Displaying or Changing a Program

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Displaying or Changing a Program

In the PC Editor, you can display a program so it can only be viewed and no changes are permitted, or you can allow changes to be made to the program in the editor. The Display or Change button allows you to toggle between only viewing the program and permitting changes to be made to the program. The dimmed background indicates the program is displayed for viewing only, whereas a program that can be changed usually appears with each one of program code on a white colored background.

The display mode is useful when you want to examine a program, but do not desire to make any changes to it. This is the situation that occurs if you are examining a program that is provided by SAP as a best business practice of the R/3 System. In fact, you are prompted for an access key in order to open an SAP provided program in the Change mode, whereas you can readily view the program in the Display mode.