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Long Text --- 1000 characters

Former Member — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:58:23 GMT

Hi All,

I have a report that is using ALV and one of my fields has to display a long text description of a material. My client has asked me to make sure that at least 1000 characters are displayed for a long text description. I have tried to explaing to my client that only 132 character can be displayed but insisted that he desparately needs 1000 characters....

Can anyone advice me out on this.

Regards,

Fred.

Re: Long Text --- 1000 characters

Former Member — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:01:10 GMT

use Dataelement CACS_CHAR1000SF.Is it Classical ALV?

Re: Long Text --- 1000 characters

Former Member — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:14:10 GMT

I am using plain ALV. I am not sure of the data element you have sent me i have never used it before, may you sent me the sample code on how to use it?

Thanks.

Re: Long Text --- 1000 characters

Former Member — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:19:16 GMT

I'm Assuming The Term you used "Plain" ALV you meant classical one

you can give refrence of this datatype to your screen field.

data:text type CACS_CHAR1000SF.

and set the enough space for ptinting this 1000 char space.

make sure you are not using any line-size with your report statement.

Re: Long Text --- 1000 characters

Former Member — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 06:56:15 GMT

Hi,

This is the code i have used in my report:

Data definition***

Data: begin of i_tab occurs 0,

........

.......

text TYPE CACS_CHAR1000SF,

end of i_tab.

field catalog***

itb_fieldcat-fieldname = 'TEXT'.

itb_fieldcat-seltext_l = 'POD Text'.

itb_fieldcat-col_pos = 35.

itb_fieldcat-outputlen = 1000.

itb_fieldcat-emphasize = 'X'.

APPEND itb_fieldcat TO itb_fieldcat.

CLEAR itb_fieldcat.

FORM reading_text.

gv_repid = sy-repid.

SELECT SINGLE ebeln INTO i_tab-ebeln FROM ekpo WHERE matnr = i_tab-matnr.

line_id = 'BEST'.

line_name = i_tab-matnr.

line_lang = sy-langu.

line_object = 'MATERIAL'.

CLEAR i_tabs.

REFRESH i_tabs.

CALL FUNCTION 'READ_TEXT'

EXPORTING

id = line_id

language = line_lang

name = line_name

object = line_object

TABLES

lines = i_tabs

EXCEPTIONS

id = 1

language = 2

name = 3

not_found = 4

object = 5

reference_check = 6

wrong_access_to_archive = 7

OTHERS = 8.

IF sy-subrc <> 0.

MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.

ENDIF.

LOOP AT i_tabs.

CONDENSE i_tabs-tdline.

CONCATENATE: i_tab-text i_tabs-tdline INTO i_tab-text SEPARATED BY space.

MODIFY i_tab TRANSPORTING text.

ENDLOOP.

ENDFORM. "reading_text

The text is still cutting off.

Regards,

Fred

Re: Long Text --- 1000 characters

Former Member — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 07:02:36 GMT

Ahh,

I thought you were using from Classical but you are doing with ALV Grid/list.

I'm sorry to say thats would not be possible with Grid/List.Max limit is 128 char.Reason I'm not sure.But you can refer few notes on same.

OSS:910300,857823,959775

Cheers

Re: Long Text --- 1000 characters

Former Member — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:47:08 GMT

Hi,

How can i change this concept to classical? i have never used classical before but if it can solve my problem then i will go for it....

Thanks,