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Calling a transaction in a new session / window

1. Call function ABAP4_CALL_TRANSACTION in a new task

   1. Pass in T-CODE

   2. Additionally you can pass in parameters, mode value, update value and the skip screen flag

Example code:

DATA: msg_text(80) TYPE c, "Message text

      itab_spa TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF rfc_spagpa,

      wa_spa   TYPE rfc_spagpa.

* Fill out parameters

wa_spa-parid = 'AUN'.

wa_spa-parval = '0006012345'.

APPEND wa_spa TO itab_spa.

* Create a new session

* Asynchronous call to Transaction VA03 -->

CALL FUNCTION 'ABAP4_CALL_TRANSACTION' STARTING NEW TASK 'SORD'

  DESTINATION 'NONE'

  EXPORTING

      tcode = 'VA03'

      skip_screen = ‘X’

  TABLES

      spagpa_tab = itab_spa

  EXCEPTIONS

    communication_failure = 1 MESSAGE msg_text

    system_failure        = 2 MESSAGE msg_text.

IF sy-subrc NE 0.

  WRITE: msg_text.

ELSE.

  WRITE: 'ERPGenie.COM'.

ENDIF.

Contributed by Kevin Wilson.