Text in display mode, in VF02

Question

Members,
When billing document is created, the Header text is populated automatically because of some enhancement.
In VF02, in standard SAP, this text is editable.
How to make Header text non-editable (only display) in VF02?
Thank you!
Jelena Perfiljeva
G Lakshmipathi
Eduardo Hinojosa

Answer 1

When you call the "Header Texts" menu, the following code will be executed:
SAPMV60A / FORM INIT_TEXTE
* fields active <> inactive
  IF t185f-trtyp CA 'AC' OR tvcom-txtgn IS INITIAL.
    display_flag = 'X'.
  ENDIF.
  CALL FUNCTION 'SD_WORD_PROCESSING_PUT'
       EXPORTING
           fi_application_data  = tvcom
           fi_display_flag      = display_flag
           fi_display_language  = '*'
            FI_GROUP             = TVCOM-TXTGN
*          FI_NEW_TEXT_LANGUAGE = SY-LANGU
            FI_OBJECT            = TVCOM-TDOBJECT
*          FI_RESET_FLAG        = ' '
*          FI_APPL_OBJECT_IDENT = ' '
*          FI_APPL_OBJECT_DESCR = ' '
            fi_default_fcode     = 'ENT1'
            fi_subscreen_number  = subscreen_kfte
*          FIT_EXCL_FCODE       =
            fit_xvbpa            = xvbpa[]
  CHANGING
      fct_xthead           = xthead[]
      fct_xvbuv            = xvbuv[]
  EXCEPTIONS
       error_occured        = 1
       OTHERS               = 2
The above code states: if transaction type is A (Display) or C (read from archive), then we set data object display_flag to X. When data object display_flag is set to "X", it means that the text cannot be edited (you can test this by changing the data object manually in the debugger).
For your requirement, you need to set the display_flag to "X" when you are in VF02. Currently the standard behaviour that we see above seems logical to me. After all, you are in VF02, so it makes sense that this  you can edit texts here.
I checked for a possibility of changing the value of display_flag in a user exit but it seems there is none located where you need it. Therefore, maybe it would be an option for you modify the above code so that it says
* fields active <> inactive
  IF t185f-trtyp CA 'AC' OR tvcom-txtgn IS INITIAL OR SY-TCODE = 'VF02'.
    display_flag = 'X'.
  ENDIF.
or something along those lines.