How to enable a PROGRESS_INDICATOR to survive commit?

[Former Member]

Hi gurus,

I encountered the following problem but couldn't get a solution yet. In a report I create a working list with quite a lot of items. In a loop I process the items by calculating things, checking consistency and calling BAPIs. Each item runs through several steps.

At the end of the loop I call

[Former Member]

'TB_PROGRSS_INDICATOR' to calculate progress and give feedback to the user. That works just fine. However, between the steps I have to commit the BAPI calls ( create a security contract -> commit, settle the contract -> commit) and after the commit the progress indicator in the status line disappears. Since there are, let's say 4-5 seconds, before the progress is re-calculated (next item has reached bottom of loop) I got the effect that the indicator just flickers for a second or so and then disappears for 3 seconds and this is repeating until the loop has finished. Any idea how I can find a workaround?

Thanks,

Gerd

[Former Member]

Can you try the FM: SAPGUI_PROGRESS_INDICATOR? I think it is also similar to the FM that you are using.

-Chandra

[Former Member]

Unfortunately same behavior. The commit flushes the OLE in SAP GUI and the hourglass disappears until next function call in the loop. Thanks anyway.

[Juwin]

Try the method mentioned in this code. It seems to work without flickering.

Thanks,

Juwin

[Former Member]

Thanks, Juwin. There is no hourglass in this method only text information, but it still looks much better without flickering.

[Sandra_Rossi]

The code by Juwin is using class CL_PROGRESS_INDICATOR, which in fact is a wrapper of function module SAPGUI_PROGRESS_INDICATOR.

Function module TB_PROGRESS_INDICATOR (SAP ERP) is also using SAPGUI_PROGRESS_INDICATOR.

So, as you mention, the issue is only with the "percentage" progression image (hourglass), not with text only (whatever the function module or class you use / as you may always choose with these FMs/class).

To know what the real problem is, you should run the program of Juwin using the percentage parameter (I_PROCESSED / I_TOTAL). If the hourglass still flickers then it's probably because of your SAP GUI installation (solution: re-install). Otherwise, there's something wrong in "your" code: as that progress indicator is based on RFC to the SAPGUI, you may use a RFC trace (ST05) to see whether the progress indicator is erased (by the BAPI) right after you displayed it.