https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/trailing-spaces-on-xml-nodes-using-if-ixml/m-p/994354#M74943 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have created XML using IF_IXML. According to the schema, several of the elements have trailing spaces in the value for the element. I set the value with a string. For example, </P><P> </P><P> move 'XXXXX ' to lv_string.</P><P> lv_rc element-&gt;set_value ( lv_string ).</P><P></P><P>In the rendering of the document to a string, the trailing spaces are omitted and the XML will not validate. Any suggestions would be appreciated.</P><P>Buster Hale</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 05 Oct 2005 13:35:19 GMT Former Member 2005-10-05T13:35:19Z https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/trailing-spaces-on-xml-nodes-using-if-ixml/m-p/994354#M74943 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have created XML using IF_IXML. According to the schema, several of the elements have trailing spaces in the value for the element. I set the value with a string. For example, </P><P> </P><P> move 'XXXXX ' to lv_string.</P><P> lv_rc element-&gt;set_value ( lv_string ).</P><P></P><P>In the rendering of the document to a string, the trailing spaces are omitted and the XML will not validate. Any suggestions would be appreciated.</P><P>Buster Hale</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 05 Oct 2005 13:35:19 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/trailing-spaces-on-xml-nodes-using-if-ixml/m-p/994354#M74943 Former Member 2005-10-05T13:35:19Z https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/trailing-spaces-on-xml-nodes-using-if-ixml/m-p/994355#M74944 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Found the answer. Use ` instead of ' to set value of string.</P><P></P><P>data: lv_string1 type string value `ABC `,</P><P> lv_string2 type string value 'ABC '.</P><P></P><P>The length of lv_string1 is 5 and the length of lv_string2 is 3.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 05 Oct 2005 18:28:34 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/trailing-spaces-on-xml-nodes-using-if-ixml/m-p/994355#M74944 Former Member 2005-10-05T18:28:34Z