ABAP_to_the_Future

The Basics 11.1
Figure 11.5 Worksheet XML File
As you can see, near the bottom of Figure 11.5 there are two lines that store the
print area and repeating rows. The information about which XML file stores
which type of information is not a Da Vinci code type of secret; if you search
online for something such as “Microsoft Open XML,” you will find more hits than
you can shake a stick at. Microsoft has p ublished the structure and definition of
each element with the express intention of enabling tools such as ABAP2XLSX to
generate spreadsheets and other documents. This is why the format is called
Open XML.
11.1.2 Downloading ABAP2XLSX
The home page of ABAP2XLSX is www.abap2xlsx.org, which will redirect you to
the GitHub home page (f ormerly, it used the SAP Community Network Code
Exchange, back when I was proud to get onthe list of top active members of the
project, albeit at the bottom). When you are on the GitHub site, simply click the
big blue button to download a ZIP file containing the nugget of all the
ABAP2XLSX classes and demonstration programs. You will need to have SAPlink
installed to upload this material into your SAP system (this was discussed in
Chapter 3 when you read about the op en-source mockA unit testing project).
You will also need to si gn up for a GitHub account (it’s free). Once you have
uploaded the nugget file containing the ABAP2XLSX objects and activated them,
you’re good to go.
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