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1. Download some ABAP tips and sample code. (Kevin Wilson)
2. ABAP Programming Useful Tips

3. Sending an Excel file via EMail (Pavan Rachamalla)

4. MIGO - Passing Parameter ID for PO

5. Launching a new transaction in a separate screen (Kevin Wilson)

6. Application Log Creation (Pavan Rachamalla)

7. Sending PO as an Excel Attachment (Pavan Rachamalla)

8. Program to upload into Excel format (Pavan Rachamalla)

9. Searching for tables based on 2 fields (Pavan Rachamalla)

10. Sending attachment in background longer than 255 characters (for Excel)

11. BAPI JCO - Step by step procedure for creating a BAPI and connecting it using a Java servlet. Also included is how to configure Apache tomcat Webserver. (1MB PDF - Nagesh)

12. Simple ALV Report (Schlegel, Martin)

13. Convert output to PDF
14. Restricting selection options
15. Progress Indicator
16. Popup Help
17. Outstanding PO Report
18. Lock / Unlock Editor Lock Field
19. Left column scroll lock
20. Preventing same job name from being executed twice
21. Hiding ABAP Source Code
22. Working with Excel in ABAP
23. Export data from Excel
24. Creating a dynamic structure
25. Printing Select options in your report
26. Daily cash receipts
27. Create local directory
28. Check for Holiday
29. ALV Aged Trial Balance Report
30. ABAP Development Objects Quick Tool AUTHOR Darren Moore
31. Using Custom Number Range Objects
32. Adding custom fields to VBAK and VBAP AUTHOR: Kevin Wilson
33. Sending an attachment via EMail
34. Mass Display - Print of Material Master Changed History (www.sap-img.com)
35. Mass Display - Print of PO History (www.sap-img.com)
36. Simple ALV Report AUTHOR: Martin Schlegel
37. Export Internal Table to XML AUTHOR: Moises Moreno
38. Find User exits with a TCode AUTHOR: Quintus Aucamp
39. Function Module to send email (By user name) AUTHOR: Kevin Wilson
40. ABAP Tetris AUTHOR: Sergey Shumakov
41. Search help- Connecting to an external source using Java Connector AUTHOR: Bob Billings
42. SAP User Monitor Utility - Very useful for sending popup messages to users
43. Purchase Order History
44. Desktop Office Integration
45. GL Account Download
46. Sending an HTML EMail from SAP
47. ABAP Unix directory listing browser - Neat utility to browse Unix file systems from within SAP.
48. Subscreen Creation in ABAP
49. Sales Order Flow – Tree Report AUTHOR: Bob Billings and Kevin Wilson
50. Prevent Background Job from being submitted more than once
51. ITS WebRFC programming AUTHOR: Kevin Wilson Do you want to add links to your web-enabled reports?
52. Spool from SAP to Acrobat format AUTHOR:Carel Oberholzer - Print any spool file from SAP in PDF format. 
53. Step-by-step guide on how to add drill down capability to your existing reports.
54. Send an EMail in your ABAP AUTHOR: Kevin Wilson
55. Read SAP Data from an external source using STARTRFC AUTHOR: Bob Billings
56. Load table from UNIX file AUTHOR: Judit Rakovits
57. Interactive ABAP Reports AUTHOR: Judit Rakovits
58. BDC and Call Transaction AUTHOR: Bence Toth Choose a transaction and write a Batch Input program with 'Call Transaction'. Do not use the Messagetab feature of 'Call Transaction'. In this case the last error message will be at the SY-MSG* system fields. Recreate the complete error message from table T100! (This example is also used by the demonstration of SY-MSG* system  fields)
59. PDF Report Creation
60. ABAP - Idoc Related AUTHOR: Kevin Wilson
61. Mass Select and Print Material Master Changed History
62. Automatic EMail Configuration (Message Control)
63. Transfer files to-from server
64. Search for Corrections and Transports by Object
65. Solitaire
66. Copy SAP table definition to a local file
67. Compare 2 files and show the differences
68. Hangman
69. Battleships AUTHOR: Kevin Wilson
70. Minesweeper
71. Connect 4
72. User exit documentation from SAP
73. Internal table documentation
74. Table browser
75. Upload - Download ABAP with dynpros, CUA, attr, text and includes
76. Up-Download SAPScript layouts
77. How to define types and data objects
78. A Few Simple Examples
79. Working with database tables and internal tables
80. Designing a report
81. The Syntax of ABAP/4 Programs
82. Three approaches to define data objects
83. Types, data, constants
84. Character types
85. Numbers
86. Date and time
87. Hexadecimal (or binary) data
88. Records and internal tables
89. Complex Non-Elementary Types and Data Objects
90. Using system fields
91. Working with tables from the Dictionary
92. Copying fields
93. Simple examples of field conversion
94. Converting character fields
95. Converting number fields
96. Converting date fields
97. Copying structured objects
98. Arithmetic Expressions and Mathematical Functions
99. String Operations
100. Special conversions
101. Using the Basic Layout Formats
102. Customizing pages
103. Skipping lines
104. Setting the layout position of fields
105. Using symbols and icons
106. Using colors
107. Type-Specific Output Options
108. Multi-Language Support
109. External flow of control (events)
110. Internal flow of control (if, case, do, while)
111. Simple form (local subroutine of a program)
112. Local data in a form
113. Using static variables
114. Using interface parameters of a form
115. Classifying parameters
116. Using table parameters
117. Type check for form parameters
118. Form parameters without type reference
119. Form parameters with generic types
120. Calling a function
121. Recursive calls
122. A simple query
123. Using an alternative work area
124. Using internal tables as snapshots of database tables
125. Using where clauses
126. Reading single entries
127. Selecting single fields
128. Getting statistical information
129. Ordering query results
130. Using Select-Options
131. Using a dynamic table name
132. Obtaining data with nested select loops
133. Using Internal Tables for Selection Criteria
134. A simple internal table
135. Internal tables with header lines
136. Filling an internal table from a database table
137. Appending single lines
138. Appending multiple lines
139. Inserting lines at a specified position
140. Inserting lines at a specified position
141. Inserting single entries in a database table
142. Inserting multiple lines in a database table
143. Updating single entries in a database table
144. Updating multiple entries in a database table
145. Modifying single entries in a database table
146. Modifying multiple entries in a database table
147. Deleting single entries from a database table
148. Deleting multiple entries from a database table
149. Exporting to the ABAP/4 Memory
150. Importing from the ABAP/4 Memory
151. Using select statements
152. Using a Logical Database
153. Using the events start-of-selection and end-of-selection
154. Working with get events
155. Parameters on the selection screen
156. Working with Select-Options
157. Selection screen events
158. Double-clicking
159. Clicking on a hotspot area
160. Pop-up Screens
161. Working with the hide command
162. Tabular lists
163. Sample report with selection criteria
164. Running a report
165. Displaying the selection screen
166. Sample dialog program (flight reservation)
167. Dynamic sort command
168. Dynamic sort command with several sort criteria
169. Dynamic read table command
170. Dynamic subtotals
171. Dynamic Open SQL Commands: table name
172. Dynamic Open SQL Commands: table name
173. External perform (caller)
174. External perform (called form)
175. Dynamic external perform (call back form)
176. Dynamic external perform
177. Working with Field Symbols
178. Using Field Symbols for variable parts of fields
179. Using Field Symbols for components of a structure
180. Working with temporary programs
181. Syntax errors in temporary programs
182. A real life example for using a temporary program
183. Generating a persistent program
184. Transferring data to a file
185. Reading data from a file
186. Transferring data to a file (presentation server)
187. Reading data from a file (presentation server)
188. Sample program for OLE Automation