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Further Changes in ABAP Release 6.20 ITOC
ABAP_MODIFICATION_NN Parameter INITIAL SIZE for Internal Tables
An internal table created as a data type in ABAP Dictionary can be assigned an initial memory requirement. This specification in the dictionary has the same effect as the INITIAL SIZE addition in the ABAP source code. Therefore, all the information that describes a table, such as table category, key, line number, and type, are also available in the dictionary.
ABAP_MODIFICATION_NN Relevant Language Key in Dictionary Structures
For error-free conversion of data that is swapped between Unicode and non-Unicode systems, you can specify the structure components responsible for the relevant language key in ABAP Dictionary. If necessary, this information can be queried in the remote function call.
ABAP_MODIFICATION_NN New Functions in the Extended Program Check
The following changes have been made to the extended program check:
Errors in included type pools are no longer displayed.
An INSERT itab outside a loop causes a warning.
All characters in the ABAP source code, especially special characters that do not comply with the naming conventions, raise a warning.
All structure enhancements whose ABAP source code indicate potential runtime errors or changed program behavior raise a warning.
Formal parameters of methods that were passed to the method using IMPORTING and referenced there using CREATE can no longer be overwritten. This check, which was previously not executed till runtime, is now caught by the syntax check.
ABAP_MODIFICATION_NN Secondary Language Access for Text Elements
Secondary language access is now available for report titles, list headers, selection texts, text symbols, and texts specified dynamically of the form ASSIGN ('TEXT-nnn') TO <(><)>. If the text pool does not exist in the logon language, the system loads the text pool that matches the entry in the profile parameter zcsa/second_language. Until now, text elements that were not available in the text pool for the language lg remained unaltered by the statement SET LANGUAGE lg. In the context of this change, these texts are now reset to their initial value.
ABAP_MODIFICATION_NN System Field sy-toccu Obsolete
In the statements READ TABLE, LOOP AT itab, and DESCRIBE TABLE, the system field sy-toccu is no longer filled.
ABAP_MODIFICATION_NN Compatibility in Structure Typing
If structures are passed to formal parameters and function modules typed using STRUCTURE, or assigned to similarly typed field symbols, closing alignment gaps are now also respected by the type check.
ABAP_MODIFICATION_NN Lengths Specified in the Statement WRITE
As of ABAP_RELEASE 6.20, the output length can be specified using the variants WRITE AT (*) and WRITE AT (**), as well as using numeric data objects.
ABAP_MODIFICATION_NN XML Serialization and XML Deserialization
Objects and data references can now also be serialized and deserialized in XML serialization and XML deserialization. Objects are only serialized if the class implements the interface IF_SERIALIZABLE_OBJECT. Data references can only be serialized if the referenced type is not anonymous.
ABAP_MODIFICATION_NN Static Method Call from XSLT
It is now also possible to call public static methods from XSLT programs.
ABAP_MODIFICATION_NN Addition USER-COMMAND AfterPARAMETERS ... AS LISTBOX
The addition USER-COMMAND can be specified for the statement PARAMETERS together with the addition AS LISTBOX.
ABAP_MODIFICATION_NN Wider Frame on Selection Screens
The standard maximum width of a frame around a block created using SELECTION-SCREEN is now 120 columns. It was previously 83 columns.
