11.06 Message command with pop-up

Prerequisites

• Products: Liquid UI WS, Liquid UI Server or Local DLL, Client Software
• Commands: message(), pushbutton(), enter(), del()

Purpose

You will learn how to create a pop-up on the SAP screen to confirm the action to be performed. Using the message command, you can create different types of pop-ups for different scenarios and perform different logics depending on their choice. We will walk you through the following steps.

• Delete unnecessary screen elements on the SAP screen using the del command
• Add a toolbar pushbutton to call the function that creates a popup with options
• Add a function to create a popup with options

//Create this file inside your script folder for customizing the SAP Easy Access screen: SAPLSMTR_NAVIGATION.E0100.sjs
//Now, let's start adding the Liquid UI script to the above file and save it.

1. Delete unnecessary screen elements on the SAP Easy Access screen using the del command.
   
    

   //Deletes unnecessary screen elements from the SAP Easy Access screen
   del("X[IMAGE_CONTAINER]");
   del("P[Documentation]");
   del("P[Assign Users]");
   

    
   
   
   
    
2. Add a toolbar pushbutton with the label GO TO VA02 to run the process navigateVA02 on click.
   
    

   //Creates a pushbutton with the label GO TO VA02 to run the process navigateVA02
   pushbutton([TOOLBAR],"GO TO VA02","?",{"process":navigateVA02});

    
   
   
   
    
3. Add the navigateVA02 function to create a popup with YES and No options. Based on the option selected, you will be navigated either to the VA02 transaction or remain on the same screen.
   
    

   //Creates a popup with options
   function navigateVA02(){
   onscreen 'SAPLSMTR_NAVIGATION.0100'	
   // message_result will hold a value that depends on what the user clicks in  the pop-up
   // in the message command, specify the type, 4 is a Yes or No message box
   // in the message command, specify the title you want the message box to have
   message_result = message("ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO GO TO VA02?", {"type":4,"title":"NAVIGATE TO VA02?"});
   // if the result is 6, the user clicked yes
   if(message_result == 6){
   	enter("/nva02");
   		}
   // if the result is 7, the user clicked no
   else if(message_result == 7){
   	enter("?");
   		}
   }
   

4. Click the GO TO VA02 toolbar pushbutton. Then, you will see a popup message to decide an action with a message.
   
    
   
   
   
    
5. Select either Yes or No to navigate either to VA02 transaction or stay on the same screen. Clicking on Yes will navigate you to the Change Sales Order: Initial Screen, as shown below.
   
    
   
   
   
    
6. The pop-up will vary on how it looks depending on the type specified in the options for the message command. The type is calculated by adding the Icon constant and Pop-up type constant.
    

   POP-UP TYPE	VALUE
   ABORT, RETRY, IGNORE	2
   CANCEL, TRY, CONTINUE	6
   HELP	16384
   OK	0
   OK, CANCEL	1
   RETRY, CANCEL	5
   YES, NO	4
   YES, NO, CANCEL	3
   ICON TYPE	VALUE
   INFORMATION ICON	64
   QUESTION ICON	32
   STOP ICON	16

    
7. Using the table above, we have created a pop-up with the options ABORT, RETRY, and IGNORE along with a STOP icon, and then performed the sum of 2 and16. Also, displayed the message as CALCULATED TYPE is 18!.
    

    message("CALCULATED TYPE is 18!",{"type":18});

   

    
8. Our process can flow in a certain way depending on the button that the user clicks. Here, each button has a specific value and can be used to check in an “if” condition.
   
    

   BUTTON	VALUE
   FUNCTION FAIL	0
   ABORT	3
   CANCEL	2
   CONTINUE	11
   IGNORE	5
   NO	7
   OK	1
   RETRY	4
   TRY	10
   YES	6

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This article is part of the Conditional scripts tutorial.