Video Lesson 7.5: ABAP Include Programs

This lesson will show you how to create INCLUDES in your ABAP programs so you can reference other subroutines and organize your programs in a more efficient way.

• Include programs are global R/3 Repository objects.
• They are solely for modularizing source code, and have no parameter interface.
• They have the following functions:
• Library: Include programs allow you to use the same source code in different programs.
• Order: Include programs allow you to manage complex programs in an orderly way.
• Function groups and module pools use include programs to store parts of the program that belong together.
• A special include is the TOP include of a program.

Creating Your Own Include Programs

• If you create an include program yourself, you must assign it the type I in its program attributes.
• You can also create or change an include program by double-clicking on the name of the program after the INCLUDE statement in your ABAP program.
• If the program exists, the ABAP Workbench navigates to it.
• If it does not exist, the system creates it for you.
• An include program cannot run independently, but must be built into other programs.
  Include programs can contain other includes.