Web DynPro Versioning

Question

Hi,
I'd like to know if there is a system to include in the HTML of the web dynpro a comment in which to put in a number or string that represent the current version/changeset number/last modification date of the web Dynpro.
I need this "trick" because sometimes the transport of the activities does not go as expected and Web DynPros are not properly updated. Sometimes the changes between two consecutive versions are not GUI changes but code changes and there is no way to see at a glance if the transport completed successfully.
Any ideas how to do this?
Thank you,
Pietro

Answer 1

Hi Ajay,
if Netweaver keeps track of the current build number (i.e., a version number that is incremented by 1 every time the Web DynPro is built) and stores it as a special readable property or even as a number written in a plain text file, it still will be possible to read and display it. The important thing is that this number is incremented automatically by Netweaver and that is indicative of the "current version" of the Web DynPro (i.e. the 276-times-built Web DynPro is an older version in respect to the 321-times-built same Web DynPro).
So if I transport version 222 and then I build the WDP three times locally and transport it again, the "build number file/property" now reads 225 and the method embedded in the code is still the same ("read the number in that file/property and show it").
I hope that explains what I meant.
A number like that, if Netweaver uses or creates it, is the simplest way to see what "version" a Web DynPro is. Alternatively the last build date should do the same trick. The problem is that I need to get, in the code, some sort of "marker" that Netweaver uses to keep track of the version of the Web DynPro.
Regards,
Pietro