Basic ABAP doubts

Hi Experts,
got some basic doubts..hope ppl can help me tackle them..
1. y is sapscript client-specific when smartforms are cross-client ?
2. why exactly are reference fields required for Currency n Quantity Fields ?
3. In SE93, while creating a transaction for an executable program, no variant comes in F4 even wen we have created one for the program, n wen we type in the variant, it says the Transaction is inconsistent.. is it because transaction is cross-client whereas variant is not ??
4. where is DDIC placed?? i mean is it in database or Application server ?
5. why do we need to have a Value table ?
Please dont copy & paste from existing sources..it wud be great if u cud explain in ur own wrds...
all answers wud be appropriately rewarded..
thanks.
bikash

thanks for the reply guys..
Andreas,it wud ve been better if u explain ur answers.
pawan.
1. smartform when activated generates a function module which becomes part of DDIC. so client-independent ... ( arent transparent tables part of DDIC ??? they are client-dependent though )...
2. bcoz when u say amounts like 1000 rupees, 1000 refers to amount and rupees refers to currency unit.
thats ok pawan, but how does it matter if it is rupees or USD or EURO..its anyway a field with lets say 13 digits n 2 decimals..n also the field contains only 1000, not the rupees, that part anyway can be got from the currency field.....
3. did u test in a multiple-client system?? ie, it comes in IDES over here too, i think dats because IDES doesnt have multiple client..
Also, if it has come in a multiple client system, wat ll happen if u run that transaction in a client in which that variant is not there..it ll throw an error right??
4. wat my doubt is that anything that is there, also the definitions has to be stored someweher right?? so isnt the database where everything including the dictionary is stored??
awaiting ur useful responses...
Message was edited by: Bikash Agarwal

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http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/cf/21eb6e446011d189700000e8322d00/content.htm
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http://www.sapgenie.com/abap/OO/
http://www.futureobjects.de/content/intro_oo_e.html
http://www.sap-img.com/abap/business-add-in-you-need-to-understand-abap-oo-interface-concept.htm
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http://esnips.com/doc/cb7e39b4-3161-437f-bfc6-21e6a50e1b39/sscript.pdf
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