convert_otf in unicode system

Former Member — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 13:19:56 GMT

Hello,

we have switched a CRM4.0 system from non-unicode to unicode. In this context we became two problems with the result of the function module 'CONVERT_OTF'. We call the function Module following:

call function 'CONVERT_OTF'

exporting

format = 'PDF'

max_linewidth = 132

copynumber = 0

importing

bin_filesize = lv_bin_filesizepdf

tables

otf = it_otfdata

lines = lt_lines_pdf

the otf tabel is generated by a Smartform.

Noticeable is, that the pdf table in the unicode system has similarly only the half quantity of rows than in the non-unicode system. (The parameter FLATE_COMPR_OFF in Report RSTXPDF3 allways is on)

1. Problem

We send the pdf table (lt_lines_pdf) via RFC to a non-unicode R/3 system and save it there on the file system. After switching to unicode, the document in the RFC system is damaged an cannot processed.

2. Problem

We transform the lt_lines_pdf for an archive in the following way.

data: ls_data type char1024

, lv_134 type char134

, ls_lines type tline

, lt_data type standard table of tbl1024

field-symbols: <fs> type tbl1024.

assign ls_data to <fs> casting.

lv_count = 0.

loop at lt_lines_pdf into ls_lines.

lv_134 = ls_lines.

lv_offset = lv_count.

lv_count = lv_count + 134.

if lv_count < 1024.

ls_data+lv_offset(134) = lv_134.

else.

lv_count = lv_count - 1024.

lv_begin = 134 - lv_count.

ls_data+lv_offset(lv_begin) = lv_134(lv_begin).

append <fs> to lt_data.

clear ls_data.

if lv_count > 0.

ls_data = lv_134+lv_begin(*).

endif.

endloop.

if ls_data is not initial.

append <fs> to lt_data.

endif.

We need lt_data for the FM 'SCMS_AO_TABLE_CREATE'.

I hope anybody can help me, I invest already much time in this problem!

Re: convert_otf in unicode system

gnther_berger — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 09:52:30 GMT

Hi,

CONVERT_OTF packs two byte into one character of i-tab LINES on unicode systems. If you pass this via RFC to non-unicode systems data ist lost. The table contents are bytes when if the data type is character. The conversion routines between unicode and non-unicode do not know about this.

However the function module contains an export paramter BIN_FILE. This parameter is of type XSTRING, which has always a byte-representation. This datatype will not be converted between RFC-calls.

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