topic Re: File Manipulation in Application Development and Automation Discussions

File Manipulation

Former Member — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 15:26:39 GMT

Hello

We were trying to upload the file from a specified location using the function module 'UBC_FILE_UPLOAD' and then transfer the contents from the internal table into a target file in a different location.

The TRANSFER statement does not actually transfer the contents of the internal table and instead just displays the target path.

Please refer to the following code:

DATA: S_FILE LIKE RLGRAP-FILENAME,

T_FILE like RLGRAP-FILENAME,

itab type UBC_S_DATA occurs 0 with header line.

S_FILE = 'C:\Documents and Settings\rashmi.hegde\Desktop\example.txt'.

T_FILE = 'C:\Documents and Settings\rashmi.hegde\My Documents'.

CALL FUNCTION 'UBC_FILE_UPLOAD'

EXPORTING

I_FILENAME = S_FILE

I_ORIGIN = 'P'

TABLES

ET_DATA = itab[]

EXCEPTIONS
ERROR = 1
OTHERS = 2

IF SY-SUBRC <> 0.

MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.

ENDIF.

open dataset t_file in text mode ENCODING DEFAULT for output.

if sy-subrc = 0.

loop at itab.

TRANSFER itab TO t_file.

endloop.

endif.

close dataset t_file.

*********************************

Any input is greatly appreciated

thanks

Re: File Manipulation

Vinod_Chandran — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 15:32:19 GMT

Hi Rashmi,

I would like to suggest two things here.

Instead of 'UBC_FILE_UPLOAD' please use GUI_DOWNLOAD.

You cannot write a file to your computer using the OPEN DATASET command. This is for transfering file to the application server. Instead use GUI_DOWNLOAD.

Thanks

Vinod

Re: File Manipulation

christian_wohlfahrt — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 15:37:39 GMT

Hi!

Transfer likes to handle a simple character field.

Do something like


data line type char100.
concatenate itab-field1 itab-field2 ... into line.

Regards,

Christian

Re: File Manipulation

Former Member — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 15:45:44 GMT

Hi Rashmi,

For uploading a file from your desktop or presentation server, you have to use GUI_UPLOAD and for downloading to the the same, use GUI_DOWNLOAD.

OPEN DATASET, READ TRANSFER, CLOSE DATASET are usually used for file on the application server(typically unix).

Srinivas

Re: File Manipulation

Former Member — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 15:50:59 GMT

please search forum with gui_download and gui_upload you will find many links as well as examples.

or else use where used list of se37

regards

Re: File Manipulation

christian_wohlfahrt — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 15:51:57 GMT

Sorry, hadn't checked the path definitions - of course GUI_UPLOAD / GUI_DOWNLOAD is to be preferred