Bring SAPGUI mode to the front

Although the SAPGUI is called to be dead, there are sometimes new things to learn. this week I learned how to bring a SAPGUI mode to the front. The code has been found in the transport organizer where it is needed to bring the popup for request selection when editing a dynpro in the screen painter.

The following demonstration report can be started in two overlapping SAPGUI modes with about one second time shift.

REPORT zz_activate_gui_mode.

DO 10 TIMES.
  CALL FUNCTION 'SAPGUI_PROGRESS_INDICATOR'
    EXPORTING
      text = |Mode: { sy-modno }  Index: { sy-index }|.

  CALL FUNCTION 'SAPGUI_SET_PROPERTY'
    DESTINATION 'SAPGUI'
    EXPORTING
      property = 'ACTIVATE'
      value    = 'X'
    EXCEPTIONS
      OTHERS   = 0.

  WAIT UP TO 3 SECONDS.
ENDDO.

You will see that rotationally the next mode will come to front.

Maybe you will find a use for this functionality…

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Tom Wan

June 11, 2021 at 8:53 am

just tried. interesting

Peter Inotai

June 11, 2021 at 12:34 pm

Thanks for sharing.

It reminds me to the invisible trick, which I've seen about 15 years ago and it's really cool 🙂

REPORT  ztest_invisible_trick.

*************************************************************
START-OF-SELECTION.
*SAPGUI screen vanishes from user screen list

  CALL FUNCTION 'SAPGUI_SET_PROPERTY'
    DESTINATION 'SAPGUI'
    EXPORTING
      property              = 'VISIBLE'
      value                 = ' '
    EXCEPTIONS
      system_failure        = 1
      communication_failure = 2
      OTHERS                = 3.

************************************************************************


  DO 10000 TIMES.

*doing some work which takes lot of time
    DO 1000 TIMES.
    ENDDO.
*Resetting time counter of dialog process so that time-out does not
*happen. Use this fm within your programs at appropriate locations to
*reset time counter.

    CALL FUNCTION 'TH_REDISPATCH'.

  ENDDO.

*************************************************************
*Work is complete and now wake up the SAPGUI screen

  CALL FUNCTION 'SAPGUI_SET_PROPERTY'
    DESTINATION 'SAPGUI'
    EXPORTING
      property              = 'VISIBLE'
      value                 = 'X'
    EXCEPTIONS
      system_failure        = 1
      communication_failure = 2
      OTHERS                = 3.

Shashank Mistry

June 23, 2021 at 12:03 pm

Interesting indeed ! Thanks for sharing

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