What are the differences between TABLE CONTROLS and STEP LOOPS ?

- TABLE CONTROLS are simply enhanced STEP LOOPS that display data with the look and feel of a table widget in a desktop application. But from a programming standpoint, TABLE CONTROLS and STEP LOOPS are almost exactly the same.

One major difference between STEP LOOPS and TABLE CONTROLS is in STEP LOOPS their table rows can span more than one line on the screen. By contrast the rows in a TABLE CONTROLS are always single lines, but can be very long. ( Table control rows are scrollable ).

The structure of table controls is different from step loops. A step loop, as a screen object, is simply a series of field rows that appear as a repeating block. A table control, as a screen object consists of : i ) table fields ( displayed in the screen ) ii ) a control structure that governs the table display and what the user can do with it.