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what is the difference between alv grid display and alv list display

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Former Member

‎2007 Sep 04 2:23 PM

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hi

could anybody inform me

what is the difference between alv grid display and alv list display

thankyou

kalyan.

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‎2007 Sep 04 2:33 PM

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At a first glance, the output view. Both use almost the same structures, the same parameters and in almost all cases you can change your LIST calls for GRID ones.

The main diff I noticed using them are the time they take to show. Grid is "visual" and list is "text". List is a lot faster, and I will recommend to use it when the data to show is a lot.

I'm sure there must be another differences (I suppose in lenght of fields and thinks like these) but I don't know them yet.

regards,

srinivas

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‎2007 Sep 04 2:25 PM

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‎2007 Sep 04 2:29 PM

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Hi,

1. For all practical purposes, they are the same.

2. Some differences:

a) from abap coding point of view,

alv list is done with Function modules,

alv gris can also be done with FM,

but can also be done using OO concepts.

b) Alv grid (using oo concept) requires

designing the screen layout .

Hence, in one screen, we can show more

then one alv grid

(we cannot show more than

one alv list on one screen)

c) ALV grid uses ActiveX controls

present on the Presentation Server.

Hence, it consumes More Memory

on the presentation server.

d) ALV LIST is Display Only.

Whereas

ALV Grid Can Be made EDITABLE for entry purpose.

e) In alv grid, these options are possible,

but not in alv list.

without horizontal lines

without vertical lines

without cell merging during sorts

display total lines above the entries

regards

Sudheer

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Former Member

‎2007 Sep 04 2:33 PM

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At a first glance, the output view. Both use almost the same structures, the same parameters and in almost all cases you can change your LIST calls for GRID ones.

The main diff I noticed using them are the time they take to show. Grid is "visual" and list is "text". List is a lot faster, and I will recommend to use it when the data to show is a lot.

I'm sure there must be another differences (I suppose in lenght of fields and thinks like these) but I don't know them yet.

regards,

srinivas