Difference between Initialization and Load-of-Program

[Former Member]

Hi All!

Could anybody tell me what exactly is the difference between Load-of-program and initialization using a sample program?

Thanks in advance...

Jag.

[ssimsekler]

Hi Jag

It seems not so much difference. But INITIALIZATION block is peculiar to executables.

<b>INITIALIZATION</b>: Only occurs in executable programs. The ABAP runtime environment triggers the INITIALIZATION event before the selection screen is processed, at which point the corresponding event block is processed.

<b>LOAD-OF-PROGRAM</b>: When an ABAP program is loaded in an internal session, the runtime environment triggers the LOAD-OF-PROGRAM event, and the corresponding event block is executed.

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[thomas_jung]

The Load-of-program event is absolutely necessary for setting the state of an Object Services based transaction. You must initialize the OO Transaction Model at this event. Initialization is too late.

*----------------------------------------------------------------------*
* LOAD-OF-PROGRAM                                                      *
*----------------------------------------------------------------------*
load-of-program.
  cl_os_system=>init_and_set_modes(
        i_external_commit = oscon_false
        i_update_mode     = oscon_dmode_update_task_sync ).

[Former Member]

Hi Thomas and Serder,

thanks for your replies...they were quite helpful for me.

regards,

Jag