Convert SAPScript text linse to normal stream text format

[Former Member]

Hi Gurus.

We have a custom popup FM that displays text lines from a file provided by SAPScript text format.. (after u2018call function u2018READ_TEXTu2019).

However, for example, the Tab indent markers in this text u2013 represented by two commas u2018,,u2019 are printing instead of spaces representing the indent in our popup.

We are searching a FM that takes the SAPScript text format and converts it to plain text format (before our Z_popup is called) where the Tab markers are replaced by spaces (in our case this is four spaces for each Tab mark).

We have already tried FMu2019s: CONVERT_text; CONVERT_ITF_TO_STREAM_TEXT; CONVERT_ITF_TO_STREAM_TEXT. But none of them seem to fulfill the requirements stated above.

Can anyone please advice?

[Former Member]

hey,

this read_text method may help you.

http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=79888699

regards,

Orhan

[I066686]

Hi Arnie,

Instead of searching for FM you can manually code which is flexible.

 "after gettting text from READ_TEXT in lt_tline.
Data: lt_string type table of string,
         lv_string type string.
CONSTANTS: c_par  TYPE char2 VALUE ',,'. " Sign for tabs

  LOOP AT  lt_tline INTO  wa_tline.
       CONCATENATE lv_string  wa_tline-tdline INTO lv_string SEPARATED BY ' '.
       REPLACE ALL OCCURRENCES OF c_par   IN lv_string WITH ' '.
        Append lv_string to lt_string.  "if needed in string table
  ENDLOOP.

Regards,

Kiruba