Messages in SAP:
Messages are usually used to tell the user what is going on. The following types of messages are available in ABAP.
| A | Termination | The message appears in a dialog box, and the program terminates. When the user has confirmed the message, control returns to the next-highest area menu. |
| E | Error | Depending on the program context, an error dialog appears or the program terminates. |
| I | Status | The message appears in a dialog box. Once the user has confirmed the message, the program continues immediately after the MESSAGE statement. |
| S | Error | The program continues normally after the MESSAGE statement, and the message is displayed in the status bar of the next screen. |
| W | Warning | Depending on the program context, an error dialog appears or the program terminates. |
| X | Exit | No message is displayed, and the program terminates with a short dump. Program terminations with a short dump normally only occur when a runtime error occurs. |
MESSAGE <message> TYPE <message_type>.
We can issue a status message as follows. Status message will be displayed in the status bar. After the message is displayed the program continues after the MESSAGE statement.
Example:
MESSAGE 'This is a status message' TYPE 'S'.
Output:
Information message will be displayed in a dialog box. Once the user has confirmed the message, the program continues immediately after the MESSAGE statement.
Example:
MESSAGE 'This is an information message' TYPE 'I'.
Output:
Error message in report programs will be displayed in the status bar and when the user press enter, the program terminates.
Example:
MESSAGE 'This is an error message' TYPE 'E'.
Warning message behaves similar to error message in report programs.
Termination Message appears in a dialog box, and the program terminates. When the user has confirmed the message, control returns to the next-highest area menu.
Example:
MESSAGE 'This is a termination message' TYPE 'A'.
Output:
Exit Message – No message is displayed, and the program terminates with a short dump. Short dumps can be viewed in t-code ST22.
Example:
MESSAGE 'This produces short dump' TYPE 'X'.
Output:
