Customising Working Time Web Dynpro

Hello all,
EP6 SP15.
We had ESS SP10. There was a problem in that the column widths on the ESS Working Time timesheet were 1 digit long (visible)! This has been fixed by SP11 however the column widths seem to be a fixed at a wider size irrespective of the size of the actual data contained.
I asked SAP about this and they said:
'You can set the InputField.length (character based) OR the InpuField
width (CSS-size) to change the column width. InputField.length only
applies when InputField.width is not set. It is necessary to set 'ex' or'em' instead of 'px'.'
Are they implying that the WebDP has to be modified to rectify this?
Does anyone have any other ideas.
Thanks
Mr.T

Hey Tahir
Did you get any solution to this?
Best Regards
Kristoffer Engh

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To say nothing about the fact that SAP's own API documentation clearly states that applications using Web Dynpro can reference and catch WDExceptions, but THEY MUST NOT THROW OR EXTEND IT !
- Produces unnecessary DCs. Page 6 of the aforementioned document presents an architectural view of a Web Dynpro project that uses a CommandBean. Why an extra DC for the CommandBean ?? I created my ModelBean class right inside the Web Dynpro project (in the Package view). That, to me, is where this class should reside, because it is created for no other reason that to be used by this particular Web Dynpro application. What is the benefit of placing it in its own independant DC ?
- Not a typical application of the Command pattern. The well-documented command pattern (Design Patterns - Gang of Four) has been devised mainly to enable encapsulation of request as objects, thereby making it possible to:
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None of this applies to the way the SAP CommandBeans are being used. Not that much of an issue to people new to J2EE and/or OO development... but quite confusing for those already familiar with the classic Command pattern.
At this point, I fail to understand the advantage of merging structure (model) and behaviour (execute methods) through the use of a unique CommandBean object. Am I missing something ?

Hi Romeo,
You would be disappointed, this reply ain't anywhere nearby to what you are talking about...
I wanted to mail you, but you have not mentioned your email in your profile.
I am really impressed by your flair for writing. It would be far better had you written a blog on this topic. Believe me, it would really be better. There is a much wider audience waiting out there to read your views rather than on the forums. This is what I believe. To top it, you would be rewarded for writing something like this from SDN. On the blogs too, people can comment and all, difference being there you would be rewarded by SDN, here people who reply to you would be rewarded by you. Doesn't make much a difference.
Anyways the ball is still in your court
As far as I am concerned, it has still not been much time since I have started working on Web Dynpro. So can't really comment on the issue...
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Thanks, but neither of these describes the problems I've been having. And they are misleading since they say that you can use VC with Web Dynpro only with Web Services ie not directly with BAPIs / RFCs, but using it with BAPIs / RFCs is one of the few things that works well in our system.
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