DAT (spreadsheet) formatted file saved to app. server?

[Former Member]

Hello,

I would like to save a file in DAT (spreadsheet) format to an app. server. Essentially I want the functionality offered by System>List>Save-->Local file; however I want to save it to the app. server and not the pc.

The function module LIST_CONVERT_TO_DAT essentially is the one behind the menu option I mentioned above, but it is hard-wired to always save the file to the pc. Anyone know of a similar function (in fact, with the exact same functionality), but instead can save the file to the app. server?

Cheers,

Lee

[Former Member]

Hello,

I would like to save a file in DAT (spreadsheet) format to an app. server. Essentially I want the functionality offered by System>List>Save-->Local file; however I want to save it to the app. server and not the pc.

The function module LIST_CONVERT_TO_DAT essentially is the one behind the menu option I mentioned above, but it is hard-wired to always save the file to the pc. Anyone know of a similar function (in fact, with the exact same functionality), but instead can save the file to the app. server?

Cheers,

Lee

[ssimsekler]

Hi Lee

You can use "OPEN DATASET" and related statements to load a file to the application server. Function modules "C13Z_FILE_UPLOAD_BINARY" and "C13Z_FILE_DOWNLOAD_BINARY" may also be utilized. Here is a procedure to save a file, read from presentation, into the app. server and read it from the app. server...

e.g.

<b>*-- Reading file from the presentation layer into an

*--internal table</b>

DATA gt_data TYPE TABLE OF text1000 WITH HEADER LINE .

CALL FUNCTION 'GUI_UPLOAD'

EXPORTING

filename = p_fname

filetype = 'BIN'

TABLES

data_tab = gt_data

EXCEPTIONS

file_open_error = 1

file_read_error = 2

no_batch = 3

gui_refuse_filetransfer = 4

invalid_type = 5

OTHERS = 6 .

<b>*--Saving file to the application server</b>

DATA gv_dsn(30) TYPE c .

gv_dsn = '/usr/test.xls',

OPEN DATASET gv_dsn FOR OUTPUT .

LOOP AT gt_data .

TRANSFER gt_data TO gv_dsn .

ENDLOOP .

CLOSE DATASET gv_dsn .

<b>*-- Reading a file from application server into an

*--internal table</b>

DATA gv_filedsn(30) TYPE c .

gv_filedsn = '/usr/test.xls',

OPEN DATASET gv_filedsn .

DO .

READ DATASET gv_filedsn INTO gt_data2 .

IF sy-subrc NE 0 .

EXIT .

ENDIF .

APPEND gt_data2 .

ENDDO .

<b>*-- Downloading the file to the presentation layer from

*--the internal table</b>

DATA gv_down_fname LIKE rlgrap-filename .

gv_down_fname = 'D:\temp\after_down.doc' .

CALL FUNCTION 'GUI_DOWNLOAD'

EXPORTING

filename = gv_down_fname

filetype = 'BIN'

TABLES

data_tab = gt_data2

EXCEPTIONS

FILE_WRITE_ERROR = 1

NO_BATCH = 2

GUI_REFUSE_FILETRANSFER = 3

INVALID_TYPE = 4

OTHERS = 5

*--Serdar

[Former Member]

Thanks Serdar, but I guess I should have explained myself a little better....the issue isn't really saving a file to the app. server or presentation layer (that's the easy stuff), but what I'm really after is a function that performs the same formatting as that done by the function LIST_CONVERT_TO_DAT (i.e. I need to convert an internal ABAP table or list to spreadsheet format ("DAT")). Note that I can't use LIST_CONVERT_TO_DAT because it's "hard-wired" to download the results to the presentation layer - I need to save my "dat-formatted" file to the app. server (and it needs to run in the background).

[nablan_umar]

Lee,

When you download your file to server, there is no option of file type when you download to PC. I have done this when downloading TAB delimited file to server.

...

LOOP at ITAB.

CLEAR LV_LINE.

CONCATENATE ITAB-FIELD1

ITAB-FIELD2

...

ITAB-FIELDN

INTO LV_LINE SEPARATED BY

CL_ABAP_CHAR_UTILITIES=>HORIZONTAL_TAB.

TRANSFER LV_LINE TO SERVERFILENAME.

ENDLOOP.

...