MCTBC_CTRL SAP (Description of the TAB control (OCX)) Structure details
Description: Description of the TAB control (OCX)
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
MCTBC_CTRL is a standard SAP Structure so does not store data like a database table does. It can be used to define the fields of other actual tables or to process "Description of the TAB control (OCX)" Information within sap ABAP programs.
This is done by declaring abap internal tables, work areas or database tables based on this Structure. These can then be used to store and process the required data appropriately.
i.e. DATA: wa_MCTBC_CTRL TYPE MCTBC_CTRL.
The MCTBC_CTRL table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Description of the TAB control (OCX) data available in SAP. These include TABNAME (Table Name), FIELDNAME (Field Name), DYNPFIELD (Field name), OR_HEADER (CHAR04 data element for SYST).. See below for full list along with technical details, documentation, text table, check tables, foreign key relationships, conversion routines, relevant tcodes and example ABAP select code etc. .
Delivery Class:Display/Maintenance via tcode SM30: Display/Maintenance Allowed but with Restrictions
SAP enhancement categories: Not classified
SAP MCTBC_CTRL structure fields - Full list of fields found in SAP data dictionary
| Field | Description | Data Element | Data Type | length (Dec) | Check table | Conversion Routine | Domain Name | MemoryID | SHLP |
| HANDLE | TAB control ID | 0 | |||||||
| TABNAME | Table Name | TABNAME | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | AS4TAB | DTB | ||
| FIELDNAME | Field Name | FIELDNAME | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | FDNAME | DFD | ||
| DYNPFIELD | Field name | DYNFNAM | CHAR | 132 | DYNFNAM | ||||
| OR_HEADER | CHAR04 data element for SYST | SYCHAR04 | CHAR | 4 | SYCHAR04 | ||||
| OR_TYPE | CHAR04 data element for SYST | SYCHAR04 | CHAR | 4 | SYCHAR04 | ||||
| OR_HANDLE | Object identification | OBJECT_ID | INT4 | 10 | INT4 | ||||
| OR_CLSID | OLE CLSID in character format | CHAR_CLSID | CHAR | 38 | CHAR_CLSID | ||||
| SHELLID | 0 | ||||||||
| PARENTID | 0 | ||||||||
| C_TYPE | 0 | ||||||||
| ORIGIN | ABAP Program: Current Main Program | SYREPID | CHAR | 40 | Assigned to domain | PROGRAMM | |||
| STEPL | Index of Current Step Loop Line | SYSTEPL | INT4 | 10 | SYST_BYTE | ||||
| FIELDVALUE | Input line | DLINE | CHAR | 132 | F4CHAR132 | ||||
| FIELDINP | CHAR01 data element for SYST | SYCHAR01 | CHAR | 1 | SYCHAR01 | ||||
| ACTIVE | Boolean Variable (X=True, -=False, Space=Unknown) | BOOLEAN | CHAR | 1 | BOOLEAN | ||||
| REPORT | ABAP Program: Current Main Program | SYREPID | CHAR | 40 | Assigned to domain | PROGRAMM | |||
| DYNPRO | Dynpro Number | SYDYNNR | CHAR | 4 | SYCHAR04 | ||||
| TABCNAME | Name of a Search Help | SHLPNAME | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | SHLPNAME | SHLP | DD_SHLP | |
| TAB_TITLE | Title of the TAB control | 0 |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure MCTBC_CTRL using ABAP code?
As MCTBC_CTRL is a database structure and not a table it does not store any data in the SAP data dictionary. The ABAP SELECT statement is therefore not appropriate and can not be performed on MCTBC_CTRL as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table MCTBC_CTRL
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about MCTBC_CTRL and the data within it using relevant transactions such asSE11 (ABAP Dictionary Maintenance)
SM30 (Maintain Table Data)
SE80 (Object Navigator)
SE16 (Data Browser).
Search for further information about these or an SAP related objects