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Using Floorplan Manager to Modify Existing WDA Components 12.3

Figure 12.28 FPM Workbench

What might a UIBB be? There is no way you could guess from the name. SAP Help

defines a UIBB in the following manner:

From an FPM perspective, UIBBs are the interface views (Web Dynpro ABAP windows)

that are provided by the external application and not by FPM itself.

The building blocks are the windows in yo ur existing WDA application, and, in

order to use such windows in an FPM application, you need to make these visible

to the FPM framework.

UIBBs vs. GUIBBs

This section focuses on freestyle UIBBs. That sounds a bit like a swimming contest, and

reflects the fact that when you are exposing existing WDA applications (like the Monster

Monitor), they can look like anything at all.

There are also GUIBBs (Generic User Interface Building Blocks) for common UI elements

like lists, trees, and searches. These GUIBBs take the form of WDA components such as

FPM_LIST_UIBB, which contain no logic and perfor m view-like tasks in a consistent

manner. Section 12.3.2 takes a quick look at the integration of BOPF with FPM, which

involves creating an FPM application from scratch using GUIBBs.

As it turns out, you can enable your existing Monster Monitor WDA component

for use with FPM, turning the windows into UIBBs like turning a pumpkin

into a horse and carriage at (almost) the drop of a hat by going to the root

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