, but no big deal. I'll go with it. Thanks for suggesting it 🙂