EDITOR-CALL - Call editor for internal tables

Basic form

EDITOR-CALL FOR itab.

Extras:

1. ... TITLE text

2. ... DISPLAY-MODE

3. ... BACKUP INTO itab1

Effect

Displays the internal table itab in an editor similiar to the ABAP Editor. You can then use normal editor functions to make changes.

Changes to the table contents are only adopted if you save before leaving the editor.

The Return Code is set as follows:

SY-SUBRC = 0:

Changes were made during the session. These have been saved.

SY-SUBRC = 2:

No changes were made during the session. The table was saved anyway.

SY-SUBRC = 4:

The table was not saved.

Notes

• The internal table itab must have the table type STANDARD TABLE, and can contain only type C components.
  
• The lines of the internal table can be up to 72 characters long.
  
  
  

Addition 1

... TITLE text

Effect

Displays the specified text string (up to 50 characters) in the editor header line.

Addition 2

... DISPLAY MODE

Calls the editor in display mode. You can neither make changes here nor switch to change mode.

Addition 3

... BACKUP INTO itab1

Effect

The table is saved in its original state in table itab1. You can then compare itab with itab1 to determine the changes that were made.

Example

Define and fill the internal table T. Then, use EDITOR-CALL to present it to the user for modification. Finally, output the table.

DATA: BEGIN OF T OCCURS 200,
        TEXT1(60),TEXT2(12),
      END OF T.

T-TEXT1 = 'Text 1'. T-TEXT2 = 'A'. APPEND T.
T-TEXT1 = 'Text 2'. T-TEXT2 = 'B'. APPEND T.
T-TEXT1 = 'Text 3'. T-TEXT2 = 'C'. APPEND T.
T-TEXT1 = 'Text 4'. T-TEXT2 = 'D'. APPEND T.

EDITOR-CALL FOR T TITLE 'Editor for internal tables'.

LOOP AT T.
  WRITE: / T-TEXT1, T-TEXT2.
ENDLOOP.

Related

EDITOR-CALL FOR REPORT