Developing Sap's R/3 Applications With Abap/4 (Paperback)

by Rudiger Kretschmer (Author), Wolfgang Weiss (Author)

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Product Description
Written by two members of the ABAP/4 language development team, this fascinating book is a gold mine for R/3 programmers. Topics include writing code, creating screens and window interfaces, centralized dictionary functions and library functions, and building your own SAP applications. The companion CD supplies code used in the book's examples. This is an excellent guide for software professionals--and is a lot less expensive than a six-month course!

Product Details

• Paperback: 657 pages
• Publisher: Sybex Inc (May 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 078211881X
• ISBN-13: 978-0782118810
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.5 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #947,079 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars One of the worst I've ever read., December 2, 1999

By	Jack Reed (San Francisco, California) - See all my reviews

After three years of ABAP consulting I don't know why I haven't burned this book. I got it in an official SAP training class, and it was written by two of the company's software engineers, but it is one of the worst examples of software writing I have ever seen. Many of the keywords of the language are not even in the index, and most of the subject matter is covered only in broad strokes, meaning that the book does not tell you how to do much of what is really available in the language, not even point out that anything else might exist. It was only by reading existing code and trying to use this book to find out what it meant that I came to realize how inadequate it is.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Strictly for beginners!, June 26, 1999

By A Customer

If you are new to programming (and not just with ABAP/4), you might find this book useful. However, if you are any more advanced, you are not going to learn anything here! The few more advanced topics that are covered here, are also only mentioned and not covered in depth.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good intro; and it covers dialog programming., July 22, 1999

By A Customer

This is a good introduction to ABAP/4 programming, if you have experience programming in another language. For me, the main advantage of this book is that it covers dialog programming (creating interactive screens for users). Other ABAP/4 intro books that I've seend cover only SAP reporting. The chapters on dialog programming are very good. However, if you are just beginning with ABAP/4, I recommend SAMs Teach Yourself ABAP/4 in 21 Days by Ken Greenwood -- it has a more step-by-step approach, and goes into more detail on tables. Better yet, get both books.