The GUI Status

Use
A GUI status is an independent component of an ABAP program which you can create using the Menu
Painter in the ABAP Workbench.
There are three different types of GUI statuses:
Dialog status
Dialog box
Context menu.
Features
The role of a GUI status is to provide the user with a range of functions on a screen. Each function is
associated with a function code of up to 20 characters. When you choose a function, a PAI event is
triggered. In each PAI event, the function code, if it is not empty, is placed in the system field syst-ucomm
(sy-ucomm) and assigned to the OK_CODE field. Empty function codes are placed neither in the sy-
ucomm field, nor in the OK_CODE field.
Note
Before you can work with the OK_CODE field, you must assign a name to it in the Screen Painter.
For more information, see Reading Function Codes.
All function codes in an ABAP program, apart from those assigned only to pushbuttons on screens, are
defined and administered in the Menu Painter.
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The GUI status type defines how the function codes are displayed:
A dialog status consists of a menu bar, a standard toolbar, an application toolbar, and function key
settings. The standard function codes of the toolbar and the function codes linked to function keys
but not to the application toolbar can be used by means of key combinations.
A status for a dialog box contains an application toolbar and function key settings. The standard
function codes of the toolbar and function codes that are linked with function keys but not with the
application toolbar are available using the keyboard.
The context menu type consists solely of a context menu and serves as the static model for the
dynamic creation of context menus.
Note
Dialog statuses are the most general form of user interfaces for screens. Statuses for dialog
boxes and dialog statuses are generally created statically for an ABAP program.
Additional Characteristics of GUI statuses
Different GUI statuses can refer to common components.
A program can have many GUI statuses and titles. These represent the different modes in which
an application operates.
Tip
Transaction XYZ can be executed in two modes (has two statuses) - Change and Display. In
change mode, the delete function is active, but in display mode it is not.
Several different screens of a program can use the same status.
The screens of one program can use the statuses of other programs.
You set the GUI title of a screen independently of its status.

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