What are difference between SET PF STATUS & PF STATUS

[yasu_1096]

Hi All can anyone tell the what are difference between set-pf-status and pf-status ? with an example why those two are used?

[DominikTylczyn]

Hello yasu_1096

SET PF-STATUS is an ABAP statement that sets GUI status.

PF-STATUS is the GUI status definition that is set with SET PF-STATUS statement.

Best regards

Dominik Tylczynski

[RaymondGiuseppi]

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Read online help for

• SET PF-STATUS - Dynpro in ABAP Statements for Dynpros is a statement that set the GUI status
• GUI status define the menu bar, standard toolbar, and application toolbar of a GUI window as well as the function key settings
• PF-STATUS is just a frequent abuse of language for GUI status

[Sandra_Rossi]

The term "PF Status" is very old (comes from old time of mainframe systems, PF meant "Program Function"), and for a long time it's called "GUI status" but the ABAP statement SET PF-STATUS was not renamed for compatibility reason (same as the obsolete ABAP statements "AT PF01" to "AT PF24").