FAQ's, intros and memorable discussions in the ABAP General Forum

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Welcome to the SDN ABAP General Forum!
In addition to release dependent information avalaible by:
- pressing the F1 key on an ABAP statement,
- or searching for them in transaction ABAPDOCU,
- using the [SDN ABAP Development Forum Search|https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/directforumsearch?threadid=&q=&objid=c42&daterange=all&numresults=15&rankby=10001],
- the information accessible via the [SDN ABAP Main Wiki|https://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/ABAP],
- usefull coding examples from the [ABAP Code Gallery|https://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/Snippets/CommunityCodeGallery]
- the [SAP Service Marketplace|http://service.sap.com] and see [SAP Note 192194|https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/192194] for search tips,
- the 3 part [How to write guru ABAP code series|https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/f2dac69e-0e01-0010-e2b6-81c1e8e5ce50] ... (use the search to easily find the other 2 documents...)
... this "sticky post" lists some threads from the ABAP forums as:
- An introduction for new members / visitors on topics discussed in threads,
- An introduction to how the forums are used and the quality expected,
- A collection of some threads which provided usefull answers to questions which are frequently asked, and,
- A collection of some memorable threads if you feel like reading some ABAP related material.
The listed threads will be enhanced from time to time. Please feel welcome to post to [this thread|Suggestions thread for ABAP FAQ sticky; to suggest any additional inclusions.
Note: When asking a question in the forum, please also provide sufficient information such that the question can be answered usefully, do not repeat interview-type questions, and once closed please indicate which solution was usefull - to help others who search for it.

Answer 1

ABAP General
client dependant => Do not ask simple interview questions without enough information, because "it depends"...
Open Web browser => Different ways to start the browser on a hyperlink.
Icon on Selection -screen => Icons on either side of the selection-screen.
FM for uploading Image to SAP => Uploading an image to the MIME repository.
How to Send Email to Outlook? => Just as the subject title says... perhaps he read the forum rules before posting... ;-)
ABAP Commands - Unicode Upgrade => Usefull information about the impact of unicode conversions on ABAP.
Calling Multiple BAPIs in a single LUW => committed to the details of COMMIT WORK
Create a parameter to enter a password => Input parameters with hidden visibility.
Problem with statement "find all occurences of ..." => How to find all character sub-strings in a string using ABAP Char utilities.
retrieving internal table info. during runtime from callstack => Little tricks which become obsolete after a while ... :-)
Passing an Internal Table to a Report executed through 'Submit' => Rich demonstrates IMPORT and EXPORT statements.
Cannot decrypt password encrypted with FIEB_PASSWORD_ENCRYPT => Obsolete functions are dead. Long live released APIs.
express CR_LF and Remove of non-printable characters from string => ABAP Char utilities, find and replace '##' on the application server.
*NEW!!!*Rare 'bug' with SUBMIT => Interesting behavior of SUBMIT without VIA SELECTION-SCREEN addition
Last edited by: Thomas Zloch on Sep 18, 2011 10:10 PM
Edited by: Suhas Saha on Jan 31, 2012 11:55 PM