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READ_TEXT function modue.

former_member286183 — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 21:09:58 GMT

issue with read_text FM in smartfomrs.

1. when the text has multiple lines then it displays all lines together with " # "in between.

2. TRANSLATE I_text using '#' does not work

3. replace all occurrences of '#' in string1 with ' '. does not work too

Re: READ_TEXT function modue.

Dominik_Tylczynski — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 07:42:08 GMT

Hello kyle.barz

That's the standard behavior of READ_TEXT function. It returns a long text in the ITF format.

You can use CONVERT_ITF_TO_STREAM_TEXT function to convert ITF format to a string table format.

Best regards

Dominik Tylczynski

Re: READ_TEXT function modue.

RaymondGiuseppi — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 14:45:10 GMT

Why do you use READ_TEXT in Smartforms, consider using a text node with type Include text and pass the key/parameter used in READ_TEXT?

Are you actually using a FM such as PRINT_TEXT or PRINT_TEXT_ITF?

Re: READ_TEXT function modue.

Sandra_Rossi — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 20:55:17 GMT

You say "multiple lines ... # ...", then it's probably the newline character (LF / U+000A / cl_abap_char_utilities=>newline / string template |\n|)

How come do you have a newline character in a long/standard text !?

Re: READ_TEXT function modue.

Former Member — Wed, 04 Nov 2020 09:32:33 GMT

You will have ‘#’ in a long/standard text which is cl_abap_char_utilities=>newline in some cases where you save from Web element like SAPUI5 RichTextEditor Control.

Re: READ_TEXT function modue.

Former Member — Wed, 04 Nov 2020 10:04:28 GMT

I have faced this concern the ‘#’ character and my workaround to get the text lines without ’#’ is by using SPLIT statement AT cl_abap_char_utilities=>newline.

Hope this help