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Upload file in XSTRING format in SE38 report program

Former Member — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 07:52:54 GMT

Hi All,

We have a very typical requirement of uploading attachments for Infotype using both Frontend(Web-Dynpro ABAP) and Backend(SE38 report program).

From frontend it is very simple as we directly get the data in XSTRING format. However, from backend I am facing some difficulty in getting data into XSTRING format.

1st I tried using GUI_UPLOAD in BIN mode and it gives me a dump which points to some SAP standard error in transferring data(frankly i donno what is going on there)...Ok.... dump is due to output table type as string. when i change it to char1024 there is no more error but the output data looks like some weird combination of Chinese characters, # and ~.

2nd I tried GUI upload in ASC mode and then convert the text into XSTRING but i donno if the file structure will remain stable by doing so.... (here GUI upload does not give me any dump or error)

3rd - search for similar blogs but failed finding anything which is quite relevant to the requirement.

Here is the code which I used for BIN mode:


DATA: gt_bin_data TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF char1024.
DATA: gd_file_length TYPE i.

CALL FUNCTION 'GUI_UPLOAD'
  EXPORTING
    filename                      = p_file
   FILETYPE                      = 'BIN'
*   HAS_FIELD_SEPARATOR           = ' '
*   HEADER_LENGTH                 = 0
*   READ_BY_LINE                  = 'X'
*   DAT_MODE                      = ' '
*   CODEPAGE                      = ' '
*   IGNORE_CERR                   = ABAP_TRUE
*   REPLACEMENT                   = '#'
*   CHECK_BOM                     = ' '
*   VIRUS_SCAN_PROFILE            =
*   NO_AUTH_CHECK                 = ' '
 IMPORTING
   FILELENGTH                    = gd_file_length
*   HEADER                        =
  tables
    data_tab                      = gt_bin_data
* EXCEPTIONS
*   FILE_OPEN_ERROR               = 1
*   FILE_READ_ERROR               = 2
*   NO_BATCH                      = 3
*   GUI_REFUSE_FILETRANSFER       = 4
*   INVALID_TYPE                  = 5
*   NO_AUTHORITY                  = 6
*   UNKNOWN_ERROR                 = 7
*   BAD_DATA_FORMAT               = 8
*   HEADER_NOT_ALLOWED            = 9
*   SEPARATOR_NOT_ALLOWED         = 10
*   HEADER_TOO_LONG               = 11
*   UNKNOWN_DP_ERROR              = 12
*   ACCESS_DENIED                 = 13
*   DP_OUT_OF_MEMORY              = 14
*   DISK_FULL                     = 15
*   DP_TIMEOUT                    = 16
*   OTHERS                        = 17
          .
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
* MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
*         WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
ENDIF.

Any help would be appreciated.

Cheers,

Kunjal

Re: Upload file in XSTRING format in SE38 report program

Former Member — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 08:33:17 GMT

i guess you are uploading some PDF file.. right?

yes.. when it is uploaded with BIN format..it will come in those Chinese and ## type only.. (you try to download the same.. you will find your PDF back)..

you cant read your PDF file data by uploading with GUI_DOWNLOAD.. you need to upload a XML.. then you can use ST to transform data to your required format.

Re: Upload file in XSTRING format in SE38 report program

Former Member — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 09:25:18 GMT

Hi,

Below is the code for the filetype BIN

DATA : conv1 TYPE REF TO cl_abap_conv_in_ce,

view1 TYPE REF TO cl_abap_view_offlen.

DATA lv_bin TYPE xstring.

DATA: lv_tablenc TYPE i ,

lv_tabnamec(10) TYPE c .

FIELD-SYMBOLS : <gs_upload_table> TYPE STANDARD TABLE,

<gs_upload_wa> TYPE ANY.

DATA : gv_ref TYPE REF TO data,

gv_tab TYPE REF TO data.

CREATE DATA gv_ref TYPE ty_data_tab_bin.

ASSIGN gv_ref->* TO <gs_upload_wa>.

CREATE DATA gv_tab TYPE TABLE OF ty_data_tab_bin.

ASSIGN gv_tab->* TO <gs_upload_table>.

CALL FUNCTION 'GUI_UPLOAD'

EXPORTING

filename = lv_filename_str

FILETYPE = lv_filetype

tables

data_tab = <gs_upload_table>

EXCEPTIONS

FILE_OPEN_ERROR = 1

FILE_READ_ERROR = 2

NO_BATCH = 3

GUI_REFUSE_FILETRANSFER = 4

INVALID_TYPE = 5

NO_AUTHORITY = 6

UNKNOWN_ERROR = 7

BAD_DATA_FORMAT = 8

HEADER_NOT_ALLOWED = 9

SEPARATOR_NOT_ALLOWED = 10

HEADER_TOO_LONG = 11

UNKNOWN_DP_ERROR = 12

ACCESS_DENIED = 13

DP_OUT_OF_MEMORY = 14

DISK_FULL = 15

DP_TIMEOUT = 16

OTHERS = 17

End UCC

IF sy-subrc <> 0.

RAISE upload_failed.

ENDIF.

Start UCC

REFRESH: t_data_tab_bin[], data_tab[].

CONVERSION binary to char.structure...

LOOP AT <gs_upload_table> ASSIGNING <gs_upload_wa>.

MOVE-CORRESPONDING <gs_upload_wa> TO w_data_tab_bin.

MOVE w_data_tab_bin-raw TO lv_bin. " type string required for class

conv1 = cl_abap_conv_in_ce=>create( input = lv_bin ).

view1 = cl_abap_view_offlen=>create_legacy_view( w_data_tab ).

CALL METHOD conv1->read( EXPORTING view = view1 IMPORTING data = w_data_tab ).

APPEND w_data_tab TO data_tab.

ENDLOOP.

With Regards,

Sumodh.P

Re: Upload file in XSTRING format in SE38 report program

Dileep_Venugopa — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 06:49:41 GMT

Hi,

CREATE DATA gv_ref TYPE ty_data_tab_bin.

ASSIGN gv_ref->* TO <gs_upload_wa>.

CREATE DATA gv_tab TYPE TABLE OF ty_data_tab_bin.

ASSIGN gv_tab->* TO <gs_upload_table>.

what should be the type of "ty_data_tab_bin" in the above code. I tried using table to type string but it dumps.

Regards,

Dileep

Re: Upload file in XSTRING format in SE38 report program

Former Member — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 12:21:01 GMT

"DATA: gt_bin_data TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF char1024."

you have an error in your data declarations. The type should be type table of tbl1024.

after the 'BIN' upload use the SCMS_BINARY_TO_XSTRING function module to convert binary table to xstring....very simple process and flawless for me.

BTW, this has been discussed at length in these forums previously. May I suggest a search before posting in the future....will save you a lot of time, since it is unlikely that you will come across a problem that has not been discussed here previously.

Re: Upload file in XSTRING format in SE38 report program

Former Member — Thu, 08 May 2014 13:28:55 GMT

Hey man,

You did not mentioned what type is ty_data_tab_bin and w_data_tab_bin

and data_tab and w_data_tab and in above given code (Sumodh P Jun 21, 2010 11:25 AM).

Copy same code to your sample program you will get plenty of syntax error.

Re: Upload file in XSTRING format in SE38 report program

phenix99998 — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 14:49:30 GMT

I'm probably late, but there's a solution to this problem. SAP handles the XSTRING, the hexadecimal string, and not the binary string when I try to display content using the various "viewers" available. So the GUI_UPLOAD solution is valid, but the conversion from BINARY to XSTRING is missing. Here's the code:

  DATA filename            TYPE string.
*  DATA FILETYPE            TYPE CHAR10.
*  DATA HAS_FIELD_SEPARATOR TYPE CHAR01.
*  DATA HEADER_LENGTH       TYPE I.
*  DATA READ_BY_LINE        TYPE CHAR01.
*  DATA DAT_MODE            TYPE CHAR01.
*  DATA CODEPAGE            TYPE ABAP_ENCODING.
*  DATA IGNORE_CERR         TYPE ABAP_BOOL.
*  DATA REPLACEMENT         TYPE ABAP_REPL.
*  DATA VIRUS_SCAN_PROFILE  TYPE VSCAN_PROFILE.
  DATA filelength          TYPE i.
*  DATA HEADER              TYPE XSTRING.
  DATA data_tab            TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF tdline.
*  DATA ISSCANPERFORMED     TYPE CHAR01.

  MOVE: url TO filename. "In this example i used variable url that contain the fullpath.

  cl_gui_frontend_services=>gui_upload(
    EXPORTING
      filename                = filename
      filetype                = 'BIN'
*      has_field_separator     = SPACE
*      header_length           = 0
*      read_by_line            = 'X'
*      dat_mode                = SPACE
*      codepage                = SPACE
*      ignore_cerr             = ABAP_TRUE
*      replacement             = '#'
*      virus_scan_profile      = virus_scan_profile
    IMPORTING
      filelength              = filelength
*      header                  = header
    CHANGING
      data_tab                = data_tab
*      isscanperformed         = SPACE
    EXCEPTIONS
      file_open_error         = 1
      file_read_error         = 2
      no_batch                = 3
      gui_refuse_filetransfer = 4
      invalid_type            = 5
      no_authority            = 6
      unknown_error           = 7
      bad_data_format         = 8
      header_not_allowed      = 9
      separator_not_allowed   = 10
      header_too_long         = 11
      unknown_dp_error        = 12
      access_denied           = 13
      dp_out_of_memory        = 14
      disk_full               = 15
      dp_timeout              = 16
      not_supported_by_gui    = 17
      error_no_gui            = 18
      OTHERS                  = 19
         ).

  CHECK data_tab[] IS NOT INITIAL.

*DATA INPUT_LENGTH TYPE I.
*DATA FIRST_LINE   TYPE I.
*DATA LAST_LINE    TYPE I.
  DATA buffer       TYPE xstring.

  CALL FUNCTION 'SCMS_BINARY_TO_XSTRING'
    EXPORTING
      input_length = filelength
*     FIRST_LINE   = 0
*     LAST_LINE    = 0
    IMPORTING
      buffer       = buffer
    TABLES
      binary_tab   = data_tab
    EXCEPTIONS
      failed       = 1.

  CHECK buffer IS NOT INITIAL. "This variable contain an xstring that can be used for your purpose