This document provides instructions for creating a simple "Hello World" Web Dynpro application in SAP. The steps are: 1. Create a new Web Dynpro component called ZWD_##_HELLO_WORLD with a MAIN view. 2. Add a TEXT element to the view's layout with text "Welcome to Web Dynpro!". 3. Create a Web Dynpro application to access the component via URL. Run the application to display the greeting text in the browser.

1. 1
Web Dynpro Introduction
Exercise
Web Dynpro Introduction
Exercise
Chapter: Web Dynpro Introduction
Theme: Create a simple Web Dynpro
Application
At the end of this Exercise, you will be able to:
• Create and run a simple Web Dynpro application
1 Development Objectives
The first exercise is a version of the popular “Hello World” program.
You will place a UI element onto the view layout that contains the hard coded value
of “Welcome to Web Dynpro!” This text will then be displayed in the browser.
2 Result
After this exercise is complete, you
should see the result shown on the left.
Template Solution:
Web Dynpro Component: WD_01S_HELLO_WORLD
Application: WD_01S_HELLO_WORLD
Group number: ## stands for the two-digit group number

2. 2
Web Dynpro Introduction
Exercise
3 Developing
3-1 Create a new Web Dynpro Component called
ZWD_##_HELLO_WORLD. Change the proposed window name to
MAIN.
3-2 Create a view called HELLOWORLD and navigate to the view’s layout
tab. Open the context menu of the ROOTUIELEMENTCONTAINER
- choose Element einfügen (Insert Child)
- Enter the name TEXT.
- From the Type drop down list, select TextView.
- Press Confirm Enry.
3-3 Now select the newly created element TEXT and change the design
property from standard to header1. Enter “Welcome to Web Dynpro!” in
the text property. Press Save.
3-4 Double-click on the window main. Right mouse click on the only element
MAIN and choose embed view from the context menu. Choose helloworld
as view to be embedded and click on continue.
3-5 Save and activate your new Web Dynpro component.
3-6 Lastly, we must create an application so that we can access the Web
Dynpro component via a URL.
- Right mouse click on the component node
- Select Create -> Web Dynpro Anwendung (Web Dynpro Application)
from the context menu. Create the application having the following
attributes:
Name: (accept default)
Description: Hello World
Accept all default settings and press Save.

3. 3
Web Dynpro Introduction
Exercise
4 Running
Start the application: Right mouse click on the newly created application
zwd_##_hello_world and select Test.
Your browser should now display the following screen: