Are you an aspiring ABAP cook looking for professional ABAP recipes? Or are you already the executive chef in your ABAP kitchen, just looking for new ideas? Either way, you will find classic and new recipes in ABAP Objects and ABAP/4 for common and specific development tasks in this ABAP Cookbook!This book quickly provides answers to typical ABAP development problems or tasks: persistence programming, interface programming, security and tracing techniques, etc. You'll discover best practices in developing solutions, and you can use this book to broaden your skills and see how to apply ABAP to solve various types of problems. The complexity of the recipes ranges from the simple starter plates to the complex main courses- and some sweet desserts, of course! Each chapter is a short tutorial in itself, all organized and consolidated into an easy-to-read format. Many code samples, screenshots, and different icons will help you to follow the best practices provided. Enjoy your ABAP meal! 1. Best Practices: Learn best practices for programming and the solutions to both simple and complex programming problems. 2. Programming Techniques: Discover various techniques for dynamic, database, transactional, persistence, interface, and security programming in ABAP. 3. Comprehensive Approach to Problem Solving: Explore the context of a problem, solution alternatives, and the thought process involved in the development of a solution. 4. Instructive Icons: Easily identify quick tips, step-by-step instructions, and warnings, thanks to the use of helpful icons throughout the text. 5. Numerous Examples and Source Codes: Explore coding examples in every chapter, as well as two source code bundles that you can install on your local AS ABAP system. Highlights:

String Processing Techniques
Working with Numbers, Dates, and Bytes
Dynamic and Reflective Programming
ABAP and Unicode
Working with Files
Database Programming
Transactional Programming
XML Processing in ABAP
Interacting with the ICF
Web Services
Sending E-Mails Using BCS
Programming for Security
Logging and Tracing
Interacting with the Operating System
Inter-process Communication
Parallel and Distributed Processing with RFCs