Delete directory

[Former Member]

Hi all,

i want to delete a directory (a folder ) in a drive..i have written code but seems not working..

DATA : V_VALUE1 TYPE STRING.

DATA : V_RETURN_CODE1 TYPE I.

CONCATENATE 'C:\PO PDFs\' P_OBJ_ID '.pdf' INTO V_VALUE1.

CLEAR : P_OBJ_ID.

...................DELETE THE DIRECTORY PO PDFs......................

CREATE OBJECT V_GUIOBJ.

CALL METHOD V_GUIOBJ->directory_delete

EXPORTING

directory = V_VALUE1

changing

rc = V_RETURN_CODE1

EXCEPTIONS

DIRECTORY_DELETE_FAILED = 1

CNTL_ERROR = 2

ERROR_NO_GUI = 3

PATH_NOT_FOUND = 4

DIRECTORY_ACCESS_DENIED = 5

UNKNOWN_ERROR = 6

NOT_SUPPORTED_BY_GUI = 7

WRONG_PARAMETER = 8

others = 9

.

IF sy-subrc <> 0.

• MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO

• WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.

ENDIF.

Please hlp

[Former Member]

Hi

Where have you defined the object V_GUIOBJ?

The path is 'C:\PO PDFs\' P_OBJ_ID '.pdf' so it seems you're deleting a PDF file not a path.

Do you want to delete a file or a directory?

For the file you can use the method FILE_DELETE.

Max

[Former Member]

Hi Srikanth,

There seems to be one more Single quote in filename , remove that and checkout if it works

change this

CONCATENATE 'C:\PO PDFs\' P_OBJ_ID <b>'.</b>pdf' INTO V_VALUE1.

to

CONCATENATE 'C:PO PDFsP_OBJ_ID.pdf' INTO V_VALUE1.

Message was edited by:

Chandrasekhar Jagarlamudi

[Former Member]

Hi,

Instead of this, you try following method, give appropirate parameter and it will do.

CALL METHOD cl_gui_frontend_services=>directory_delete

EXPORTING

directory =

changing

rc =

*EXCEPTIONS

*DIRECTORY_DELETE_FAILED = 1

*CNTL_ERROR = 2

*ERROR_NO_GUI = 3

*PATH_NOT_FOUND = 4

*DIRECTORY_ACCESS_DENIED = 5

*UNKNOWN_ERROR = 6

*NOT_SUPPORTED_BY_GUI = 7

*WRONG_PARAMETER = 8

*others = 9

.

IF sy-subrc <> 0.

*MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO

*WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.

ENDIF.

Hope it will help you.

[Former Member]

The proble is that you are trying to create an object wthout declaring a referance to the class:

You can directly call the class method like this:

CALL METHOD cl_gui_frontend_services=>directory_delete

EXPORTING

directory = 'C:/PO PDFs'

changing

rc = v_subrc

EXCEPTIONS

DIRECTORY_DELETE_FAILED = 1

CNTL_ERROR = 2

ERROR_NO_GUI = 3

PATH_NOT_FOUND = 4

DIRECTORY_ACCESS_DENIED = 5

UNKNOWN_ERROR = 6

NOT_SUPPORTED_BY_GUI = 7

WRONG_PARAMETER = 8

others = 9

.

IF sy-subrc <> 0.

MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO

WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.

ENDIF.

Regards,

Ravi

[Former Member]

when i use this FM..i went in debug mode ...it is giving as <b>access_denied</b> exception...

From SAP i can't access to local PC?

Do SAP provides a default folder that i can save a file and delete that file ??

Pls Help