topic Re: Large String in ALV Cell in Application Development and Automation Discussions https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/large-string-in-alv-cell/m-p/1360285#M178980 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Try giving the &lt;b&gt;fieldcat-outputlen &lt;/b&gt; more(the length which you want).</P><P></P><P></P><P>Regards</P><P>vijay</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 05 May 2006 16:31:20 GMT Former Member 2006-05-05T16:31:20Z Large String in ALV Cell https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/large-string-in-alv-cell/m-p/1360284#M178979 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>what is the best way to get a large string into an ALV Grid cell?</P><P></P><P>Any help is greatly appreciated.</P><P></P><P>/ Elvez</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 05 May 2006 16:18:11 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/large-string-in-alv-cell/m-p/1360284#M178979 bjorn-henrik_zink 2006-05-05T16:18:11Z Re: Large String in ALV Cell https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/large-string-in-alv-cell/m-p/1360285#M178980 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Try giving the &lt;b&gt;fieldcat-outputlen &lt;/b&gt; more(the length which you want).</P><P></P><P></P><P>Regards</P><P>vijay</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 05 May 2006 16:31:20 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/large-string-in-alv-cell/m-p/1360285#M178980 Former Member 2006-05-05T16:31:20Z Re: Large String in ALV Cell https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/large-string-in-alv-cell/m-p/1360286#M178981 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>The length of a string is dynamic, so that will not work.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 05 May 2006 16:33:35 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/large-string-in-alv-cell/m-p/1360286#M178981 bjorn-henrik_zink 2006-05-05T16:33:35Z Re: Large String in ALV Cell https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/large-string-in-alv-cell/m-p/1360287#M178982 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>maximum string can hold 255 i guess,so try to give 255.</P><P></P><P>regards</P><P>vijay</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 05 May 2006 16:37:21 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/large-string-in-alv-cell/m-p/1360287#M178982 Former Member 2006-05-05T16:37:21Z Re: Large String in ALV Cell https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/large-string-in-alv-cell/m-p/1360288#M178983 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>I suggest that you place a button on the column, and when clicked show a TEXT editor (CL_GUI_TEXTEDIT) in a DOCKING container with the text that you want.</P><P></P><P>Even if you use the full length of 255 for a column, for the user to see other columns, he has to scroll left / right.</P><P></P><P>Regards,</P><P>Ravi</P><P></P><P>Note : Please mark the helpful answers</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 05 May 2006 16:55:04 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/large-string-in-alv-cell/m-p/1360288#M178983 Former Member 2006-05-05T16:55:04Z Re: Large String in ALV Cell https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/large-string-in-alv-cell/m-p/1360289#M178984 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello Ravi,</P><P></P><P>can you explain how to use the text editor in a docking container?</P><P></P><P>I have the same problem to display large strings in several cells. </P><P></P><P>My idea was, if the user click on a cell, some kind of new modal window opens and will show the text. Like the detail view in ALV.</P><P></P><P>Regards,</P><P>Daniel</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 23 May 2006 12:38:06 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/large-string-in-alv-cell/m-p/1360289#M178984 Former Member 2006-05-23T12:38:06Z Re: Large String in ALV Cell https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/large-string-in-alv-cell/m-p/1360290#M178985 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>Maximum length that ALV is going to display will be 128 characters not more than that.</P><P></P><P>Just check out any table with a field more than 128 characters in SE16 ( view : using ALV grid), you can clearly see that it will display only 128 characters.</P><P>It is better to use a container which can show a text editor.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 23 May 2006 12:46:18 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/large-string-in-alv-cell/m-p/1360290#M178985 Former Member 2006-05-23T12:46:18Z Re: Large String in ALV Cell https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/large-string-in-alv-cell/m-p/1360291#M178986 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>check this Demo program for Text editor</P><P>BC_CONTROLS_TUTORIAL</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 23 May 2006 13:02:02 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/large-string-in-alv-cell/m-p/1360291#M178986 Former Member 2006-05-23T13:02:02Z