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Workbench Overview

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1. Form Structure
   • The Form Structure is essentially the design of the application's User Interface (UI).  It provides a visual representation of all the controls on the page as well as their hierarchy.
2. Data Structure
   • The Data Structure represents the data model of your application. 
   • You can add as many fields here to support the application you are building. 
   • You can add Structures that can help to neatly categorize certain groups of fields.
   • You can add Tables that will allow for multiple rows of data to be stored for this particular instance of the application. 
     
3. Property Editor
   • As nodes are selected from the tree, their properties are displayed in the Properties area, where each element's property can be set and modified.
4. Application Preview
   • Contains an embedded browser that allows immediate preview of changes once the application is saved. Alternatively, it can immediately update after each edit if Live View mode is enabled.

1. Form Structure Tree: Displays the hierarchy of nodes in the application. This is the primary working space where Controls can be added.
2. Properties Area: As nodes are selected from the tree, their properties are displayed in the Properties area, where each element's property can be set and modified.
3. Fields Area: Fields make up the data model of the application. Fields will automatically display in this section if they are added against the 'Bound Field' element in Properties making the corresponding control 'bound' to the field, or they can be directly added to the section. 

Example:

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The FAB Workbench toolbar contains a set of useful buttons that provides easy access to core program functionality. If the screen is minimised, some buttons will collapse into a menu structure accessible on the right-hand side of the bar.

1. Open: Used to open existing applications by launching the form search dialogue box.
2. Create: Launches a dialogue box to capture the new application's form properties. 
3. Change/Display: This button toggles between change and display. When opening an existing applications, it will default to display mode. 
4. Save: This function allows any changes made to the application to be saved.
5. Save (new iteration): This function creates and saved iterations (major versions) of the application and can only be access when the application is in change mode. Prior iterations of the application can be retrieved via the Open for search dialogue box. The current iteration number displays alongside the name of the form.
6. Transport: This feature assigns the application changes to a transport request. This should always be selected before a version of the application is sent to a new environment.
7. Export to File: Exports the application into a XML file format.
8. Import from File: Allows the importation of a XML application file.
9. Properties: Launches the application's form properties dialogue box. 
10. Code: Launches a dialog box for the associated ABAP methods executed by the application.
11. Workflow: Launches the dialog box for configuring workflow stages and action buttons.
12. Recording: Allow the recording of a transaction via BDC and inserts the fields into the form application. 
13. View in Browser: Opens a web browser to preview the application, similar to the application preview section.
14. Help: Links to the FAB help site, which contains in-depth FAB documentation, release notes and demo scripts.