topic Re: Unicode Enabling in Application Development and Automation Discussions

Unicode Enabling

Former Member — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 17:10:26 GMT

Greetings,

We are going through an upgrade from 46C to ERP 5.0. Will we be able to unicode enable individule ABAP programs without setting the system to unicode enabled? Thanks in advance for your assistance.

Regards,

Jason

Re: Unicode Enabling

RichHeilman — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 17:14:08 GMT

You will be able to turn on/off the unicode syntax checking in your individual programs. The program will not be processed as unicode, unless you system is unicode.

Regards,

Rich Heilman

Re: Unicode Enabling

Former Member — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 17:14:11 GMT

Jason,

You can certainly set the Unicode enabled at a program level. This will enforce Unicode syntax checking during object compile and activation.

However, there is no benefit from a system perspective. You must turn on Unicode at the Basis level IF you want to be Unicode compliant.

Re: Unicode Enabling

Former Member — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 17:15:36 GMT

No half-Unicode here.

Re: Unicode Enabling

Former Member — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 17:44:19 GMT

Okay thanks, this is good to know. Would it, in your opinion, prove to be a lot of work to have our new upgraded system as unicode enabled? In other words, would we have to go back and change all of our programs to unicode and resyntax/activate all of them? Thanks again.

Regards,

Jason

Re: Unicode Enabling

RichHeilman — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 17:47:27 GMT

I believe that it would be a lot of work. All custom programs and function modules, classes, etc would have to be checked and tested.

Regards,

Rich Heilman

Re: Unicode Enabling

Former Member — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 17:53:16 GMT

If your PRD system has been around for a long time, then YES. You should expect a large amount of work.

We have 3 R/3 PRD instances for 3 parts of the world.

We have applied Unicode to the 2 newer ones. It was a few days of hard work. But the systems are younger... and not a great deal of custom work.

Our original PRD system is 12.5 years old. We are not planning to go Unicode there. It would be an enormous project with little/no return to those businesses.

Re: Unicode Enabling

Former Member — Tue, 02 May 2006 11:54:10 GMT

Hi jason,

We are also upgrading from 4.6 to ECC50(unicode).

I am facing few problems. May I request your personel mail id / contact number... so that i can get in touch with you and clear my doubts.

my mail id: kiranbabu_sap@rediffmail.com

Contact no: +91-9866583987

Thanks in advance.

kiran

Re: Unicode Enabling

Former Member — Tue, 02 May 2006 12:13:48 GMT

yes i am afraid u have to check the unicode enabled box for all the programs.

thanks,

priya