ICICI SMS: Your bank is safe

As a storm of rumours - that the global financial meltdown had caused a liquidity crunch in India’s largest private bank - raged around ICICI Bank, it sent an SMS to depositors on Saturday, assuring them that their money was secure.

“Your deposits with ICICI Bank are safe. Your bank is well capitalised, with good liquidity. Please do not listen to baseless rumours. Happy festive season,” read the message. Read on» » » »

William Stephenson, On Doing More In Life

My name is William Stephenson; I grew up in Manasquan and have spent most of my life in New Jersey. I’d like to speak with you about achieving your best, about making the most of your assets and realizing your biggest dreams. Read on» » » »

Now, transfer up to Rs 5,000 through mobile banking

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued guidelines paving the way for subscribers of mobile-banking services to send and receive up to Rs 5,000 a day through their phones.

The guidelines also allow customers to carry out transactions of up to Rs 10,000 on purchases of goods or services through their mobiles. Read on» » » »

Getting Started with Web Dynpro for ABAP

The purpose of this article is to provide the basic idea and framework on Web Dynpro ABAP developments, for the people who want to excel in this field. This is particularly useful for the people who had working experience in ABAP OOPs and want to learn Web Dynpro ABAP.

This is the first article in this series, where extracting the data form a table has been explained in detail. Read on» » » »

Developing Web Transactions in ITS - Part IV

This is the fourth part in this series, which talks about, creating multi frame applications in the Internet Transaction Server (ITS). The multi frame application in the HTML corresponds to sub-screen module pool programming in ABAP. This article is probably the most important one in the series, as most of the standard SRM transactions contain sub screens. The content presented in this article will help you to understand the development of web transactions for the corresponding sub screen module pool programs. Read on» » » »

Developing Web Transactions in ITS - Part III

This is the third part in this series, which talks about, usage of two of the important macros used in ITS development. This will be useful when large amounts of data have to be sent back from the web to the SAP GUI or vice versa. The transfer of the data is done using the macros. This article talks about two such macros (FIELD-GET and FIELD-SET macros), which are used extensively in ITS development. Read on» » » »

Developing Web Transactions in ITS - Part II

This is second part in this series, where we will have a look at how to add search help for the fields. Creating an input help for a field is a common requirement in most of the EBP developments, where you need add new fields to shopping cart or purchase order. Read on» » » »

Developing Web Transactions in ITS - Part I

Building web transactions in ITS is difficult not because of the complexity of the technology, but just because of no proper material available any where to learn this subject. The purpose of this article is to provide the basic idea and framework on ITS development for the people who want to excel in this field. This is particularly useful for the people who are working in SRM - EBP module. Read on» » » »

iPhone: It’s a hit with 3 lakh pre-bookings

It’s finally here. Apple Inc’s iconic iPhone debuted in India at the stroke of midnight on Friday to three lakh pre-bookings. Over 10,000 of these bookings were in Mumbai, said officials of service providers Bharti Airtel and Vodafone. This, despite it costing Rs 31,000 and Rs 36,000 (for its 8 GB and 16 GB models respectively), over three times its price in the US and Europe. Read on» » » »

Movie Review: Phoonk

Owl scowls. Meow, a cutie pie black cat sits by a roadside. A maid-servant’s eyes become rounder than water melons. Granny nods, nods, nods (in different degrees). Smiley ball smiles (naturally). Chauffeur guzzles booze and looks through a window like Ranjeet the Rasputin would in the 1960s. And dear child Ahsaas suddenly decamps to gape at a crow which doesn’t even caw in a tribute to the silent movies. Perhaps. Read on» » » »