Custom Dialog Boxes

You occasionally might find it necessary to create custom messages and dialog boxes for your scripts. Although WS does not contain a dedicated comand to create custom dialog boxes (also called 'modal 1 screens'), you can still create a custom dialog box to contain any messages that you wish to display on the screen. You can also add pushbutons, text, and other elements to these boxes. To create a custom dialog box, please do the following.

1. Open the script file for the 'RSM04000_ALV.E2000' dynpro. This is the SAP dialog box that appears to ask if you wish to make a choice of actions. The default dialog box is shown below.

   
   

   

   
   

2. Add the following code to retitle the screen and erase any elements that might already be there.

   title('Decision to Proceed');
   clearscreen(); 

3. Add the following code to place explanatory text on the new blank dialog box.

   text([2,2], 'Do you want to create pricing conditions');
   text([3,2], 'Press <Yes> to continue, Press <No> to stop'); 

4. Add the following code to elminate the dialog box's default 'Generate' and 'End Session' pushbuttons.

    del('P[Generate]');
   del('P[End Session]');

5. Add text to create new pushbuttons to call the custom operations you will define. in our example, we are calling a function or returning to the MM01 transaction.

    text('P[Continue]','@01@Yes');
   text('P[Cancel]','@02@No');
   
   
   onUIEvents['Enter'] = {"fcode":"/12", "process":executeVK11}
   onUIEvents['/12'] = {"fcode":"/nmm01"};

6. Add code for the custom function if you wish to call one. In our example, we are either calling a custom function to transport us to the VK11 transaction and perform pricing conditions. The sample code we are using to call the VK11 transaction is shown below.

   function executeVK11() {
   
   UI_MODE = '';
   
   onscreen '*'
      enter('/nvk11');
   
   
   onscreen '*'
      set('F[Condition type]','PR00');
      enter();
   
   onscreen '*'
      enter();
   
   } 

7. Save your changes. Then log into SAP and call the new dialog box by typing '/o' in the transaction field. The new dialog box will appear as shown below.

   
   

   

   
   

8. The custom dialog box is now ready to use.