Using CL GUI TIMER for automated screen refreshing

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Did you know that using global class CL_GUI_TIMER, you can write ABAP code that refreshes automatically. Below, I added an example of using this code. You can provide the time interval on the selection screen of this example.

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• & Report ZZ_GUI_TIMER
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• & Example using the CL_GUI_TIMER
• & Automatic refreshment of the screen dynpro
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report zz_gui_timer.

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• CLASS lcl_event_handler DEFINITION
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class lcl_event_handler definition.

 public section.
   class-methods: on_finished for event finished of cl_gui_timer
      importing sender.

endclass. "lcl_event_handler DEFINITION

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• CLASS lcl_event_handler IMPLEMENTATION
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class lcl_event_handler implementation.

 method on_finished.
   statics: ltp_refreshed type i.
   add 1 to ltp_refreshed.

   write:  'Refresh number:',
           ltp_refreshed.

• Start timer again

   sender->run( ).
 endmethod. "on_finished

endclass. "lcl_event_handler IMPLEMENTATION data: rf_gui_timer type ref to cl_gui_timer.

parameters: pa_refrs type i default 10.

start-of-selection.

 create object rf_gui_timer.

 set handler lcl_event_handler=>on_finished for rf_gui_timer.

• Setting the refreshment interval.

 rf_gui_timer->interval = pa_refrs.
 rf_gui_timer->run(  ).

• The session must remain active!

 write 'Wait for a while:'