screen painter and menu painter ABAP SAP

What are screen painter and menu painter


 Screen painter : 

• Screen painter is a tool to design and maintain screen and its elements. It allows user to create GUI screens for thetransactions. Attributes, layout, filed attributes and flow logic are the elements of Screen painter. 

Menu painter : 

• Menu painter is a tool to design the interface components. Status, menu bars, menu lists, F-key settings, functions and titles are the components of Menu painters. 

Screen painter and menu painter both are the graphical interface of an ABAP/4 application



 Analyzing SAP Transactions
If you are creating your own batch input procedure, then you will need to analyze the SAP transaction(s) with which the batch input data is to be entered into the SAP System.
The purpose of the analysis is to gather the following information:

• the transaction code, if you do not already know it

• which fields require input

• which fields you can allow to default to standard values

• the names, types, and lengths of the fields that are used by a transaction

• the identifiers of the functions that you will need to call to have the transaction process the batch input data.

Collecting Transaction DataTo analyze a transaction, do the following:

1. Start the transaction by menu or by entering the transaction code in the command field.
You can determine the transaction name by choosing System ® Status.
2. Step through the transaction, entering the data and performing the functions that will be required for processing your batch input data.
3. On each screen, note the program name and screen (dynpro) number.
Display these by choosing System ® Status. The relevant fields are Program (dynpro) and Dynpro number. If pop-up windows occur during execution, you can get the program name and screen number by pressing F1 on any field or button on the screen. The Technical info pop-up shows not only the field information but also the program and screen.
4. For each field, check box, and radio button on each screen, press F1 (help) and then choose Technical info.
Note the following information: – The field name for batch input, which you’ll find in its own box. – The length and data type of the field. You can display this information by double-clicking on the Data element field.
5. Find out the identification code for each function (button or menu) that you must execute to process the batch input data.

Put the cursor on the button or menu entry while holding down the left mouse button. Then press F1. In the pop-up window that follows, choose Technical info and note the code that is shown in the Functionfield.
You can also run any function that is assigned to a function key by way of the function key number. To display the list of available function keys, click on the right mouse button. Note the key number that is assigned to the functions you want to run.
Getting Screen and Field Information in the Transaction InterfaceUsing the Screen Painter and Menu Painter to Get Field and Function InfoYou can also obtain field and function information from the screen and menu definitions in the ABAP screen painter and menu painter. For example, you can quickly display field information in the screen painter by displaying the screen in the Fullscreen editor and using the Attribs. for 1 field button for each field. The illustration below shows an example.

Getting Field Information in the Screen PainterSimilarly, you can get function and menu codes from the CUA definition of a screen in the menu painter.
See the ABAP Development Workbench documentation for more information on using these tools.

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