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fm replacement

Former Member — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:10:09 GMT

Hi,

I am upgrading 4.6c version to ECC 6.0.Found fm 'GUI_REMOVE_DIRECTORY' as obsolete.Can you provide me a replacement for this Fm? The code is as below,

CALL FUNCTION 'GUI_REMOVE_DIRECTORY'

EXPORTING

DIRNAME = LF_PATH

EXCEPTIONS

FAILED = 1

OTHERS = 2.

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Thanks n Regards,

guru

Edited by: Julius Bussche on Nov 25, 2008 5:26 PM

Re: fm replacement

RichHeilman — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:12:57 GMT

You will find replacements for these functions as static methods of the CL_GUI_FRONTEND_SERVICES class. Please try using these.

Regards,

Rich Heilman

Re: fm replacement

Former Member — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:15:20 GMT

use DIRECTORY_DELETE method of class CL_GUI_FRONTEND_SERVICES

CALL METHOD CL_GUI_FRONTEND_SERVICES=>DIRECTORY_DELETE
  EXPORTING
    DIRECTORY               =
  CHANGING
    RC                      =
*  EXCEPTIONS
*    DIRECTORY_DELETE_FAILED = 1
*    CNTL_ERROR              = 2
*    ERROR_NO_GUI            = 3
*    PATH_NOT_FOUND          = 4
*    DIRECTORY_ACCESS_DENIED = 5
*    UNKNOWN_ERROR           = 6
*    NOT_SUPPORTED_BY_GUI    = 7
*    WRONG_PARAMETER         = 8
*    OTHERS                  = 9
        .
IF SY-SUBRC <> 0.
* MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
*            WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
ENDIF.

Re: fm replacement

former_member203501 — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:16:10 GMT

hi these are available in the ecc6.0

GUI_REMOVE_DIRECTORY

use this as the replacement for this ...

TMP_GUI_REMOVE_DIRECTORY

Re: fm replacement

Former Member — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:18:46 GMT

Hi,

use CALL METHOD cl_gui_frontend_services=>directory_delete as replacement

declare a varible of type string and pass it to 'directory' in EXPORTING parameters.

Re: fm replacement

Former Member — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:20:33 GMT

Hi,

Please find the replacement as below,

DATA: l_lfpath type STRING,

RC type I.

l_lfpath = lf_path.

CALL METHOD cl_gui_frontend_services=>directory_delete

EXPORTING

directory = l_lfpath

changing

rc = rc

EXCEPTIONS

directory_delete_failed = 1

cntl_error = 2

error_no_gui = 3

path_not_found = 4

directory_access_denied = 5

unknown_error = 6

not_supported_by_gui = 7

wrong_parameter = 8

others = 9

IF sy-subrc <> 0.

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

ENDIF.