ABAP_PADFILE_NOT_PRESENT SAP ABAP Runtime Error abap padfile not present

ABAP_PADFILE_NOT_PRESENT is an ABAP runtime error which you may come across when using or developing within an SAP system. See below for the standard details explaining what it means and how you can avoid or fix this runtime error.

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ABAP_PADFILE_NOT_PRESENT ABAP Runtime Error

Please make sure that the profile parameter DIR_EXECUTABLE is set and the file ABAP.pad is in this directory. When the system is installed, this file is normally copied into the directory that also contains the executable file disp+work.

The directory parameter DIR_EXECUTABLE currently points to the directory "<runtime parameter>". DIR_EXECUTABLE = "<runtime parameter>". The file ABAP.pad was not found Please see installation error for more details about the possible cause of this runtime error and how it could be avoided.

The file "ABAP.pad", which contains a description of the ABAP syntax, was not found. This file is searched for in the directory that the directory parameter DIR_EXECUTABLE points to. Either the directory parameter DIR_EXECUTABLE has not been maintained or the file "ABAP.pad" is not in the directory specified there. The file ABAP.pad is required to use the code completion in the ABAP Editor and to call the function modules RS_QUALIFY_ABAP_TOKENS and RS_QUALIFY_ABAP_TOKENS_STR. This file was searched for in the directory maintained under the profile parameter DIR_EXECUTABLE, however, it was not found there.