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Process a field type string with editor

ekekakos — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 09:41:33 GMT

Hello, I have a field which is TYPE STRING and I ant the user to edit it through the small editor that SAP provides (by pressing a button that I have put in the Screen Painter).

Can someone tell me ho to do?

But keep in mind that the TYPE of the FIELD Comments is STRING.

I tried to find to find sth for STRINGs and not for CHARs but I couldn't.

Thanks in advance

Elias

Re: Process a field type string with editor

MateuszAdamus — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 09:46:47 GMT

Hello elkekakos

Google: SAP ABAP edit string value in text editor: https://www.google.com/search?q=sap+abap+edit+string+value+in+text+editor

First result: https://answers.sap.com/questions/6606796/how-to-create-text-editor.html

One of the answers contains whole example (I have not tested it): https://answers.sap.com/answers/6607286/view.html

Kind regards,
Mateusz

Re: Process a field type string with editor

ekekakos — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 09:56:02 GMT

Thanks Mateusz, but there is a missing point in this. There is no method to pass the already existing text for editing. Here I couldn't find a way for strings type elements. I found a lot of FM but all are for CHARs data element and ends with ST22 error.

So my question is how to pass the existing TEXT to the editor.

I found the below but I cannot fill the ITAB it is asking because it must be charlike.

DATA: gt_outtab       TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF as4text
CALL METHOD text_editor->set_text_as_stream
      EXPORTING
        text            = gt_outtab
      EXCEPTIONS
        error_dp        = 1
        error_dp_create = 2
        OTHERS          = 3.<br>

Again thanks

Re: Process a field type string with editor

MateuszAdamus — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 10:46:25 GMT

Hello

Class CL_GUI_TEXTEDIT contains method SET_TEXTSTREAM which imports a text with STRING type. Have you tried it?

Kind regards,
Mateusz

Re: Process a field type string with editor

ekekakos — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 11:15:44 GMT

Damn, damn, ... I saw also this metho yesterday but I choose the other one. And I was trying to find a way to convert the STRING to CHAR. I found this after your 1st answer (CONVERT_STRING_TO_TABLE) with hich I managed to overcome my problem (fill a charlike table from the string). I was preparing my answer and you came to tell me the correct method that must be used. Jesus, what a waste time.

Thnks a lot Mateusz Adamus

Re: Process a field type string with editor

MateuszAdamus — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 11:23:16 GMT

No worries. We've all been there - looking at the obvious and not seeing it.

Kind regards,
Mateusz

Re: Process a field type string with editor

Sandra_Rossi — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 11:24:12 GMT

Elias Kekakos Hopefully "fill the ITAB it is asking because it must be charlike", hopefully it must be charlike to store text... 😉

If it's about how to transfer string to itab, it has already been asked in the forum.

Re: Process a field type string with editor

ekekakos — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 11:33:59 GMT

Yes you are right Sandra, here I found the above FM CONVERT_STRING_TO_TABLE. But unfortunately yesterday I read about other FMs that unfortunately convert big CHARs to a charlike ITAB. Maybe my mistake was that I was trying to find an answer to 'split a string into a charlike ITAB'.

Thanks