F4 help icon on DATS field

[Former Member]

Hello Experts!!!

I have a field "date" on my screen which was created using Screen Painter. Its an I/O field having the format DATS. When I call this screen and press F4 on the date field, the calendar appears as a pop-up. My problem is the F4 icon doesn't appear at the end of this Date field. What needs to be done for the F4 icon to appear?Thanks in advance!!

Cheers!

Smitha

[Former Member]

Hi,

Try using F4_DATE function module for this field.It displays a calendar in a popup window and allows user to choose a date, or it can be displayed read only.

Hope this helps.

Reward if helpful.

Regards,

Sipra

[Former Member]

Hi,

create that date date field as like this.

data:date1(8) type c.

rgds,

bharat.

[Former Member]

Hi Smitha,

While designing the field in the screen painter please refer to any of the data element in the filed properties.

Regs,

Venkat Ramanan

[Former Member]

Hello Smitha,

Go to SE51

In the attributes of the field

<b>Possible entries as 2(From drop down list)</b>

Regards,

VAsanth

[Former Member]

Hello Vasanth,

I have the same issue. I have a field type DATS in a table control in a screen layout and for that a calendar opens on pressing F4 but the F4 icon is not visible. I tried doing your way but not effective. May be i did some mistake. Can you please elaborate how to do it? Thanks in advance.

[heterocigoto]

Yes, it works.

1. Go to your Screen>Layout it will show you the screen painter.
2. Then, double-click on your field it will show you a new popup
3. Below, go to Attributes>Program and look for Possible Entries and choose you required option
   

   

[former_member194669]

Hi,

While defining the field in the screen , please give reference a date field from any SAP table ie VBAK-BUDAT. Then system automatically give you the F4 functionality.

aRs

[Former Member]

Hello All!!

Thanks for the replies. Now I am able to get an icon on the Date field! I used Vasanth's method.

Thanks and Regards,

Smitha