ABAP_to_the_Future

Summary 11.4
As an example, in Section 11.2.4 it was noted that you have to set two different
input values for the conditional object: on e saying what the rule is plus one of
four possible input structures. You have to make sure that you fill up the correct
structure—that is, the one with the same name as the chosen rule. You may get
that wrong, but if you pass the variable values into a method, then you can write
logic inside that method to make sure the correct structure is populated based on
the rule type. You only need to get it right once, and then the possibility for
errors of this sort going forward is removed.
None of what was just described is on e of Stephen Hawking’s deep mysteries of
the universe, but the details are importan t to mention—in case anyone is scared
off by the perceived large amount of code that would seem to be needed to use
ABAP2XLSX based on the code samples in this chapter.
11.4 Summary
In this chapter, you were introduced to the open-source ABAP2XLSX framework,
as invented by Ivan Femia and then improved by the open-source community;
the purpose of the ABAP2XLSX framework is to vastly improve the integration of
SAP and Excel.
This chapter concludes the discussion of desktop user interfaces that live in PCs,
such as the SAP GUI and Excel. The next chapters turn to the world of transactions
and reports that appear inside web browsers.
Recommended Reading
왘 ABAP2XLSX—Generate Your Profession al Excel Spreadsheet from ABAP: http://
scn.sap.com/community/abap/blog/2010/07/12/abap2xlsx--generate-your-professional-excel-spreadsheet-from-abap
(Ivan Femia)
왘 Introducing the Office (2007) Open XML File Formats : http://msdn.microsoft.com/
en-us/library/aa338205.aspx#office2007aboutnewfileformat_structureoftheofficexmlformats
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