How to Use Confirmation Popups in Web Dynpro for ABAP

Applies to:
Web Dynpro for ABAP. For more information, visit the ABAP homepage.

Summary
If you are familiar with using the function module POPUP_TO_CONFIRM in your ABAP applications, you may have wondered how to use confirmation popups in Web Dynpro for ABAP. This article will show you how. Author: Christine Arundell
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Company: SAP Created on: 1 November 2011

Author Bio
Christine Arundell is a Senior Education Consultant with SAP UK. She teaches courses across the entire ABAP curriculum.

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Using Confirmation Popups in Web Dynpro for ABAP

Create a new Web Dynpro Component called ZNET310_POPUP_CONFIRM_##

When prompted, assign it to your package and change request as usual. In the Context of the Component Controller, create a node called PAY, cardinality of 1:1:

Now right-click on the new node to add an attribute SALARY, type I.

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Map the Component Controller context to the context of your view:

In the Layout of your view, add a Label UI element with the text Please enter your current salary, and create an InputField, bound to the PAY attribute just created:

Next create a button, with the text INCREASE SALARY, and an ACTION called INCREASE.

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Go to the Event Handler method for the action, and put your cursor in the appropriate place:

Use the Web Dynpro Code Wizard and choose the appropriate radiobutton

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Result:

We want all of this code except for the CREATE_WINDOW method instead we are going to call the CREATE_POPUP_TO_CONFIRM method to produce the confirmation popup box. Remove the CREATE_WINDOW method:

Where the CREATE_WINDOW method was, we are going to add a different method we can use the PATTERN functionality to do this, first ensure your cursor is positioned where you want the new method to be added, then hit the PATTERN pushbutton:

Choose ABAP Objects Patterns, then hit the green tick to continue:

Populate as shown below, then choose the green tick to insert the code:

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Result:

Set values of parameters as shown below:

If you activate everything and create an application for your Web Dynpro Component and run it now, you should see your popup working:

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To react to the user pressing either of the buttons, we need to proceed as follows. Go back to the method where you implemented the popup. BEFORE the OPEN method at the end, we need to assign an action to each of the buttons, which we can then program the logic for. Firstly, use the Web Dynpro Code Wizard and populate as follows:

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Result:

Now use the PATTERN button again (as described above) to add the following method call:

Populate the parameters of the method as shown below the ACTION_NAME is an action which we will create in our view in just a moment:

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We now need to create the action which we have assigned to the YES button, and program the event handler method. Switch to the ACTIONS tab in your view and create the action as shown below:

Now switch to the METHODS tab and you should see the event handler has been created for you:

Double-click on the method to implement it. We will just issue a simple message to prove that we know the user has pressed the YES button. Position your cursor between the METHOD..ENDMETHOD:

Use the WIZARD:

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Populate the parameters of the resulting method call as shown below:

Activate your changes and test:

You can now repeat as above to apply the logic for the NO pushbutton.

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