Pop-up screen to enter text

[mark narra]

Folks, thanks a lot for your suggestions. Provided a very good insight.
 
Thanks.
-Mark.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roehlen, Peter" <PRoehlen at powercor.com.au>
Date:         Fri, 12 Jul 2002 18:33:38 +1000
To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject:      Re: Pop-up screen to enter text
 
 
> Jeroen,
>
> Actually, with a bit of forethought in the design you could make your method
> generic (eg the explanation can be passed to the method from the workflow
> etc.)  That way, the ABAP development cost/effort would be a one-off and the
> solution used over and over again as needed.
>
> Regards
>
> Peter Roehlen
> Powercor Australia Ltd
> (03) 9683 4613
> 040 99 555 60
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Van der Burg, Jeroen JA SITI-ITPSEE
> [mailto:Jeroen.J.vanderBurg at si.shell.com]
> Sent: Friday, 12 July 2002 18:21
> To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Re: Pop-up screen to enter text
>
>
> Agree that is preferable, depends on how computer literate your average user
> is, and how important it is that they actually create the description (there
> may be a legal requirement).
>
> Good thing of a dialogue is that you can block submitting the dialogue until
> an actual description has been entered, and that you can put a lot of
> explanation text on the dialogue box itself to make life a little easier for
> the end user. Also, you can run them from a web inbox as HTML, while you can
> not do that with attachments.
>
> If you do not have those requirements I would prefer the much easier
> attachment method, although it is way less cool!
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Jeroen
>
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Becker Stephan (extern)
> [mailto:Stephan.Becker.ext at mchw.siemens.de]
> Sent: 12 July 2002 09:31
> To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: AW: Pop-up screen to enter text
>
>
> I sometimes just use the "end confirmation" flag in conjunction with a good
> work item long text to do this. It requires a little more user
> familiarisation than something custom coded, but I just say in the text that
> they should create an attachment before finally confirming the step, and in
> the step descriptions where I want users to read the attachments, I say so
> also.. works most of the time!
>
> Hth,
> Stephan
>
> -----Urspr|ngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Van der Burg, Jeroen JA SITI-ITPSEE
> [mailto:Jeroen.J.vanderBurg at si.shell.com]
> Gesendet: Freitag, 12. Juli 2002 08:18
> An: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Betreff: Re: Pop-up screen to enter text
>
>
> Hi Mark, some time ago I solved a similar requirement in the following way:
>
> Use a modal dialogue window in a custom method, this will allow you to
> create a simple custom pop up screen. You only need one multiline text field
> on it and an 'OK' button. The text can be taken from the dialogue window as
> a table back into the method.
>
> When the workitem is executed and you do a call screen in your method to the
> dialogue screen the pop up window comes up as a dialogue box on top of the
> workplace.
>
>
> Dialogue windows can be created using:
> Tools -> Abap -> Development -> Dialog modules
>
>
> Hope this helps,
>
>
> Jeroen
>
>
>
> Jeroen van der Burg
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>
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mark narra [mailto:mark_narra at mail.com]
> Sent: 11 July 2002 23:49
> To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Pop-up screen to enter text
>
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> In a decision task, person can take specific action say 'approve' or
> 'disapprove'. When 'disapprove' is selected, the WFinitiator should know why
> it was disapproved. I can think of a pop-up screen to enter reason text and
> that text can be passed to the workflow container and eventually send that
> info to the WFinitiator. Does anyone have idea how to accomplish this or a
> better solution?
>
> Thanks.
> -Mark.
>
>
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