topic Re: How to unlock protected source code? in Application Development and Automation Discussions

How to unlock protected source code?

Former Member — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 13:14:42 GMT

Hi All,

How to unlock the protected source code.

We have checked tables PROGDIR, REPOSRC, TRDIR to check any edit lock maintained for the custom program and there is no edit lock maintained against the program.

Thanks,

Re: How to unlock protected source code?

Former Member — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 15:27:46 GMT

Don't try to play around with SAP's protected code. Below is a link on how to hide abap source code

http://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/ABAP/Hiding+ABAP+Source+code.

In case, you want to read the code.

i) Create a Z report.

DATA: PROGRAM LIKE SY-REPID VALUE ‘PROGNAME’,
BEGIN OF itab OCCURS 500,
LINE(72),
END OF itab.

READ REPORT PROGRAM INTO itab.
IF SY-SUBRC <> 0.
…
ENDIF.

The program source code will be stored in itab .( Not sure, whether read will work or not )

Download the code , remove the portion hiding it.

Upload the program and see the code.

Re: How to unlock protected source code?

Former Member — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 15:41:59 GMT

You can open the program, In the menu bar Edit->Modificatoin Operations->Switch Off Assistant.

Regards

Saireddy

Re: How to unlock protected source code?

Former Member — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 15:42:30 GMT

I believe there is not just a single flag maintained for locked objects.

Re: How to unlock protected source code?

ThangaPrakash — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 17:20:40 GMT

Hello K K,

Are you talking about the unlocking of report from the transport ?

Regards,

Thanga

Re: How to unlock protected source code?

ThangaPrakash — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 17:36:27 GMT

Incase of unlocking objects from transport request use the transaction SE03.

In the list you will find the Unlock objects, click on it and provide the transport number in which the object is locked.

Regards,

Thanga

Re: How to unlock protected source code?

Former Member — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 06:34:51 GMT

Read source code will not work. this will give subrc as 8 (protected source can not be read).

Thanks

Re: How to unlock protected source code?

Former Member — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 06:35:38 GMT

when i try above option it is saying no modifications found

thanks

Re: How to unlock protected source code?

Former Member — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 07:01:35 GMT

I am not sure if this work or not but just check

1) Go to transaction SE03

2) In Administration go to Set system change option.

3) Here make General SAP Name Range modifiable.

Regards,

Jigar Thakkar.

Re: How to unlock protected source code?

Former Member — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 07:09:13 GMT

Hi, open report, then in the menu Goto-->Attributes, and there is check "Editor lock", uncheck it and save.

Regards,

George

Re: How to unlock protected source code?

Former Member — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 07:14:18 GMT

Just banish this idea out of your mind. It will be a wastage of time. You can put more productive effect in other areas.

Just for information sake -

Program is locked in OS level. Basically it is under a directory where user's don't have read and execute permission. So neither can you read the file, nor copy the file in another location and then read it. To read the program, you have to read the file first.

Re: How to unlock protected source code?

Former Member — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 07:48:24 GMT

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Re: How to unlock protected source code?

Former Member — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 08:35:57 GMT

FYI, if we are talking about ABAP program, it does not exist on os level. G.

Re: How to unlock protected source code?

Former Member — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 09:31:34 GMT

I may be wrong, but random debugging based on some leads looked like missing file level permission .

This was how I came to the conclusion -

i) SE38 -> SAPMSYST -> /h( command line ) -> press display

ii) KK told me sy-subrc for read program returned 8. Based on that, I set a watchpoint on sy-subrc = 8.

iii) FM - 'SYSTEM_HOOK_OPEN_DATASET' , Form - Check_SPTH.

It tried to read the variable pathname \usr\sap\EDI\SYS\global\REPSSAPMSYST.DAT. Read failed and sy-subrc was set to 8.

iv) Program - LLOCAL_EDT1F03, Form - READREP. When sy-subrc = 8, system is setting 'FCODE' = 'PGEX' & sperr = 'X'.

v) Message "The source is protected. See long text" is coming from FM 'READ_SOURCE'.